The Pedagogical Dimensions of the Women's Movements in the Amazon: Contributions to Critical Environmental Education

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Abstract

This article analyzes the pedagogical dimensions of the women's movements that fight for rights in the Brazilian Amazon and the contributions to critical environmental education committed to social and environmental justice. The research methodology was a bibliographic review of women's struggles in defense of the environment, analysis of data on violence in the Amazon, and interviews with 6 women leaders of movements in defense of the Amazon. The interviews sought to identify the oppressions suffered by women, the pedagogical processes of becoming aware of oppression, and the strategies for collective organization. Based on the interviews, the authors systematized the social problems that cross the environmental issue in the Amazon to collaborate with pedagogical practices in critical environmental education.

Authors

• Inny Accioly, Universidade Federal Fluminense

• Arlete Gomes dos Santos, Universidade Federal Fluminense