Notas avaliativas sobre o processo de adesão – evasão de moradoras de uma comunidade pobre à uma política pública de economia solidária

Abstract

Considering the Brazilian scenario characterized by extreme social inequality, the social economy has been seen as a possible strategy for productive inclusion and promoting local development in areas marked by social vulnerabilities, especially for women, because these are the difficulties in market access work, caused in most cases by gender inequalities. However, many aspects are presented as facilitating and difficulty for the Solidarity Economy in fact be consolidated as a generator of local improvements. The present study aims to examine these issues through the experience of an economic enterprise implemented in a supportive community of Ribeirão das Neves, Minas Gerais. Through the establishment of Beauty Afroarte be analyzed aspects that motivated the accession and retention of residents to the project, aspects that favor the avoidance of participants throughout the period of its implementation as well as the influence of gender on participation of women in situations of violence in social economy enterprises. This last point deserves attention given that the actions of the project aimed not only at generating jobs and income, but also the empowerment, leadership, promotion of the subjects and the development of their communities.