Os impactos da Emenda Constitucional nº 117/2022 na proteção da participação das mulheres na política

Abstract

Faced with the patriarchal social order imposed in the world - where the political space has been directed towards men, depriving women of effectively exercising their political citizenship - women's political participation has been a topic that has been widely discussed for some decades in order to eliminate gender inequalities in the political context. The general objective of the present study was to investigate to what extent the Constitutional Amendment No. 117/2022 contributes to the protection of women's participation in politics. Therefore, it was necessary to describe the history of women in politics from the legislative evolution of affirmative action policies, analyze and evaluate the provisions of Constitutional Amendment n° 117/2022 in order to ascertain the (in) existence of contributions to the promotion, protection and respect for women's participation in politics. The methodology adopted comprised a quali quantitative research with an exploratory approach. Thus, it was found that the Amendment constitutionalized women’s achievements, did not establish criteria for the application of resources and granted amnesty to parties that did not allocate minimum quotas of resources, hence it was possible to conclude that such Amendment partially contributes to the protection of women's participation in politics once both favorable and unfavorable aspects were found in its text.