Submitted by admin tede (tede@pucgoias.edu.br) on 2017-02-16T18:05:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 LEILA SANTANA NASCIMENTO SOUZA.pdf: 11675534 bytes, checksum: e3d96717f1020e3ea22f753c9f3fa062 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-16T18:05:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LEILA SANTANA NASCIMENTO SOUZA.pdf: 11675534 bytes, checksum: e3d96717f1020e3ea22f753c9f3fa062 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-09-18 / The present work is the result of a research trial involving young people of Kalunga’s community, students of high school and it’s part of the line of research Education, Society and Culture of the program of Post-Graduation in Education. The young people in question are arising from the community of Kalunga de Tinguizal, belonging to Monte Alegre – GO. The purpose was to apprehend the socio-cultural universe they are in, their school journeys and the strategies they use to remain in the school. For this purpose, it carried out an investigation using a bibliographical and a field research. The field research structured itself in the application of three techniques: a) application of questionnaires (family and young); b) a non systematic observation; c) interviews with eight young people (two men and six women), all Kalunga students of public system of education. The information had reveal how these young people live the children condition, the cultural universes they live in, their relationship with the institutions and the meaning of the formal education (high school) for them. For the researched, the conception of being young is variable and there are many ways of comprehension of this phase of life and it is almost always related to good things. Education and work are unquestionable values for their life. The family nucleus has a great value in their life and the culture is based in a strong catholic tradition. To be a Kalunga is present on their routine, on their many relationships and on their life. The final objective of this research is help on the enlargement of the studies about youth and education in Brazil and supply subsidies for public politics focused on this youth. / O presente trabalho é resultado de um processo de pesquisa envolvendo jovens Kalunga, estudantes do nível médio de ensino e faz parte da linha de pesquisa Educação, Sociedade e Cultura do Programa de Pós Graduação em Educação. Os jovens investigados são oriundos da comunidade Kalunga de Tinguizal, pertencente ao município de Monte Alegre-GO. O propósito foi apreender o universo sócio-cultural em que esses jovens estão inseridos, suas trajetórias escolares e as diversas estratégias utilizadas por eles para permanecerem na instituição escolar. Para essa finalidade, realizou-se uma investigação utilizando a pesquisa bibliográfica e de campo. A pesquisa de campo estruturou-se mediante a aplicação de três técnicas: a) aplicação de questionário (família e jovens); b) observação assistemática; c) entrevista com oito jovens (dois homens e seis mulheres), todos estudantes Kalunga da rede pública de ensino . As informações obtidas revelam como esses jovens vivem a condição juvenil, os universos culturais nos quais transitam, suas relações com as instituições socializadoras e o significado da escolarização formal (ensino médio) para eles. Para os jovens pesquisados, a concepção ser jovem é amplamente variável e são diversos os modos de compreender essa fase da vida que de modo geral está ligada a aspectos positivos. A educação e o trabalho são valores inquestionáveis para a vida dos jovens Kalunga. O núcleo familiar tem grande valor em suas vidas, e a cultura é fortemente marcada por uma intensa tradição religiosa católica. Ser Kalunga está presente no seu cotidiano, nas diversas relações, nos seus discursos e nas suas vidas. O objetivo final da pesquisa é também contribuir para que sejam ampliados os estudos sobre juventudes e educação no Brasil e fornecer subsídios para políticas públicas voltadas para a juventude.

