WHAT DO WOMEN ACTIVISTS TEACH US? - REPORTING ON A POLITICAL TRAINING EXPERIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITYThis report describes a university extension project based in the interior of the state of Paraná, whose objective was to understand the impasses, challenges, and risks faced by women activists involved in social and environmental causes in the defense of life. The action research used interdisciplinarity to build a place for dialogue with the activists. The results encompass the direct relation among activism and life stories, the political dimension based on the common good, the presence of risks, and expectations for inclusive relations. The conclusion points to the relevance of the struggle for the expansion of socially included and affectively strengthened lives.
Keywords:
activism; women; society; nature; politics