Espaço público: percepções e representações das mulheres - o caso das motoristas e cobradoras dos Transportes Público de Maputo - TPM

Abstract

This report presents the results of a research on the perceptions and representations of women in the context of exercising activities in the public space, in particular the drivers and Maputo Public Transport (TPM) collectors. The data in this study allow us to state that women perceive and represent differently the activities they perform in the public space, as it was noted that on the one hand, there are women who see the public space as a means to obtain and guarantee the monthly salary to fund studies and develop other activities in the informal sector, showing that their integration in the public space is of a temporal nature. On the other hand, it was verified the existence of women who see the public space as a way of showing capacity and professionalism, acquiring experience and serving the public, being also a means for their emancipation since the collectors and drivers understand their work as being male dominated. Thus, in their understanding, their participation constitutes a way of materializing equal rights between men and women. It was also observed that the collectors and drivers feel special for carrying out supposedly male activities. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)