Quais são os sentidos atribuídos ao futuro por jovens negras da região do Capão Redondo e Jardim Ângela, bairros da periferia do município de São Paulo, é a ambição deste mestrado. A escolha de conhecer os sentidos de futuro desse grupo se deu porque as estatísticas demonstram que elas vivem diversas tensões. Elas viverem em uma região com tradição de chacinas por grupos de extermínios; com comércio de drogas ao lado de delegacias; na qual há policiais que causam tanto medo quanto os bandidos. Nesse território os óbitos dos jovens negros são decorrentes de homicídios. Lá elas são as últimas na fila de ascensão social e de emprego. Mas que apesar destas tensões continuam depositando seus esforços na vida. Tratou-se, portanto, de ouvi-las por meio de um de estudo com bases no enfoque qualitativo, ao considerar que o método proposto focaliza as experiências das participantes e colaboradoras ao longo das suas trajetórias de vida, bem como suas projeções com relação aos planos para um tempo vindouro, isto é, pesquisar os sentidos de futuro dessas jovens pôde revelar quais são as estratégias de enfretamento e de reconhecimento face ao processo histórico de humilhação social que vive a população negra, particularizado, neste caso, na região do Capão Redondo e do Jardim Ângela. Surgiram três manifestações de sentido de futuro para elas: o primeiro se deu na negação de que se preocupassem ou tivessem expectativas sobre o futuro; o segundo foi uma projeção de futuro ao lado de outra pessoa em uma relação amorosa; o terceiro sentido foi um projeto de vida próprio, tanto profissional, como cultural, como político. Esperamos que este trabalho tenha podido colaborar com a psicologia social, mas principalmente, tenha colaborado, de alguma forma, com o futuro das juventudes que se expressam na região do Capão Redondo e do Jardim Ângela / The senses of future given by young Black women from the districts of Capão Redondo and Jardim Ângela, outskirt of the city of São Paulo, are the ambitioned theme of this work. How they can have a sense of future when the statistics demonstrate: they live in an area traditionally affected by massacres from death squads; they live in an area where drug dealers do business besides the police station; they live in an area where some police officers are as much feared as the criminals. They live in an area where the homicide is the major cause of mortality of young male Black people . They live in an area where they are the last in the social mobility and in the chance of employment. However, they keep struggling for life. The research, therefore, aimed to listen to these young women, it was based in a qualitative approach, considering a method that brings their experiences throughout their life trajectories, as well as their projections towards a forthcoming period in their lives. Exploring these young womens senses of future revealed their strategies to affront and to feel acknowledged before the historic process of social humiliation in which the Black population has been living particularly in the case of Capão Redondo and Jardim Ângela. Three expressions of their sense of future came up: the first one involved the denial that they would have a future; the second one was the projection of a future with another person in a love relationship; the third one was built as life projects, be that a professional one, a cultural one or a political one. We hope this piece of work might have contributed to the Social Psychology, but mostly to the future of the youth manifested in the area of Capão Redondo and Jardim Ângela

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo apresentar um estudo de Discurso de Jovens Grávidas, através da utilização do método fenomenológico, com base na DASEINANÁLISE de Heidegger. Buscando o entendimento do significado dos referidos Discursos, procurou-se dar um novo enfoque na questão da gravidez, sob o ponto de vista dos sujeitos que elas representam, objetivando uma real recuperação na abordagem médico-preventivo-educativa da gravidez em jovens. Por outro lado, esse estudo também representa um esforço no sentido da aplicação do método qualitativo (em especial, o fenomenológico) no Campo da Saúde Pública, com ênfase nos Programas de Saúde Materno-Infantil. / The present work intends to present a study of the Young Pregnant Mothers discourse\'s through the Phenomenological Method, based in Heidegger\'s Daseinanalysis. Asking for the understanding of the reffered discourses mean\'s, we tried to give a new approach in the pregnancy question, considering the subject\'s point of view for them represented, in order to obtain a real recuperation in medical-preventive educative focalization of pregnancy in adolescent mothers. Furthermore,this study also represents an effort with the finality of the Qualitative Method application (mainly, the phenomenological) in the Public Health Field, with the emphasis in Mother-Child Health Care\'s Programs.

