“Sim, elas podem!” Os avanços e entraves na representatividade política como empoderamento feminino no Brasil e na Índia
Brazil is a country that underestimates women’s political representation, the last one of which is comparatively compared to the number of women in the Parliament. However, in order to comply with the UN resolutions of the Conference on Women, the country has approved the quota law for women in the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=5735952 |
| Source: | Revista Electrónica Direito e Sociedade - REDES, ISSN 2318-8081, Vol. 4, Nº. 2, 2016, pags. 69-89 |
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Brazil is a country that underestimates women’s political representation, the last one of which is comparatively compared to the number of women in the Parliament. However, in order to comply with the UN resolutions of the Conference on Women, the country has approved the quota law for women in the candidatures, which has proved to be inefficient. This article refers to the historical development of the feminist search for political rights to demonstrate that it was not for lack of political action that women are limited in representative positions. Obstacles and challenges in the social structure are continuous in terms of acquiring better and broader political spaces. Thus, the central objective of this essay is to discuss which measures are capable of increasing female participation in the current Brazilian electoral model. So, an analyzes of the Indian experience in the quotas policy in seats in the legislatures was made, assessing the possibility of its application in Brazil. |
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