Resumo:
This dissertation sought to understand how the Solidarity Economy represents an alternative of autonomy, occupation and income generation for women beneficiaries of the Bolsa Família Program in the communities of Papagaio and Alagadiço, in the municipality of Valente; in the communities of Pereira and Lajedinho, in the municipality of Santa Luz; and in the communities of Cancelas and Fazenda de Cima, in the city of Queimadas, located in the Sisaleira Region of Bahia, from 2013 to 2018. To this end, in light of dialectical historical materialism, we highlight the contradictions between the capitalist system and the solidarity economy. The conceptualization of the solidarity economy, as a general phenomenon and as a social policy, was supported by the formulations of França Filho and Laville (2004), Wallen (2009), Singer (2002) and Dartot and Laval (2017), among other authors. The methodological approach adopted was the mixed one, with the centrality in the qualitative empirical research. We interviewed 57 women, belonging to 6 solidarity enterprises. As main results, we highlight that solidarity economy enterprises are spaces not only for income generation, but also for women's inclusion and empowerment, making women more autonomous and with greater freedom to decide collectively on the conduct of actions, emancipating them from a logic of commodification of the life present in Capitalism. Finally, we highlight the need to articulate the Bolsa Família Program with the Solidarity Economy policy, in order to guarantee a better quality of life to the beneficiaries of the Program.