Objetivo: compreender o significado da vivência do câncer de mama para mulheres jovens, com relação ao Trabalho, Maternidade e Imagem corporal. Método: estudo qualitativo; referencial metodológico: Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo; teórico: Interacionismo Simbólico. Desenvolvido em um Ambulatório de Mastologia e Núcleo de Reabilitação de Mastectomizadas. A coleta ocorreu de fevereiro/2014 a janeiro/2015. Participaram 12 mulheres selecionadas por prontuários, entre 18 e 40 anos, com até um ano do diagnóstico do câncer, sendo excluídas aquelas que não se expressavam individualmente e com metástase; responderam às questões norteadoras: \"Como é para você ser uma mulher jovem que teve diagnóstico do câncer de mama com relação ao trabalho? À maternidade? À sua imagem corporal?\". Resultados: emergiram as categorias: \"Fato de você ser jovem e ter que parar de trabalhar, às vezes eu me sinto meio inválida, sabe? E o fato de me tirar daquilo que eu mais gosto de fazer que era trabalhar, que é trabalhar, me apavorou um pouco\"; A importância do trabalho pelo fato de ser mulher e jovem: \"O Trabalho é a edificação da alma! Não tem frase melhor que defina trabalho, e como mulher jovem: Liberdade!\"; O afastamento da mulher jovem de sua atividade de trabalho e as relações sociais; A maternidade e o fato de ser mulher jovem com câncer de mama: \"A maternidade me mostrou um amor grande demais, mas abala (o câncer) porque nessa idade que eu estou a gente tem muitos sonhos ainda, entendeu\"; Dilema materno: ter ou não filhos após o câncer de mama?; A amamentação para a mulher jovem com câncer de mama; Dilema materno: a possível ausência para os filhos; Dilema materno como mulher jovem: a proteção com os filhos diante do diagnóstico do câncer de mama; Para a mulher jovem com câncer de mama a maternidade é o ponto de equilíbrio para o enfrentamento do câncer; Perda de cabelos, pelos e mudança na coloração da pele e unhas: \"Me fez sentir feia. Fica sem expressão. Me sinto debilitada como mulher\"; O fato de ser jovem e a falta da mama: \"Não quero ser mutilada. Perder um seio é muito difícil\"; Sentimento da mulher relacionado ao ganho de peso durante o tratamento: \"está me incomodando e fico com a autoestima lá embaixo\'\"; A mulher jovem se incomoda com os olhares curiosos por apresentar mudança corporal causada pelo câncer de mama: \"Quero passar despercebida, não quero que sintam pena \'coitada, tão nova\'\"; \"O pessoal jovem sofre demais. Você se olha no espelho e diz: \'puts eu não sou igual a todo mundo\'.\" A vivência do câncer de mama para as mulheres jovens, relacionado ao trabalho, maternidade e imagem corporal, significou viver com a dualidade de \"ter de se tratar\" e ter de \"passar pelas adversidades impostas pelo câncer de mama\"; lidar com dificuldades, quando necessitaram \"camuflar sofrimentos\" para que filhos/companheiros/familiares e amigos não sofressem \"pelas suas dores (das mulheres)\", e \"apoio\", quando conseguiram \"compartilhar o câncer de mama\" com eles. Conclusão: profissionais de saúde devem atuar diante dos comprometimentos causados pela doença / Objective: to understand the meaning of breast cancer experience for young women in relation to Work, Maternity and Body Image. Method: qualitative study; Methodological approach: Discourse of the Collective Subject; Theory: Symbolic Interactionism. Developed in a Mastology Ambulatory and Mastectomized Rehabilitation Nucleus. The data collect occurred from February / 2014 to January / 2015. Twelve women between 18 and 40 years were selected by medical records, with up to one year of diagnosis of cancer participated, and those with metastasis and who could not express themselves individually were excluded; they answered the guiding questions: \"How is for you to be a young woman diagnosed with breast cancer in relation to work? Motherhood? And body image?\" Results: The categories emerged: \"The fact that you are young and have to stop working, sometimes I feel kind invalid, you know?\"; The importance of work for being a woman and a young person: \"Work is the building up of the soul! There\'s no better phrase that defines work, and as a young woman: Freedom!\"; The removal of the young woman of his work activity and the social relations; Motherhood and the fact of being a young woman with breast cancer: \"Motherhood has shown me a great love, but it shakes (cancer) because at this age that I am we have many dreams yet, do you understand?\"; Maternal dilemma: have or not have children after breast cancer?; Breastfeeding for the young woman with breast cancer; Maternal dilemma: possible absence for the children; For the young woman with breast cancer, motherhood is the point of balance for coping with cancer; Loss of hair and change in the color of the skin and nails: \"It made me feel ugly. Without expression. I feel weak as a woman\"; The fact of being young and the breast\'s loss: \"I do not want to be mutilated. Losing a breast is very difficult\"; Woman\'s feeling associated to weight gain during treatment: \"it\'s bothering me and my self-esteem falls\"; The young woman is bothered by the curious looks due to the corporal change caused by breast cancer: \"I want to go unnoticed, I do not want them to feel \"poor, so young\'\"; \"Young people suffer a lot. You look at yourself in the mirror and say, \'Oh, I\'m not like everyone else.\' The experience of breast cancer for young women, in relation to work, maternity and body image, it meant living with the duality of \"having to treat\" and to have to \"go through the adversities imposed by breast cancer\"; deal with difficulties, especial when they needed to \"camouflage their suffering\", so their children / partner / relatives and friends would not suffer \"with their pains (of women)\", and \"support\" when they were able to \"share the experience of breast cancer\" with them. Conclusion: health professionals must act on the deficits caused by the disease

