We combat the work that is standardized

Where the woman is humiliated

And the man, exalted.

 

We defend work as an educational principle

Overcoming the oppressive forces.

These are black, white and mulatto women

Poor or abandoned

That in life and in work are discriminated.

 

We are not helpers

In the work of the field,

In the tidied house and

In the educated child

 

We are women on the move.

In the struggle for livelihood

In the search for recognition.

 

Poem composed by the teachers Joélia Cordeiro Godoi, Marcos Henrique Freitas, Marli Aparecida Poli.

Caminhos do Saber Itinerant School – Ortigueira – Paraná.

Seminar: November 24-26, 2016.

© Landless Voices II