"YOU TEACH ME TO MAKE LACE" - WORK EXPERIENCE WITH WOMEN IN EXTRACTIVE RESERVE FROM CANTO VERDE-CE, BRAZIL

Introduction Since 2015, in partnership with LABOCART-UFC, LISF has been working on the extractive reserve of Canto Verde. This community has earned its right to land after many struggles against real estate speculation. During the survey we did on the main health disorders experienced in the community and in our conversations with the health unit staff that serves the region, we found a lot of women were making use of antidepressants. This fact draws attention in a highly politicized and participant community. Indeed, it is men who are ahead of most of the activities. There are no women leaders in residents association and in the community struggles. Methodology and Results The community women already develop craft activities in groups. We take advantage of these groups to promote workshops where we blend technical increase in embroidery and therapeutic activities, in order to approach the universe of these women and to better understand the context in which they live, their aspirations and projects. The idea is to draw a profile of the universe of these women that enables the health teams that serve the community better cope with the situation by creating alternatives to medicalization.