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Pedagogies of resistance: community-based education for women’s participation in watershed management in São Paulo, Brazil

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2009

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Perkins, Patricia E. (Ellie)

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Informal and community-based education and organizing are fundamental to creating the conditions for equitable democratic participation by women and marginalized people. This paper overviews recent Brazilian initiatives which develop such “pedagogies of resistance,” focusing on watershed decision-making.

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Community based environment, Community-based education, Pedagogies of resistance, Watershed, Democratic process, Brazil, Global, Women participation in watershed

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“Pedagogies of resistance: community-based education for women’s participation in watershed management in São Paulo, Brazil.” Canadian Woman Studies, special issue on Women in Latin America, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 107-111