Reflections of access and consumption of drinking water in the daily life of women in poverty situation: a study in urban communities of the city of Jaboatão of the Guararapes/PE

Authors

  • Dinar Souza da Silva Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8207-5203
  • Romilson Marques Cabral Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31423/oikos.v30i1.6374

Keywords:

Consumo de água, Mulheres, Jaboatão dos Guararapes/PE

Abstract

Historically, the women are the ones that more suffer with the lack of access to drinking water. Domestic activities are almost always attributed to them, including supply of water. The sexual division of labor determines tasks of men and women, also within the home. This article presents part of the research of Dissertation of Master's degree, and has as objective to describe of that it forms the lack of access to safe drinking water reflects in the daily life of the women in poverty situation. The construction of this work had a qualitative approach, exploratory, composed by: documentary research, field collection, and data processing. The research was carried out in communities of the urban area of the municipality of Jaboatão of the Guararapes/PE. The results indicate that many women have a daily life determined for the precarious of access and consumption of water. Provision of infrastructure for an adequate water supply would potentially reduce women’s overtime, in addition to the time spent on household chores, they need to devote time to water provision, thus increasing the total workload.

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Author Biographies

Dinar Souza da Silva, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)

Graduada em Serviço social pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Mestre pelo Programa de Pos-Graduação em Consumo, Cotidiano e Desenvolvimento social (PGCDS) na Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE).

Romilson Marques Cabral, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)

Possui doutorado em Administração pela Universidade Federal da Bahia - Núcleo de Pós-graduação em Administração da UFBA (2007). Mestrado em Administração e Comunicação Rural(1998). Graduação em Ciências Econômicas pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (1977), e Atualmente é professor pela Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco. 

Published

2019-03-17

How to Cite

da Silva, D. S., & Cabral, R. M. (2019). Reflections of access and consumption of drinking water in the daily life of women in poverty situation: a study in urban communities of the city of Jaboatão of the Guararapes/PE. Oikos: Família E Sociedade Em Debate, 30(1), 49–67. https://doi.org/10.31423/oikos.v30i1.6374