Gestão e gênero em empreendimentos da economia solidária: um estudo de caso em uma Cooperativa Rural do Recôncavo Baiano

Abstract

The solidary economy has its foundations in equality, cooperation and social transformation, and Solidarity economy enterprises are known for providing means of development to its participants not only in the economic aspect, but also in the Social. Among the participants who are part of solidarity enterprises, there are the women, an audience that actively integrates cooperativism since its inception and that accompanies its growth over the years. Thus, it is clear that the participation female is expressive in cooperativism, especially in rural cooperativism. However, the female presence is not seen with the same expression in these developments as we observe those who hold management positions. Seeking to elucidate whether, in fact, such a phenomenon occurs and its possible causes is that this work is developed, which aims to elucidate how gender relations occur in the scope of enterprise management rural cooperatives, specifically COOAFATRE. Here, the search was used bibliography, which occurred in the consultation of authors and publications on the subject, regarding the research fieldwork, which was carried out with members of the rural cooperative COOAFATRE, located in territory of the Recôncavo Baiano, instrumented through interviews. The results found demonstrate that there is a veiled exclusion of women in terms of management positions, but that, contrary to what was initially thought, such exclusion starts, in principle, from the main stakeholders themselves.