Mulheres e poder: avaliação da política de reserva de verbas para candidatas à câmara municipal de Fortaleza-CE em 2020

Abstract

This dissertation evaluates the financing quota policy for women's campaigns, in the context of the municipal elections in Fortaleza, in 2020, implemented by Law nº 13,165/2015. To this end, the Sustainability-Based Assessment evaluative approach was used, focusing on the social, political-institutional and economic dimensions. Focusing on the socioeconomic profile of the elected officials, the amount of resources invested in their campaigns, as well as their self-declared color and the political spectrum of the parties they are part of, we sought to verify the potential of public policy in terms of expanding and diversifying the political participation of women in the Fortaleza city council, understanding that, in order to be in line with the value of sustainability, said policy must promote the inclusion of all women, from varied socioeconomic profiles, and not privilege a specific profile, which already has historically occupied spaces of power. The research, of a qualitative and exploratory nature, had as its main methodology bibliographical research and data collection from the websites of the Superior Electoral Court, Chamber of Councilors of Fortaleza, Federal Supreme Court and Electoral Attorney General's Office. It was observed that, despite the increase in the number of women elected in the election after the implementation of the public policy under study, this does not address the core of gender inequality that constitutes an obstacle to achieving parity for women in the space of power, such as sexual division of labor and reproductive work delegated to women.