Homeless women and citizenship

Abstract

This essay that aims to reflect on the citizenship status of homeless women (HW) about access to Brazilian health policy. For
the basis of this essay, authors who work with the theme of gender, citizenship and HW were adopted. By categorizing the PSR
as isolated citizens, it is argued that stigma and social exclusion mean that they are deprived of virtually all citizenship rights. It is
evident that women living on the street have their condition even more aggravated, in view of the social role in which women are
submitted in society. The women's health policy was constituted with a focus on women who lives in a home context and the
Street Clinic policy expanded the possibility of access for women living on the streets to health services. However, the complexity
of caring for these women is often reduced to the possibility of being pregnant, thus reducing their status as citizens. It is still a
challenge to give visibility and recognize the citizenship rights of these women, providing comprehensive care based on a critical
reading of the historically constructed inequalities between men and women.