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Gambling constitutes an inherent part of British cultural landscape but due to its potential to cause significant detriments it remains controversial. The Gambling Act 2005 liberalised the UK gambling industry and created an environment where commercial gambling, although regulated, can be offered within a relatively free market setting and its consumption can be stimulated by advertising. The task of the law is to provide a framework where the need for customer choice, a flourishing market, and the respect for private liberties can be adequately balanced with the duty to protect vulnerable individuals such as minors. The Gambling Act has been positioned as containing sufficient protective measures to prevent minors from being harmed by gambling but there is still a relative paucity of research that focuses specifically on how this regime affects this age group. This thesis fills some of the gaps by analysing whether the existing legal and regulatory framework reconciled the conflicting priorities adequately. It uniquely combines legal doctrinal analysis with empirical evidence collected from a sample of British pupils to expose that the liberalisation of gambling has brought severe limitations on protecting minors that are not sufficiently counterbalanced by existing measures. This thesis demonstrates that the legal definition of prohibited gambling does not incorporate all activities that may lead to gambling-related harm. While the age verification measures adopted by online gambling providers appear to be successful, young people continue to have easy access to gambling in land-based venues and are exposed to significant volumes of gambling advertising that appeals to them but these factors are not sufficiently compensated by any holistic regulatory strategy. However, the thesis indicates that the correlation between fun and real gambling games should not be attributed to overlaps in minor's motivations for engaging in either form or to minors' lack of accurate differentiation between them.

Konkurrensen är idag hård inom modebranschen. Flera stora aktörer slåss om kunderna och ett brett utbud, snabba leveranser och att effektivt möta efterfrågan är av stor vikt. Utveckling och globalisering har lett till att privatpersoner snabbt och enkelt kan leta fram information själva. Konsumenterna kan jämföra priser, utbud och annat hemma på internet. Människor väljer idag kläder inte bara utifrån funktion och kvalitet utan utifrån intressen, livsstil och andra faktorer. Konsumenter syn på olika varumärken påverkas inte bara av företagen själva utan också av andra företeelser. Bloggar, sajter som pricerunner och andra mellanmänskliga aktiviteter är exempel på faktorer som företagen inte kan kontrollera. I vår studie undersöker vi unga kvinnliga konsumenters attityder för att se vad det leder till för slags köpbeteende. Frågor vi arbetar med är till exempel vilka variabler kunder prioriterar vid ett klädinköp. För respektive företag är det viktigt att känna sin målgrupp väl och veta vad de har för önskemål och behov. Vi undersöker vad kunderna prioriterar och om det handlar om t.ex. pris, kvalitet eller tillverkningsförhållanden. Är det bara ett bra pris och kvalitet som prioriteras när kunden väljer vad som ska köpas eller spelar andra saker in? Vi inriktar oss på en del av Gina Tricots målgrupp, unga tjejer mellan 14-24.Vårt syfte med studien är att undersöka, beskriva och analysera vilka viktiga delar som ingår i processen mellan Gina Tricot och deras kunder för att åstadkomma positiv respons?För att kunna svara på problemet väljer vi att ansluta två delproblem. •Vilka viktiga delar i erbjudandet uppfattar konsumenterna som särskilt intressanta?•Vilka delar i marknadsmixen fokuserar Gina Tricot på i första hand?Genom att samla fakta och utföra marknadsundersökningar kan vårt problem besvaras. Vår undersökning påvisar att de två faktorerna unga kvinnliga kunder prioriterar högst vid klädinköp är plaggets kvalitet och ett rimligt pris. I den valda gruppen förknippar många Gina Tricot och företagets koncept med ”billigt”, ”ungt” och ”snabbt mode”. Många tycker att företaget är snabba på att hänga med i trender. Gina Tricot uppger att deras fokus på ligger på pris, kvalitet och passform. Företagets marknadsföring är inriktad på igenkänning. De svart-vita reklamerna med en leende tjej är välkända. Majoriteten av våra respondenter uppger att det sett reklamen från Gina Tricot på bl.a. tv, tidningar och reklampelare. / <p>The competition today is fierce in the fashion business. Several large players are fighting to attract customers and a wide range, quick deliveries and ability to effectively meet the demand is of great importance. Progress