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Montaño, Sonia; Pitanguy, Jacqueline; Lobo, Thereza. Public gender policies: a model to be set up. The case of Brazil. Woman and Development Series No. 45. Santiago de Chile: ECLAC, June 2003

 

 

Contents

Summary
A. Public gender policies: a model to be set up. The case of Brazil. Sonia Montaño

I. Background
II. History
III. International influence
IV. From apogee to decline
V. The re-launching: from the SEDIM to the Special Secretariat of Policies for Women
VI. The challenges: social equality and internal efficacy1. The role of the Council
2. The challenge of institutionality and public management
Bibliography

B. The feminist movement and gender policies in Brazil. Jacqueline Pitanguy

I. The Special Secretariat of Policies for Women
II. Feminism as a political movement
III. Feminism and the State: women's movements, gender and public policies
IV. Human Rights: national consolidation and internationalization
V. The Special Secretariat of Policies for Women: context and challenges
Annexes

C. Federal management and the question of gender. Perspectives of institutionalization. Thereza Lobo

I. Opportunities and risks in the process of change in federal management
II. The relation between the State and civil society
III. Spaces for negotiation, deepening and change

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Summary

The texts which make up this publication are the result of the Seminar on Governability and Gender (Brasilia, December 2002). They show the trajectory of the institutional construction of gender in the case of Brazil. The document "Public policies on gender: a model to be set up. The case of Brazil" by Sonia Montaño systematizes the experience of strengthening the national mechanism for the advance of women in Brazil, and identifies some problematic points in the process and presents the main current challenges with respect to the objective of consolidating democratic governability with gender equity.

The document "The Feminist Movement and Gender Policies in Brazil" by Jacqueline Pitanguy, sets out some considerations related to the women's movement in Brazil, and their expression in the sphere of the State, especially in the period 1985-1989 when the National Council for Women's Rights was created. This was the first Brazilian experience of federal public policy for the empowerment of women. This document also focuses on some of the characteristics of the agenda of the women's movement in the 1990s, years that were very influenced by the internationalization of social movements and by continuous changes in the role of the National Council for Women's Rights, and outlines the main challenges to be confronted by the Special Secretariat of Policies for Women and by the new government in the context of the consolidation of democratic institutions.

Lastly, the document "Federal management and the question of gender. Perspectives of institutionalization" by Thereza Lobo, deals with the opportunities and risks of the institutional framework in Brazil with respect to the federal management of the gender perspective. It gives some inputs for reflection that have to do with the coordination between the State and civil society which can have repercussions for equal opportunities for women. It also identifies the points for discussion and negotiation in the definition of an agenda for establishing the management of gender as a habitual and institutionalized government activity in the day to day operation of government agencies.

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