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Pobreza e resiliência: contributo para o estudo sobre os efeitos do trabalho das Zungueiras de Benguela na economia familiar
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A zunga é o exercício de venda ambulante informal que em África no geral, é desempenhada maioritariamente por mulheres, apesar de existirem também homens e crianças no exercício da mesma. Em Angola o empobrecimento de muitas famílias, afeta diretamente as mulheres uma vez que são elas por regra e tradição as responsáveis pela gestão da casa e pelos cuidados familiares. Como resposta à pobreza as mulheres inventam mecanismos de sobrevivência de onde ressaltam os negócios informais, que são no fundo espelho das suas competência e capacidade para amenizar a precaridade das condições económicas das suas famílias.
Esta dissertação visa estudar questões que se articulam entre a pobreza das famílias e a resiliência das zungueiras de Benguela. É nosso objetivo demonstrar como as zungueiras, apesar de tantas dificuldades por que passam, lidam com as situações de carência económica, enfrentando, de cabeça erguida, um mundo de problemas e zungando pela “sobrevivência familiar” onde as preocupações com os filhos ocupam papel de destaque.
Mediante entrevistas e observações feitas no terreno procurámos compreender como a zunga as auxilia na melhoria da situação das suas famílias, mas também procurámos estudar as suas rotinas, os seus êxitos, os insucessos, no fundo a sua resiliência.
Zunga is the exercise of informal vending that in Africa in general is performed mostly by women, although there are also men and children in pursuit of it. In Angola the impoverishment of many families, directly affects women as they are, by rule and tradition, responsible their home and family care. In response to poverty women invent survival mechanisms such as informal businesses, which reflects their competence and ability to deal with the precarious economic conditions of their families. This thesis aims to study issues that are articulated between the poverty of families and resilience of zungueiras in Benguela. We aim to demonstrate how zungueiras (women sellers), despite the difficulties they experience, deal with situations of economic hardship facing a world of trouble and fighting for their "family survival" namely their children. Through interviews and observations made on the field we tried to understand how zunga activities assists in improve the situation of a great number of families, but we also tried to observe the sellers routines, their successes, failures, their resilience.
Zunga is the exercise of informal vending that in Africa in general is performed mostly by women, although there are also men and children in pursuit of it. In Angola the impoverishment of many families, directly affects women as they are, by rule and tradition, responsible their home and family care. In response to poverty women invent survival mechanisms such as informal businesses, which reflects their competence and ability to deal with the precarious economic conditions of their families. This thesis aims to study issues that are articulated between the poverty of families and resilience of zungueiras in Benguela. We aim to demonstrate how zungueiras (women sellers), despite the difficulties they experience, deal with situations of economic hardship facing a world of trouble and fighting for their "family survival" namely their children. Through interviews and observations made on the field we tried to understand how zunga activities assists in improve the situation of a great number of families, but we also tried to observe the sellers routines, their successes, failures, their resilience.
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Dissertação de Mestrado em Estudos Africanos
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Economia informal Género Resiliência Pobreza zungueira zunga Informal economy Gender Resiliency Poverty zungueira zunga
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Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas