WOMEN'S WORK IN RURAL AREAS: INVISIBILITY, GENDER INEQUALITIES, AND SOCIAL SECURITY ISSUES

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze how scientific production has addressed the invisibility of women's work in rural areas, with an emphasis on the relationships between work, gender, and access to social security. The completed research was based on a systematic literature review, including authors such as Santos, Lefebvre, Massey, Wanderley, Tuan, and Martins. Twenty-two academic studies were selected, including articles, theses, dissertations, and undergraduate theses, prioritizing productions that addressed the institutional recognition of rural women and their right to retirement. The materials were analyzed using analytical note-taking, which allowed for the identification of recurring theoretical approaches, methodologies, and results. The results showed that exclusion from social security and the invisibility of women's work constituted structural phenomena, reinforced by patriarchal practices and the absence of policies sensitive to the reality of women in rural areas. It was concluded that theoretical advances and the strengthening of a critical and feminist approach were fundamental for the understanding and effective recognition of the rights of rural women.