A atuação da bancada feminina na Câmara dos Deputados: uma análise da produção legislativa relacionada às mulheres (2011 – 2021)

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the actions of women parliamentarians in the Chamber of Deputies in the face of propositions of gender-related issues, from 2011 to 2021. Based on the specialized literature, the study is hypothesized that the female presence in the spaces of power favors the promotion and defense of public policies aimed at women. To this purpose, a survey was carried out of the proposals of individual and collective authorship of the federal deputies. Then, they were divided into sub themes in order to facilitate empirical analysis. After mapping and processing this data, our results showed that female parliamentarians presented the largest number of projects related to women's rights. Among the pre-established sub-themes, the women deputies devoted much of their production to public policies aimed at combating violence against women. In addition, the increase in the women's bench during the analyzed period accompanied the growth in the quantity of proposals, reinforcing the connection between descriptive representation and substantive representation.