Pathways
Changing times, changing lives: women’s empowerment through generations in Bahia, Brazil
2007 - Present
Lead Researcher: Cecilia Sardenberg
Researchers: Fernanda Capibaribe , Carolina Santana
The purpose of this study was to identify and analyse changes in women's lives in Salvador, Bahia over the last three generations, and how these changes relate to processes of women's empowerment. The project began in July 2007 and involved working with a panel of 400 women from different generations living in the Plataforma region of Bahia, Brazil. Young girls from the region and university students were trained to use media equipment to interview their mothers and grandmothers on how life has changed in the region.
Resources For This Project
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Empoderamento De Mulheres Na Bahia Atraves Das Geracoes
This paper was presented at the XIII Bahian Researchers Symposium on Women and Gender Relations held at NEIM/UFBA in Salvador from 4-7 November 2008. The purpose of the study was to identify and analyse changes in women's lives in Salvador, Bahia over three successive generations, and how these changes relate to processes of women's empowerment. …
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Our Looks of All Saints. Photo Show
A video of photos produced during the photography course given to researchers of the Nucleus of Interdisciplinary Studies on Women from the Federal University of Bahia as part of the research on three generations of women. …
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Tempos De Mudança, Vidas Em Mutação: O Empoderamento De Mulheres Na Bahia Através Das Gerações
This paper was presented at Fazendo Genero (Doing Gender) 8 held at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina from 25-28 August 2008. The purpose of the study was to identify and analyse changes in women's lives in Salvador, Bahia over three successive generations, and how these changes relate to processes of women's empowerment. …
