Rivais em campo, irmãs na luta: os desafios e conquistas dos movimentos de mulheres no futebol pernambucano.

Abstract

The paper presents an investigation into women's movements in Pernambuco football and their fight for gender equality in football, based on the identification of three movements in Recife: Movimento Coralinas (Santa Cruz), Elas e o Sport (Sport) and Timbuzeiras (Náutico). Through participant observation, application of a form via Google Forms and the appliance of three semi-structured interviews, between the months of November 2022 and June 2023, the work suggests that such movements are established in a hybrid space between digital social networks and the football stands, configuring communities of affection (Maffesoli, 1998; Weber, 1987; Elias, 1980) and instant communities of transformative practice (Castells, 2017). The relationships between women's movements in football and other organizations demonstrate a network action in order to face challenges to achieve their goals.