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Mulheres atingidas construindo autonomia econômica e política em defesas das comunidadesAffected women building economic and political autonomy in defense of communities

This project's main objective is to build the political and economic autonomy of women affected by dams and strengthen agroecological production in 14 rural communities spread across the municipalities of Correntina, Santa Maria, Jaborandi, Cocos and Coribe. In total, 150 families will benefit, with direct actions for 15 women whose families benefited from the PAIS Project - Integrated and Sustainable Agroecological Production. The main activities include holding meetings, technical visits, training and workshops, in addition to selling surplus products from the production of PAIS units in street markets in the municipalities, and structuring groups to deliver food from communities to cities.

Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Associação de Proteção ao Meio Ambiente

Country:

Brazil

Area Of Work:

Biodiversity

Operational Phase:

OP7 Y3 (July 22-June 23)

Grant Amount:

US$ 51,321.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

Project Number:

BRA/SGP/OP7/Y3/STAR/BD/2023/36/09

Start Date:

8/2023

End Date:

11/2025

Status:

Currently under execution

Project Characteristics and Results

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

? A general capacity building that foresees the participation of 40 people affected by dams to debate the importance of agroecological production and the collective organization of women. This meeting will be held in the municipality of Correntina and public transport will be used to take families to the meeting location. The objective of the meeting is to introduce the debate in a collective environment and deepen discussions such as: the relationship and role of women in agroecological practices, the importance of collective organization and the agroecological transition; ? 225 technical visits are planned, 15 visits for each family of women involved in the project, but the PAIS units are worked collectively, therefore it is expected that the technical guidance moments will involve more people; ? 2 technical capacity building meetings that will involve 15 women beneficiaries of the PAIS units that will be revitalized. It is extremely important that women are the main target audience for technical capacity building, as the construction of large energy and agribusiness projects mainly affects female knowledge and economics. In addition to the technician who will accompany the capacity building, the meetings will have assistance to facilitate the content. The first meeting is planned to be held in Coribe and the second in Santa Maria da Vitória; ? 10 workshops in the communities served (2 in each municipality), whose main focus is to provide technical knowledge to the beneficiary women, directly contributing to the autonomy of those affected in the production and consumption of various foods, in addition to capacity building these women to work in food structures COUNTRY. ? It is planned to sell surplus products from the production of PAIS units in street markets in the municipalities, direct sales in communities, in addition to structuring groups to deliver food from communities to cities, an essential activity for the economic autonomy of affected women; ? Initially, two meetings will be held with the Government of Bahia, in particular with the Secretariat of Policies for Women and the coordination of the Bahia sem Fome program and meetings with the City Halls of the 5 municipalities served, two in each municipality totaling 10 meetings. Their objective is to advance the demands of those affected, prioritizing urgent issues, such as minimizing food insecurity among affected families; ? Two exchanges of experiences/Exchanges will be held, the first is expected to be held in the community of Molho (Coribe) and the second in the community of Brejo Verde (Correntina). The objective of this activity is to be a space for dialogue to share and exchange knowledge between the affected women, as multipliers, and the communities. Participants will be able to debate community knowledge and that acquired in workshops, capacity buildingand visits; ? 84 meetings will be held, 6 per community, with at least 5 families. The objective is to promote discussions about collective organization and the creation and strengthening of the local group of affected people, in addition to debating problems related to production and coping with large energy and agribusiness projects that affect the territories, in addition to other needs communities, ensuring the political participation of women in the community; ? An evaluation meeting will be held, with the participation of 40 people, after the end of the project, in the municipality of Correntina. A moment to qualify the execution of the project and how the work done in the communities contributed to improving the lives of families and community organization. As well as understanding the affected women who benefited as perpetuators of the knowledge built, thus drawing up strategic lines aimed at continuing the work after the project is completed.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

All project actions will be recorded through photographs that will be shared on the social networks of the movement, those affected and partner organizations. Simple reports and technical visit reports will be created to systematize the activities. We will use attendance lists to record people's presence. To transmit knowledge and lessons learned, we will create journalistic articles, videos and digital booklets.

Policy Impact

Build political and economic autonomy for women affected by dams and strengthen agroecological production in communities

Capacity - Building Component

The proposed capacity building will last two days, a general capacity building will be held with 40 affected people, with the theme ?The organization of those affected and agroecological production in promoting women's autonomy?, to discuss the importance of agroecological production and the collective organization of women with a view to increasing, diversifying production and possibly selling the surplus in open-air markets and communities. Two two-day meetings will be held for technical capacity building of the 15 women, the first will have the theme ?Affected women and agroecological practices? and will be aimed at discussing the relationship between women and agriculture based on agricultural practices and the sexual division of labor on the property and understand the main practices of agroecological management, such as: soil and water management; organic horticulture; productive management and production in rainy seasons. The theme of the second meeting will be ?Affected women and female economic autonomy? and proposals for property management and commercialization for solidarity entrepreneurship and product presentation techniques will be discussed based on the themes: financial education, income generation and autonomy feminine. The capacity building will be given by the technician and assistance to facilitate the content. 10 workshops will be held, 2 per municipality, namely: Agroecological booklet workshop and Field workshop on the production of organic compost and natural pesticides. These workshops will be replicated in each municipality and taught by the technician. At the end of the project, a general meeting will be held with 40 people over two days to evaluate and visualize strategic lines for continuing the work, taught by the coordination and community leaders. The coordination team, together with the technician, will be responsible for the mobilization and logistical organization of the meeting and will have technical assistance to facilitate/deliver the contents.

Notable Community Participation

The young and elderly people affected work in the actions developed by APEMA and MAB, from participating in activities as well as proposing, implementing and making political decisions. Invitations will be made reinforcing the importance of participation in capacity building meetings and workshops, building activities collectively with this audience in a way that guarantees the participation, and above all, of young women in the organization and functioning of groups of those affected.

Gender Focus

This project will be a concrete action in the debate and reduction of gender inequalities, since the target audience is the affected women. It aims to build economic and political autonomy, in which women will have formative moments and reflection on female participation and female empowerment, from the perspective that they are agents of transformation in their families and communities. Therefore, the project will strengthen the participation of these women in groups of affected people organized in their community by integrating the coordination of these groups.

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

We consider popular communication to be an important instrument in the transmission of knowledge, so 1 digital booklet, 4 articles and 2 videos will be created on organization, political participation and agroecological production of the affected women involved in the project, which will be published on MAB's social networks and websites. and partner organizations. The workshops and capacity building meetings will also be publicized through posts on MAB's social networks.

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