Black Migrant Women in Diasporas in Brazil: Cartography of Oppressions
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Departamento de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasília, Brazil
Popul. Med. 2026;8(Supplement Supplement 1):A2763
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT:
The inequalities and oppressions inherited from colonialism are revealed in migration policies (MARINUCCI, 2017). The discriminations resulting from colonial, patriarchal, and capitalist power reinforce the social role assigned to Black women, historically subordinated in the social hierarchy. Within this logic, coloniality also established the domination of the bodies of Indigenous, Black, and mixed-race women (STOLKE, 2006), which reveals the intersections between racialization, gender, and sexuality. Indeed, intersectionalities (CRENSHAW, 1989) translate into the daily lives of migrant women from countries of the Global South, whose experiences are immersed in situations of violence, inequities in access to public policies, and violations of human rights. Given this problem, this research aimed to unveil the oppressions of class, nationality, and gender experienced by Black women in the diaspora in Brazil, in light of intersectionality, to support the development of public policies that guarantee the human rights of this population. This is an action research project that adopts the PVP method (HOEFEL ET AL, 2023), which uses artistic and visual languages to identify vulnerabilities, potentialities, and the creation of alternatives through processes that articulate collective production and the promotion of the empowerment of subjects, favoring the creation of new forms of activism and the guarantee of human rights. The research was conducted in six cities in Brazil, in partnership with six federal universities, each with ten Black migrant women from countries located in the African and Latin American context. The results help to elucidate the life context of these migrant women, based on their accounts, giving visibility to the human rights violations suffered, as well as alternatives created by them, expressed in human rights charters for Black migrant women. It is important to highlight the recognition of the numerous challenges still present in contemporary societies regarding the overcoming of colonialism, racism, and social inequalities.
The inequalities and oppressions inherited from colonialism are revealed in migration policies (MARINUCCI, 2017). The discriminations resulting from colonial, patriarchal, and capitalist power reinforce the social role assigned to Black women, historically subordinated in the social hierarchy. Within this logic, coloniality also established the domination of the bodies of Indigenous, Black, and mixed-race women (STOLKE, 2006), which reveals the intersections between racialization, gender, and sexuality. Indeed, intersectionalities (CRENSHAW, 1989) translate into the daily lives of migrant women from countries of the Global South, whose experiences are immersed in situations of violence, inequities in access to public policies, and violations of human rights. Given this problem, this research aimed to unveil the oppressions of class, nationality, and gender experienced by Black women in the diaspora in Brazil, in light of intersectionality, to support the development of public policies that guarantee the human rights of this population. This is an action research project that adopts the PVP method (HOEFEL ET AL, 2023), which uses artistic and visual languages to identify vulnerabilities, potentialities, and the creation of alternatives through processes that articulate collective production and the promotion of the empowerment of subjects, favoring the creation of new forms of activism and the guarantee of human rights. The research was conducted in six cities in Brazil, in partnership with six federal universities, each with ten Black migrant women from countries located in the African and Latin American context. The results help to elucidate the life context of these migrant women, based on their accounts, giving visibility to the human rights violations suffered, as well as alternatives created by them, expressed in human rights charters for Black migrant women. It is important to highlight the recognition of the numerous challenges still present in contemporary societies regarding the overcoming of colonialism, racism, and social inequalities.
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