Vivenciando vulnerabilidades: um estudo de caso de famílias residentes no bairro da Paz

Abstract

The present study investigated how social vulnerabilities interfere in the family dynamics of women mothers who are heads of families. The general objective is to analyze the interference of social vulnerabilities in the family dynamics of women mothers in a neighborhood in the north vector of the city of Salvador, the largest urban development vector, according to the Urban Development Master Plan (PDDU). To achieve this, the following specific objectives were outlined: To identify the context of social vulnerability of women-mothers living in the Bairro da Paz of Salvador - Bahia; Identify the strategies that women-mothers of Bairro da Paz construct in their daily lives to face social vulnerability. This is a qualitative research with participant observation and case studies on the reality of families living in the neighborhood of the northern vector of city of Salvador - Bairro da Paz, linked to the Association of Friends of Clara Amizade Brasil-Bahia, using a semi-structured interview script, applied to six families living in Bairro da Paz, whose participants were women mothers. As a criterion for inclusion of the participants in the research, the fact that they were women mothers who arrived in the neighborhood due to the need to conquer a housing unit was considered, from the end of the 1980s, when the State still did not develop a public policy in the Bahian capital. construction of housing for the popular classes.