Local Gender Policies in Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13091053 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Salet Ferreira Novellino (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-8 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology and Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2331-6187 • E-ISSN: 2331-6179 |
| Publisher | Horizon Research Publishing Co., Ltd. (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.13189/sa.2017.050101 |
| OpenAlex | W2578685009 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
The purpose of this paper is to verify whether and in which degree Brazilian's local policies are oriented toward strategic or practical gender needs. In order to achieve that I analyzed data on Brazilian local gender policies from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics' Survey of Basic Municipal Information 2009, the main findings of this analysis were: in 4,522 (81.3%) out of the 5,564 Brazilian municipalities there were not any gender unit. Only in 1,042 (18.7%) municipalities there was a gender unit. Only 3.4% of them have designed a plan and 6.8% have a budget. Around 7% of the municipalities implemented policies that address violence against women. Among these initiatives were shelters and domestic violence resource center. Policies were also implemented in education, health, or work. Some programs are developed in cooperation with the government at the national or state level, NGOs, religious institutions and worker's organizations. Among these, NGOs and religious institutions stand out. The greater the municipality's population size, the greater the likelihood of the existence of a gender unit. Gender policies were different across the Brazilian states as well. For instance, in Roraima, a state in the Northern Region, there was not any municipality with policies addressing women. It has been observed as well whether Mayors' characteristics were associated with the existence of gender policies in the municipalities
Development economics · Economics · Political science · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
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