PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING SOCIOCULTURAL AND POLITICAL IDENTITY IN MOZAMBIQUE

Abstract

Each society, at specific times, presents particular forms of construction of sociocultural and political identity resulting from historical interactions. These particular ways of constructing identity are determined by sociocultural and geopolitical changes. Mozambique went through different experiences that represented three forms of construction of women's identity: colonial, independence (socialist) and post-independence (capitalist). In each of these moments, women were called to participate in the process of building Mozambicanity through the processes of education, culture, social mobilization, the organization of the family structure and work. In each of these moments, women fought for the conquest of their rights and for political, economic and cultural emancipation. For these reasons, women participated and continue to participate in the challenges for the preservation of indigenous traditions, religious beliefs; sociocultural practices, traditional education, combating poverty and for her rights to political participation that were harassed by colonialism. However, its participation in the mobilization of social strata, in the education of children, in political life and its self-affirmation in the construction and consolidation of Mozambicanity resulting from internal cohesion between the various ethnic groups that make up Mozambique is not recognized and remains insignificant. In this way, the article intends to analyze the role of women in the construction and consolidation of sociocultural and political identity and in the struggle for human rights in Mozambique.