and globalization has made it easy for individuals to find information. Consumers can compare prices, ranges and other things at home at the Internet. Nowadays people do not only pick garments because of their function or quality but because they symbolize a certain interest, life style and other factors. A costumer’s view of different brands is not always affected by the company but also by other phenomena. Blogs, sites like pricerunner and other interaction is examples of such things the companies cannot control. In our study we investigate young female consumers’ attitudes to see what kind of buyer’s behavior it leads to. Questions we work with are for example what kind of factors costumers favors when she’s purchasing clothing. It’s important for companies to know their target group well and to know their wishes and needs. We explore the priorities of consumers and if they are for example a reasonable price, good quality and fit or how the garments have been manufactured. We focus our study on one segment in Gina Tricots target group, young girls between 14-24 years.Our intention is to investigate, describe and analyze which important elements are included in the process between Gina Tricot and their customers to achieve a positive response? To be able to do this we choose to connect two further questions.•Which important elements does the consumers find particularly interesting?•What parts in the marketing mix does Gina Tricot focus on primarily?By collecting information and implement a market survey are we able to answer our questions. Our study shows that the two factors young female customers’ favors the most is the garments quality and a reasonable price. In our chosen segment many respondents’ associates Gina Tricot and their concept with expressions like “cheap”, “young” and “fast fashion”. A lot of the respondents think that the Company quickly responds to new trends. Gina Tricot states that their main focus is on price, quality and fit. The Company’s marketing strategy is based on recognition. The black and white commercials with a smiling girl are well known. The majority of our respondents state that they have seen the Gina Tricot commercial on for instance television and in newspapers.</p><p>Program: Butikschefsutbildningen</p>

Doctor of Philosophy / School of Family Studies and Human Services / Jared A. Durtschi / Each year in the United States, 40,000 individuals die by suicide, 7,000 of whom are young adults between the ages of 25-34. For every death, it is estimated that another 25 suicide attempts are made and that over 8% of young adults experience thoughts of suicide each year. Suicide rates are climbing, but identification of protective factors to reduce suicide risk remains elusive. Using a sample of 4,208 young adults from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, a latent profile analysis was used to test the number of profiles that best fit the data based on indicators that were hypothesized to be risk or protective features, and those profiles were analyzed using logistic regression to assess suicide risk. Hypothesized protective indicators included parent and romantic relationship quality, parental satisfaction, job satisfaction, and religiosity. Hypothesized risk indicators included parental demands, depressive symptoms, job demands, isolation, alcohol use, and adverse childhood experiences. A four-profile solution was optimal for this data and yielded four distinct profiles named: Satisfied with Life (n = 2,442), Relationship Stress (n = 669), Demanding Jobs (n = 658), and Challenging Childhood (n = 427). Individuals in the Satisfied with Life profile reported positive relationship quality with parents, partners, and children, and low depressive symptoms, isolation, and adverse childhood experiences. This profile was associated with a 60% decrease in risk for suicidal ideation. Participants in the Relationship Stress profile reported low relationship satisfaction, lack of confidence that their romantic relationship was going to be permanent, and high alcohol consumption. Individuals in this profile were 104% more likely to experience suicidal ideation compared to those not in this profile. The Demanding Jobs profile included individuals who felt their work interfered with their family time, and vice versa, but still had moderately high satisfaction in each area. This profile was not significantly associated with suicidal ideation. The final profile, Challenging Childhood, included individuals who reported low quality of relationships with their parents, high levels of isolation and depressive symptoms, and significantly higher adverse childhood experiences than other individuals in this sample. Individuals in this profile were associated with 192% increase in risk for suicidal ideation than those not in this profile. The results of this study underscore the importance of positive relationships as a protective factor against suicide, and provide new information about how job satisfaction and demands can also serve as protective features. Therapeutic interventions that address improving social support, coping with traumatic events, and decreasing alcohol consumption are recommended to decrease suicidal thoughts.

