A política de assistência social e o CRAS Salinópolis na discussão de gênero

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the gender approach in socioassistenciais services offered by the Centro de Referência de Assistência Social (CRAS) of the municipality of Salinópolis-PA, sought to identify the possible contributions of this service for women users, since they are the main demandatárias of this policy. To achieve this goal of qualitative research was bringing the voice of users collected through semi-structured interview, the method of analysis of this dissertation is oriented under the light of dialectical and historical materialism, which enabled a broad analysis of reality. Thus it was observed that despite the CRAS have potential to contribute significantly to improving the participation of women in public spaces, particularly the poorest, this potentiality is sterilized by the absence of emancipative content, which leads to the conclusion that genre is a category not yet worked on welfare policy, especially in the CRAS of Salinas.