ECOPHEMINIST PERSPECTIVES OF TRANSFORM(ACTION) AT THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GRANDE DOURADOS

Abstract

The ecofeminism approach the link between the subjugation of nature to human longings and the subordination of women to men. A feminism that strives for gender equality, ecofeminism, configured as nonessentialist, fights against the unsustainable assumptions of capitalist patriarchy. It is based on the union between the agendas of ecology and feminism, establishing an association between female empowerment and an ecological notion of life. This perspective proves to be a viable alternative to the social landscape permeated by the referred power relations - based sometimes on gender, sometimes on science or economy - worldwide seen. The ecofeminist movement, as a social transformative action takes place in different parts of the world and in Brazil. The objective of this work was to analyze, through the method of literature review and studies conducted through interviews, the perspectives of this movement in the UFGD. The research was intended to contribute to the study of the ecofeminist movement in the Mato Grosso do Sul academies, as it sought to identify, in the UFGD, the recurrence of movements that fit, even if they do not call themselves, as ecofeminists. This research addressed the relationship of anthropocentrism and androcentrism with the view of nature as a font of resources available to man. It outlined a historical panorama of ecofeminism as a resistance movement that values ​​gender equity and sustainability. The social relevance of this movement has been demonstrated in the face of the marginalization of women and the degradation of nature by the capitalist patriarchy.