TRACES OF COLONIALITY: Reflecting on reproductive justice, birth control, and black women

refletindo sobre justiça reprodutiva, controle da natalidade e mulheres negras

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https://doi.org/10.22409/b3mma191

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Understanding reproductive justice in Brazil is complex and involves movements and studies from a wide variety of sources, mainly from fields of knowledge such as the Social Sciences. Issues related to reproductive justice in the country are marked by gender, race, and class, which must be considered together in the analysis. The objective of this study is to discuss reproductive justice in Brazil and the control of Black women's bodies, by empirically analyzing birth control situations at different times in the Brazilian historical context. The study consists of theoretical and bibliographical research, observing aspects of intersectionality and the coloniality of gender that permeate the social construction of the reproduction of Black women in Brazil.

Keywords: Coloniality. Reproductive Justice. Black Women.

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  • Maria Luiza Barbosa Sousa, Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI)

    Mestranda em Sociologia pela Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI). Bacharel em Direito pelo Instituto Camillo Filho-PI. Especialista em Direitos Humanos pela Esperança Garcia (FAR). Integrante do Grupo de Pesquisa em Violências de Gênero e Feminicídio (GEPEFEM/UFPI).  

  • Rossana Maria Marinho Albuquerque, Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI)

    Doutora em Sociologia pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia da Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar). Docente no curso de Ciências Sociais da Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI) e no mestrado em Sociologia (PPGS/UFPI). Bolsista Produtividade PQ 2 do CNPQ. Líder do Grupo de Pesquisas em Violências de Gênero e Feminicídio (GEPEFEM/UFPI). 

Edição agosto 2026 - Revista Confluências

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2026-10-02

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Vol. 28 No. 2 (2026): Confluências, vol. 28, nº 2

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TRACES OF COLONIALITY: Reflecting on reproductive justice, birth control, and black women: refletindo sobre justiça reprodutiva, controle da natalidade e mulheres negras. Confluências | Interdisciplinary Review of Sociology and Law, [S. l.], v. 28, n. 2, p. 165–190, 2026. DOI: 10.22409/b3mma191. Disponível em: https://periodicos.uff.br/confluencias/article/view/71067. Acesso em: 13 oct. 2026.