Mulheres no poder judiciário: a participação feminina no TJCE à luz da política nacional de equidade de gênero do CNJ

Abstract

The dissertation analyzes women’s participation in the Judiciary, with emphasis on the experience of the Court of Justice of the State of Ceará in the context of the National Policy to Encourage Women’s Institutional Participation, established by the National Council of Justice. The study delineates, from a historical and cultural perspective, processes of the social construction of femininity and their relationship to exclusion from the public sphere, framing gender inequality as a persistent element in the organization of institutions. It examines the legal and political trajectory of gender equality in Brazil and within the justice system, situating the NCJ policy within the broader set of rights and judicial public policies and contextualizing structural barriers through statistical data that evidence persistent inequalities. It then examines the legal framework and public policies aimed at equity in the Brazilian Judiciary, highlighting NCJ Resolution No. 255/2018 and related instruments. A qualitative approach is adopted, exploratory and analytical-interpretive in nature, based on an interdisciplinary literature review and documentary research, with normative-institutional analysis of NCJ acts and measures implemented within the Court of Justice of Ceará, organized around thematic axes related to governance, representation, training, institutional culture, and monitoring. The findings indicate the internalization of the national policy through institutional structures and programs aimed at strengthening women’s participation, as well as challenges associated with consolidating evaluation routines, expanding women’s occupation of decision-making positions, and ensuring the continuity of equity actions. It concludes that the policy’s effectiveness depends on the articulation among normative instruments, internal structures, and organizational practices capable of continuously sustaining conditions for women’s institutional participation within the state judiciary.