Women from the rural environment: perception as to their work process in the field

Abstract

Objective: to understand how rural women perceive their work process in the field. Method: Field research, descriptive, exploratory, with qualitative analysis, conducted in the municipality of Cascavel / PR from January to July 2018 with 29 women. Results: According to data collected through interviews, with women rural workers, having as a guiding question, "Tell me what you see in the work you do in the field", we built 05 Discourse of the Collective Subject (CSD), and 08 central ideas were highlighted, namely: Occupation; Family support; Family union; Social interaction; Quality of life; Freedom; Pleasurable activity; Life option. Conclusion: The research reveals that women rural workers understand their work as a powerful tool from an integrative perception that adjusts not only the productive point of view, but also in the social, environmental and cultural aspects.