Marcha das Margaridas: Notes for a Latin American (Eco)Feminism

Abstract

This article presents reflections on the proposal of a Latin American feminism that starts from the experience of women from the Global South. The objective is to search the documents constructed by the Marcha das Margaridas (in English, March of the Daisies), which present the claims of this Brazilian movement of women from the countryside, the forest and the waters, some elements to think about a Latin American (eco)feminism. In order to do so, we resort to the theoretical framework of ecofeminisms that offer some parameters to think about intersectionality beyond elements that refer to the subordination and domination of human groups, including the problems arising from dualistic-hierarchical relations of exploitation of humans with other forms of life. Ecofeminist literature helps to realize that the intersection between gender and environmental issues are central to the feminist thinking and doing of women who are part of the Marcha das Margaridas. This movement constructs alternative paths for policies of colonization of life, based on confronting agribusiness and monocultures destined to the production of commodities, in the socioenvironmental preservation through agroecological practices and in the support of human and non-human forms of life and in the defense of the autonomy and diversity in the life of peasant women.