Situação socioeconômica e do bem-estar das mulheres extrativistas na Ilha de Marajó, Brasil

Abstract

<jats:p>This research was carried out with andiroba oil extractors associated with the Ecological Cooperative of Extractive Women on the island of Marajó-PA, in order to determine the socioeconomic profile of these workers and their satisfaction with the attributes of this cooperative system. The sample consisted of 26 women from different locations on Marajó Island: Ponta de Pedras, Jagarajó and Marajó Ité. Data collection was carried out using structured forms, which were subsequently submitted to descriptive statistics and whose variables were used to calculate the Cooperative Evaluation Index (IAC). The results indicated that these women, in their majority, have low education. Artisanal fishing is practiced in parallel to the traditional oil extraction work by a large part of the workers who, together with the Bolsa Família Program, contribute to the supplement of a monthly income of 1 minimum wage and, even, these women expressed interest in free professional courses. No cooperative receives social benefits from that cooperative. In addition to the fact that the local infrastructure, the organization of the cooperative, the income obtained from the sale of vegetable oil and the leadership's performance cause dissatisfaction in these cooperative members, while the extracted andiroba oil was positively evaluated, imprinting this reasonable cooperative system, according to the calculated IAC. In addition, these women have shown that it is possible to earn income from forest products, but they need public policies that ensure minimum working conditions.</jats:p>

Marisqueiras da cidade de Curuçá, Estado do Pará: uma abordagem socioeconômica, produtiva e ambiental

“…Este procedimento foi realizado por meio da aplicação de formulários semiestruturados com base em estudos similares com extrativistas (Dias et al, 2007;Monteles, et al, 2009;Alves e Pontes, 2015;Rocha et al, 2020). Os formulários foram divididos em três partes: a) dados socioeconômicos (idade, escolaridade, estado civil, local de origem, tempo de moradia no local, principal fonte de renda, renda mensal familiar, auxílio financeiro do governo; tempo de filiada à referida associação, principal motivo de ser uma associada, benefício advindo com a associação); b) dados do extrativismo (etnoespécies de mariscos capturados, local e frequência de extração, destino da produção, valor do quilo do(s) marisco(s), envolvimento familiar na atividade).…”