A MULHER NEGRA NO MERCADO DE TRABALHO: realidade, desafios e políticas públicas

Abstract

The present study discusses “The black woman in the labor market: reality, challenges and public policies”. It is a qualitative research. The general objective is to investigate, at an academic-scientific level, the reality, challenges and public policies implemented for Black Women in the labor market; and, specific objectives: (a) to make a historical context about Black Women and Work, since the slave regime; (b) make explicit the presence and resistance of Black Women, based on the Brazilian Black Movement; (c) make a theoretical approach on specific and related concepts and understandings of the theme; (d) and, describe and analyze the current situation of Black Women in the Labor Market, policies and challenges. The methodology used in carrying out this investigation was bibliographical research. The results showed that black women are still not playing roles at high levels of leadership, much less with salaries equal to those of white people, and this is said a lot by their gender and race. Because according to research and data taken from the inter-union department of statistics and socioeconomic studies DIESSE (2022), 55.8% of society is black and that when it comes to women, only 2.1% of black women exercise leadership roles, while 4, 7% are occupied by white women. With this result, it is clear how much the black woman suffers from this difference in society, being black and being a woman. This reality is in front of our eyes, we just need to look around us and we will notice the lack of women and black women in the job market holding high positions and of greater value.