Vulnerabilities of homeless women: social markers of gender and race/color

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https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.20222380608

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Homeless Persons; Social Vulnerability; Gender Studies; Racial Groups; Women.

Abstract

Objective: to unveil the vulnerabilities of homeless women linked to the social markers of gender and race/color. Methods: qualitative study, developed with ten homeless women through participant observation, field diary, and sociodemographic questionnaire, systematized based on content analysis. Results: it was found that gender identity and race/color act as potentiators of the situation of vulnerability of women. It is believed that structural racism and machismo feed back into the streets and perpetuate themselves in a perverse cycle of denial of women's rights, which is potentiated by the omission of the State and extensive social and economic inequality. Conclusion: gender and race/color potentiate the vulnerabilities of homeless women that intersect precarious social conditions, denial of rights, and favor illness. Contributions to practice: to present information that enables reflections and creation of care strategies for homeless women, understood in their singularities.

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2022-08-16

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Barros KCC, Moreira R de CR, Oliveira JF de, Nascimento DFB do, Jesus MEF de, Ferreira RBS. Vulnerabilities of homeless women: social markers of gender and race/color. Rev Rene [Internet]. 2022 Aug. 16 [cited 2026 Apr. 8];23:e80608. Available from: https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/80608