Mulheres na política cearense:

história e legislação

Abstract

The present work addresses the history of women in politics in the State of Ceará and the national and state political evolution to promote the participation of women in electoral elections. Historically, the political environment has been constituted by men, in a scenario that was constituted based on paternalistic ideas. In ancient Greece, the cradle of world civilization, political participation was exclusive to men due to the understanding that it was men's duty to exercise public functions, while women's functions were merely reproductive. Therefore, women's social and political space has been conquered through many battles and claims. This work addresses the evolution of laws and public policies aimed at gender equality in Brazil that guarantee women’s place both in public and private areas. This work also draws the profile of women in the politics of the State of Ceará, to verify the female representation in state politics. This is because most women who are and were part of the political scene in the hometown of José de Alencar are not coming from a female representation, due to the history of struggles for gender equality and implementation of mechanisms to encourage the participation of more women in politics, but from political and family groups, which represent and defend their interests. However, the issue of gender equity, regardless of the area, took a greater proportion in the new century, resulting in greater political and social activity in favor of this agenda, with the creation of public policies to encourage women to participate in politics, and forcing political parties and coalitions to register a minimum number of candidates of different genders for electoral disputes, which ended up generating fraud to benefit male candidates already consolidated in national politics, such as the cases of “laranja” (orange) candidacies.