Mulheres chefes de famílias: um estudo das actividades produtivas, reprodutivas e comunitárias das mulheres chefes de famílias em Punguíne, disrito de Chokwé

Abstract

This document describes a study on the activities of the female head of the family, carried out in the village of Pungine; district of Chokwé, in June 1996, as a prerequisite for obtaining a degree in Agronomy - option Vegetal Production at the Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering. The village of Punguine is characterized by a heterogenous population, mostly built by women, due to the war that has decimated many men, and the flow of male labor to South Africa, resulting in a higher percentage, 76% of female-headed households. In general terms, this work concludes that the main activities of women in the village are the productive and reproductive activities that guarantee the reproduction of the labor force and the subsistence of the families.