Building Reproductive Justice with Indigenous women from Northeast Brazil
University of Birmingham & University of Pernambuco
AHRC AH/X008118/1
Partners:
- APOINME
- Ministério Público
- Museu da Parteira
The research
Brazil has an intensely pluralist society in which ethnic distinctions typically overlap with structural inequalities. The need to create a healthcare system that protects Indigenous women’s decision-making power and respects ethnic, cultural, and religious differences is a matter of urgent concern. Respond to this urgency, the overarching aim of this project is to work with Indigenous women from the Pankararu and Xukuru peoples to consolidate reproductive justice by improving access to sexual and reproductive healthcare in a manner that respects their worldviews and cultural practices
Learn moreResearch questions
As a result of exchanges with indigenous women from the Northeast of Brazil, three main Research Questions have been identified. Each of these questions will be addressed in a separate Work Package (WP):
- What are the constructions of sexual and reproductive health/illness of the Indigenous communities in the northeast of Brazil (WP1)?
- How well does Brazilian health law (and regulation) reflect the Indigenous conceptions of sexual and reproductive health and to what extent do healthcare systems facilitate or impede Indigenous women’s access to sexual and reproductive rights (WP2)?
- What role do healthcare professionals and traditional healers play in the construction of reproductive justice, and how are traditional worldviews and healing practices integrated (WP3)?