Purpose: The purpose with this paper is to improve the understanding for companies on what influences female Chinese consumers in the age 20-25 year old to buy luxury goods. Research question: What behaviors do 20-25 year old Chinese women consumers have in relationship to luxury goods? Method: The study is mainly consisting of a quantitative web-survey that consists of 100 respondents. The survey was addressed to young women that came from China, in the ages 20-25 year old. It was of interest to get answers both from young women that are luxury consumers and from those who are not, in order to get a hint of how they relate to luxury goods in general. As a complement to the survey, a qualitative focus group interview was made with five young Chinese women in the age 22-24 year old. Theory: The theoretical framework includes theories about; luxury, reference group, family, roles and status, motivation, attitudes and beliefs and the buyer decision process. Conclusion: The results show that young Chinese women’s consumer behavior is in some aspect in the process of change. For example, they now want to stand out, but subconsciously they still act upon what earlier theories have claimed, to be like everyone else, because it is firmly rooted in their behaviors. This shows that they are in the process of a behavioral change towards acting more individualistic. Young Chinese women&apos;s consumer behavior is characterized by the fact that they have a positive attitude towards buying more luxury goods in the future, both for personal reasons but also because it will help their career and make them seem more professional. Although, they consider there to be some risks with buying luxury goods, both social and economic. Concerning the buyer decision process they research about the product, either by reading magazines looking on the Internet or talking to their friends. Today almost every purchase, regarding luxury, is planned and often based on personal opinions but sometimes with the regards of others opinions, like friends and family. / Program: Master in Fashion Management with specialisation in Fashion Marketing and Retailing

Introdução Historicamente, em razão da reprodução ocorrer nos corpos das mulheres, elas ficaram restritas à esfera doméstica. Apesar das mudanças ocorridas, especialmente em razão da entrada maciça de mulheres no mercado de trabalho, a dimensão social da reprodução, ou seja, o trabalho do cuidado, é ainda hoje realizado majoritariamente por elas, fazendo com que sejam discriminadas tendo, assim, restrito o exercício de seus direitos humanos. Objetivo O objetivo principal deste estudo foi verificar a pertinência de se propor o reconhecimento de uma nova categoria de direitos para mulheres que são mães, que quando garantidos, oferecem o suporte social necessário para o exercício da maternidade. Método - Trata-se de estudo empírico de natureza qualitativa, realizado com jovens mães acolhidas juntamente com seus filhos em uma instituição privada, sem fins lucrativos, cuja missão é resgatar a cidadania e desenvolver a auto-estima de jovens mães em situação de vulnerabilidade. Após a aprovação pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa, foi feita uma observação etnográfica da instituição. Posteriormente, foram realizadas oito entrevistas semi-estruturadas com as jovens mães residentes e analisados documentos institucionais. Os dados foram analisados a partir da construção de categorias a priori bem como a posteriori e interpretados à luz do referencial teórico adotado. Resultados - A análise documental do Direito descreve os direitos humanos das mulheres previstos na normativa nacional e internacional, bem como as teorias críticas feministas do Direito. Os resultados da pesquisa empírica, por sua vez, indicam que a instituição, apesar de algumas limitações, é capaz de, por um lado, oferecer às jovens mães o suporte social necessário ao exercício da maternidade e, de outro, romper o ciclo vicioso de miséria, vulnerabilidade e violência a que as jovens estavam submetidas antes do acolhimento. Conclusões A análise dos resultados permite que se proponha uma nova categoria de direitos humanos denominada direitos maternos que são compostos pelos direitos reprodutivos, direito à habitação, direito ao trabalho e à renda, e por fim, direitos sexuais que, em articulação, asseguram o exercício da maternidade de forma digna, promovendo assim a igualdade de gênero e não-discriminação das mulheres / Introduction Historically, the fact that reproduction occurs in the body of women justified their restriction in the domestic sphere. Despite the changes in recent decades, especially due to the massive entry of women into the labor market, they are still responsible for the work of care, which is the social dimension of reproduction. They are, for that reason, discriminated and have the exercise of their human rights limited. Objectives - The main objective of this study was to assess the pertinence of proposing the recognition of a new category of rights for women who are mothers, able to provide the social support necessary for motherhood. Methods - This is a qualitative empirical study, conducted with young mothers with their children, who live in a private, nonprofit institution, whose mission is to recover the citizenship and to rebuild the selfesteem of young mothers living in extremely vulnerable situations. After the approval of the research project by the Commission for Ethical Research, an ethnographic observation was conducted in the institution. Eight semi-structured interviews were done with the young women and institutional documents were verified. Data were analyzed in view of a set of a priori and a posteriori categories, which were interpreted in the light of the theoretical framework adopted. Results The documental analysis of the Law describe the human rights of women established in national and international regulations, as well as feminist critical theories of law. The results of the empirical research, by its turn, indicate that the institution, despite some limitations, offers the necessary social support for motherhood and is capable of breaking the vicious cycle of poverty, vulnerability and violence that young women experienced in their lives. Conclusions - The analysis of results allows the proposition of a new category of human rights, hereby called \'maternal rights\', which are composed of reproductive rights, housing rights, right to work and to income and, finally, sexual rights. Together, once guaranteed, they can ensure that the experience of motherhood will be lived with dignity, thereby promoting gender equality and non-discrimination against women