Women play a crucial role in family farming but face profound challenges such as lack of
recognition for their work, gender discrimination, and limited access to resources. Moreover,
they suffer disproportionately from the depletion of natural resources, further aggravating
political oppression and exclusion. This work investigates how women family farmers in
Northeast Pará contribute to nature preservation and local development, and how social
movements strengthen this connection, combating gender inequality and promoting women's
empowerment through organizations like the Landless Workers' Movement (MST) and the
Northeast Pará Women's Movement (MMNEPA). The study is divided into three chapters and
aims to understand the connections between the work of family farmers and nature
preservation, analyzing the actions of women's social movements and their contributions to
local development, sustainable resource management, and the fight against gender inequality.
The specific objectives include understanding the relationship between family farmers and
nature in Northeast Pará by identifying issues, productive activities, and gender dynamics;
identifying mobilization strategies to access publics politicals related to the productive
activities developed by MST and MMNEPA women farmers; and developing a socio-political
environmental diagnosis to assist farmer movements in systematically understanding their
activities. To achieve these objectives, qualitative research with literature, bibliographic, and
documentary review was used as the methodology. Field research was also conducted at
meetings, mobilizations, marches, and fairs organized by the farmers. Additionally, interviews
with 25 women farmers were conducted, and a participatory mapping workshop was held at
the Abril Vermelho settlement project. From this, a systematization of the main issues
claimed by the groups was obtained, along with a survey of the social profile and production
of the farmers, and the development of two participatory maps.
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