Transformações provocadas pela construção da barragem do Castanhão na vida cotidiana sob a perspectiva das mulheres do movimento dos atingidos por barragens – MAB

Abstract

The development and construction of large hydraulic works (dams) in Brazil expanded from the late 1950s with the Getúlio Vargas government, particularly after the military regime. Historically supported, Brazil became one of the world's largest dam builders and the second-largest hydroelectric power producer globally. The ideology of building these works and generating energy historically hindered the recognition that in areas where these large projects developed, there were also populations not necessarily aligned with the construction or benefiting from it. In this scenario, the Regional Commission of Dam-Affected People emerged in the late 1970s, founding the Dam-Affected People's Movement in 1988 as a form of resistance for the affected populations. In this context, this research aims to qualitatively survey the transformations caused by the construction of the Castanhão dam in the daily lives of women from the Dam-Affected People's Movement in the state of Ceará. To address this objective, we intend to outline the socioeconomic profile, identify the causes promoting gender inequality, and understand the significance of women in the studied community. Considering that historically women have faced inequality, evident in the historical socioeconomic formation of the Northeast region and living in a patriarchal, sexist, and racist society, the research seeks to comprehend how the construction of this hydraulic project exacerbated rights violations in the lives of affected women.