Educação para o empoderamento: uma agenda para a igualdade de gênero na política em Abaetetuba-Pará

Abstract

This work is about the female political trajectory in the city of Abaetetuba-PA; the objective is to analyze the performance of women in the political field and to show education as a way of empowerment both to expand women's insertion in the political career and to gender equality in politics. The theoretical reference contains multiple authors that promotes the discussion about Gender Studies, where I counted with Beauvoir (1970), Alves & Pitanguy (1985), Bourdieu (2002), Badinter (1991), Perrot (1998) and Facio (2006); for the theoretical discussion about the feminine presence in the political field, I brought Álvares (2014), Freire (1987), Silva (1999) and Silva, Ramos & Rodrigues (2013) for the debate on education and curriculum. I have used the qualitative research assumptions, I conducted interviews with 4 women who hold-held political office in the city. The results indicate that female participation in politics in Abaetetuba is timid due to the lack of supervision by political parties that do not comply with the Quotas Law, by the still strong gender culture that keeps Women in private space, and by the limitation in school education that does not educate Women for the exercise of full citizenship. I conclude that empowerment is a possible training and action strategy through the school curriculum as it implements knowledge about women's struggles and resistance so that they can recognize the importance of taking their place in political decision-making spaces and fight for gender equality in society.