0237/2025 - “Nós não somos um número nas ruas”: uma análise das desigualdades vivenciadas por mulheres com trajetória nas ruas We are not a number on the streets”: an analysis of the inequalities experienced by women with a trajectory on the streets
Este artigo aborda os elementos estruturantes da experiência de oito mulheres adultas com trajetória de vida nas ruas do município de Belo Horizonte, em 2021 e 2022. Foram realizados grupos focais e entrevistas semiestruturadas, os quais foram submetidos à análise de conteúdo, centrada em três aspectos das suas trajetórias de vida: processo de ida para as ruas, vivência nas ruas e perspectivas de futuro. O perfil das entrevistadas é, no geral, de mulheres negras, com variadas motivações de ida para as ruas, incluindo a violência de gênero. Foram relatadas estratégias de sobrevivência pautadas nas dinâmicas dos serviços socioassistenciais, e o acesso aos serviços de saúde no nível de urgência; e as perspectivas para o futuro estavam vinculadas principalmente a questões estruturais como moradia e trabalho. As trajetórias de vida dessas mulheres revelaram a incidência de diferentes opressões que as privam de direitos sociais, afetando, consequentemente, o processo saúde-doença-cuidado. Logo, para fins de políticas públicas pautadas pela integralidade e pela justiça social, convém considerar questões que tangenciam a trajetória dessas mulheres, como a fragilidade na rede de apoio, as barreiras de acesso à saúde, a ausência de lazer e a diminuição de sua autonomia.
Palavras-chave:
população em situação de rua, mulheres, desigualdade de gênero, racismo, trajetória de vida.
Abstract:
This article addresses the structural elements of the experiences of eight adult women who have lived on the streets in the city of Belo Horizonte, in 2021 and 2022. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed using content analysis, focusing on three aspects of their life trajectories: the process of ending up on the streets, their experiences on the streets and future perspectives. The profile of the interviewees is, in general, black women, with varied motivations for going to the streets, including gender violence. Survival strategies based on the dynamics of social assistance services and access to emergency health services were reported, and prospects for the future were mainly linked to structural issues such as housing and work. The life trajectories of these women revealed the incidence of different forms of oppression that deprive them of social rights, consequently affecting the health-illness-care process. Therefore, for the purposes of public policies based on integrality and social justice, it is important to consider issues that affect these women's trajectories, such as the fragility of their social support network, barriers to access to health care, lack of leisure activities, and reduced autonomy.
Keywords:
homeless population, women, gender inequality, racism, life trajectory.
We are not a number on the streets”: an analysis of the inequalities experienced by women with a trajectory on the streets
Resumo (abstract):
This article addresses the structural elements of the experiences of eight adult women who have lived on the streets in the city of Belo Horizonte, in 2021 and 2022. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed using content analysis, focusing on three aspects of their life trajectories: the process of ending up on the streets, their experiences on the streets and future perspectives. The profile of the interviewees is, in general, black women, with varied motivations for going to the streets, including gender violence. Survival strategies based on the dynamics of social assistance services and access to emergency health services were reported, and prospects for the future were mainly linked to structural issues such as housing and work. The life trajectories of these women revealed the incidence of different forms of oppression that deprive them of social rights, consequently affecting the health-illness-care process. Therefore, for the purposes of public policies based on integrality and social justice, it is important to consider issues that affect these women's trajectories, such as the fragility of their social support network, barriers to access to health care, lack of leisure activities, and reduced autonomy.
Palavras-chave (keywords):
homeless population, women, gender inequality, racism, life trajectory.
Dantas, ACMTV, Coelho, P, Paes-Sousa, R. “Nós não somos um número nas ruas”: uma análise das desigualdades vivenciadas por mulheres com trajetória nas ruas. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2025/jul). [Citado em 26/01/2026].
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