Lugar de mulher é na política: um raio-x da inclusão e da equidade de gênero no cenário político paraibano.

Abstract

The Constitution of 1998 is considered an important milestone in the struggle for gender equality. Nevertheless, despite the advances, this equality is far from being the reality in Brazilian society, which is still active for a traditional history of division in power relations between men and women, in the family, in professional life and especially in politics. According to data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Brazil is in the shame 154th position among the 193 countries analyzed by the same association, in the world ranking of women's presence in Parliament. Due to the context of under-representation and gender inequality in politics, this study aims to observe how various nuances that impact on the low representation of women in politics in Paraíba, with a view to analyzing a sub-representation from a perspective of structures and political institutions and their potential for inclusion. A survey provides a brief review of the literature on affirmative action and an importance of public policies to promote gender inclusion without a parliament. The data refer to the description on the quantitative of women candidates and post-election elections of Law 9,504 / 97.