On Sunday night (2), I watched, like many Brazilians, at the ceremony, cheering for the film in his dispute for three statuettes. The movie came out. I always like to see award -winning movies that tell the story of a family. Somehow we recognize ourselves through their stories.
Since the announcement of the movie, I found myself looking at Eunice’s photos with her five children. The central figure of the work is, wife of the revoked deputy, and the narrative follows the history of the family during the period of disappearance and murder of the parliamentarian. His expression, so well portrayed by the actress’s performance, refers to pain for the loss of her husband and the difficulties of raising her children from that moment. An interrupted story, like the deputy’s disappearance, leaves the feeling that something is wrong, out of place. Feelings such as sadness, anger and anguish impose themselves without license, while practical issues often run over emotions, demanding urgent solutions. It is an overload for those who stay.
I keep staring at that woman’s picture with her children. Suddenly, the housewife had to become a father and mother. In the 1970s, it was common for married women to take care of their families, performing unpaid activity, which made this task even harder for those who stayed. My great -grandmother, a few years after arriving in Brazil in 1925, was widowed with three young children to raise after her husband was run over in Rio de Janeiro. My paternal grandmother, a refugee, took care of her seven children alone after her husband died young, the victim of an illness. It’s just some of the many women who have had to reinvent themselves to raise their children.
I always had a huge respect for solo mothers. Some even had to be a mother and father since they have never had the support of their children’s father. It is a huge weight and responsibility. Based on data from the 4th quarter of the PNADC (National Household Sample Survey), among people aged 18 to 60, families headed by soil mothers represent 15.5% of households in the country. I consider Solo Mother the woman who resides alone at home with her children. These women have a higher workforce participation rate than the overall average of women: 70% against 67%, respectively.
Despite the higher participation, the average salary received is R $ 2,358, which corresponds to 81% of the amount received by the total of women. The level of education is also lower, with an average of 10.5 years of study, one year less than the average of total women. Among solo mothers, 67% self -clouded black, brown or indigenous, a significantly higher than the average observed among total women (58%). The difference in work income between black, brown or indigenous soil mothers and those that identify themselves as white or yellow is even more pronounced. The first group receives, on average, R $ 1,913, which is 57% of the income of the second group.
Sometimes it is strange to work with thousands of data without associating it with people or imagining their stories. My maternal great -grandmother and my paternal grandmother had difficult lives. Like almost all solo mothers, they had to work and take care of their children at the same time. A support network formed by family and friends, greater access to day care centers and health services, as well as greater flexibility in the job market, can make this journey less challenging for these women.
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