Gender and work: Reflection needed in incubation on solidarity economy

Abstract

This article aims to present and discuss the relation of gender and work. We will approach this topic within a cultural perspective of the city of Passo Fundo. The data and literary research occurred by a group of students of Social Work, who are members of the extension project 'Productive Integration and Decent Work: Advisory on solidarity economy in Passo Fundo / RS', with the project coordinator and Sociology professor, Ivan Dourado, being all of them linked to the Community University of Passo Fundo (UPF). In this article, we intend to present the history of the project and later, we will bring an analysis that will allow us to discuss further the issue of gender and labor activities. Therefore, we pretend to show some ways of women inclusion in cooperative work and the possibilities of reproduction/overcoming on the socially recognized ‘woman work’  in the Solidarity Economy. The project, in the years 2013 and 2014, conducted a mapping of the reality of Solidarity Economy cooperatives in the city of Passo Fundo. From this, we found some data to consider the role of women in work spaces, with the cultural point of view from the ideas of Roberto Da Matta (1985). Thus, we have the intention of responding to the question: how the production and reproduction of females occurs in industrial activities within the solidarity cooperative space?