Feminismo e genero : um estudo do impacto da militancia femininista na cidade de Maputo

Abstract

In this study, we proposed to assess the impact of feminist activism in the public and private life of feminist activists, with an impact on activists from the Women's Association, Law and Development, the Mozambican Women's Association of Legal Careers and the Women's Association in Social Communication . We seek to specifically analyze the principles that guide them, as well as how they behave in their day-to-day. A question was formulated, from which, we sought to know what is the impact of feminist activism on the militants' lives. Our assumption was that despite the feminist militants showing themselves determined in the struggle for equality, they continue to behave, within the family, in accordance with the social roles of men and women, assumed during the socialization process, and that feminist militancy it contributes to increasing opportunities for the integration of feminist activists in public life, such as participation in management positions, in the political field, in the business world, in professions considered to be masculine, as well as the recognition of their role in society. The observation was carried out in the city of Maputo, specifically in the three associations on which our study focuses, where we collected data, through semi-structured interviews and direct observation, in the militants' homes and workplaces. For this observation, an intentional sampling was defined taking into account the availability and accessibility of the interviewees, as well as their importance from our point of view, to clarify the studied subject. The survey results confirmed the non-change in the roles of men and women among feminist activists within the family, as well as the increase in opportunities for feminist activists in public life. However, we could see that gender inequalities prevail, and taking into account that feminist activists want, among other things, to change the situation of the performance of differentiated social roles between men and women and achieve gender equality, we conclude that feminist militancy it still doesn't have a big impact on their lives.