Saberes e (r)existências na busca pela moradia por mulheres assentadas na periferia da cidade de Bagé/RS: um estudo sobre a efetivação do direito social à moradia e seus reflexos no acesso a outros direitos sociais

Abstract

This research is developed within the line of research entitled "Law and social vulnerability" and the area of concentration "Social Rights" of the Graduate Program in Law at the Federal University of Pelotas (Portuguese: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, UFPEL). The paper was based on theoretical foundations and from knowledge, interactions, and experiences of settled women in the city of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, who integrated a process of resistance and struggled for housing. It sought to understand women's conceptions about the social right to housing, its effectiveness, and whether, in their opinions, this would have reflected in access to other social rights.The relevance of this research is manifested in that it makes it possible to carry out a study that aims to reflect on the effectiveness and efficacy of the social right to housing and the possible materialization of other social rights by groups made invisible, in this case, women racialized by the coloniality of power. It also proposes guidelines for elaborating public policies in the area of housing and making the social right to housing closer to the reality of a large portion of the Brazilian population excluded from this right. In this way, it was necessary to seek support in a theoretical framework that dealt with the origins of land division and the urbanization process in Brazil, as well as theoretical contributions from decolonial studies, especially in its feminist aspect. In addition, fundamental theories related to specialized literature on the social right to housing and social movements were used. Based on empirical research, it was found that the interviewees had their perceptions about the social right to housing, which demonstrated the materialization of that fundamental right and indicated access to other social rights such as food and work. For that purpose, bibliographic and descriptive research was carried out using the scientific method of inductive approach and the empirical auxiliary method, with a case study, field research structured through a questionnaire, and a qualitative approach