Gender and environment in review study of social research on social and environmental inequality in Brazil

Abstract

The debate on gender and environment is one of the premises of Sustainable Development to achieve the reduction of social inequality.  Therefore, the present study proposes to review the literature for gender and environmental studies, with impacts on women's social rights.  Data were obtained through a theoretical-conceptual methodological approach, with literature review of the last 10 years focused on social research of qualitative nature.  Data analysis and interpretation were based on the search for expressive categories of articles. The results showed that the historicity marked by the patriarchy and capitalist economic political system have reinforced the patterns of gender inequality. Nature as an inexhaustible source of resources, livelihoods and subsistence.  In conclusion, despite the importance of qualitative studies in recording diversity in women's daily life, intervention studies are needed to instrumentalize the autonomy and emancipation of women in the countryside, to ensure access to the environment from the perspective of sustainable development.