A prática feminista e o gênero na construção do conhecimento

Abstract

This study deals with an na intelectual and political movement inside the area of two of the most important social movements of this century, feminism and unionism, the action of researchs carries a premise that comprehends the participation of male and female workers in the production of knowledge and in the intervention on their conditions of work and health as a fundamental part of their political formation. To the use of the category of gender are added the social and sexual differences for explaining the different places of power women and men occupy in the world of work and that must be identified to understand how work has different effects in the health of women and men.