Mulheres no enfrentamento de dificuldades para garantir a permanência e a integralização na formação universitária

Abstract

The recognition of women as subjects of rights gained greater visibility from the feminist movement, when they began to conquer various spaces in society, especially in universities. However, if it is a fact that the laws guarantee men and women rights that are considered universal in contemporary societies, the routine of men and women is still quite different due to the remnants of patriarchal foundations that attribute to genders not only different but also different statuses. unequal. Considering the problem of how students (mothers and housewives) do in the face of academic and domestic challenges in their trajectory in higher education and what strategies are used to remain and integrate the university course, we sought to achieve the following objective: to analyze the challenges experienced by students (mothers and housewives) in higher education and their strategies for articulating the domestic and academic dimensions to remain and integrate the university course. The methodology used was based on a qualitative approach, with data collected through semi-structured interviews. The research universe was the Campus of a public university, located in the city of TeresinaPI, with 4 (four) students from that university who collaborated with the research socializing their experiences as mothers, housewives and university students. Some authors base this monograph, such as: Pinto (2003) which refers to the historical contribution of some protagonists of the feminist movement in Brazil; Guedes (2018), who exposes the female presence in university courses, deconstructing the idea of the university as a male space; Silveira (2012) with the theme of Student Assistance in Higher Education; Yannoulas (2013), about women, mothers and students and the imperative to build strategies to reconcile their tasks; as well as Gil(2012) and Bardin(2016) who contributed to the methodological path and data analysis. The main results for the three categories analyzed stand out: difficulties faced by the collaborators – as the main difficulty: reconciling their domestic, maternal and student obligations; collaborators' strategies – they activate a support base, counting, especially, on the help of their mothers; student assistance - there is no specific student assistance for student mothers and they demand day care centers for their children.