Abstract
This paper presents some reflections based on data from researches that analyzes the female participation in drug crimes in Valley of the São Francisco River, in northeastern Brazil. It presents the analysis of the life stories of six women who were involved in the illegal drug trade and in planting cannabis sativa. The objective is to contribute to the theoretical discussion about the relationship between the gender condition and the mechanisms, practices and actors of illicit drug markets in the region, as well as to analyze two effects related to the ilegalism management of drug-related in different contexts: quality of female participation in planting and trafficking activities and the differential effects produced in these activities for women in cities in the Sertão region of Bahia and Pernambuco.
Life histories; Gender; Drug trafficking; Illicit plantations; Police repression