Women and the New Brazilian Constitution

Verucci, Florisa; Patai, Daphne

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“…Many women who are sceptical of political structures and constitutionalism in its party political form, however, have been shown to take an active interest in nation-building (Dobrowolsky and Hart, 2003). There are also numerous examples to demonstrate that substantive representation of women in non-electoral politics can mobilise outside traditional party channels (Andrews, 2001; Furley and Katalikawe, 1997; Morgan, 1990; Reding, 1986; Selassie, 1998; Verucci, 1991), and that change often requires the mobilisation of the wider polity where governments fail to provide for specific issues or concerns. The acknowledge-ment of identity for discrete or historically marginalised groups such as women is a core principle in contemporary nation-building, and the absence from constitutional texts and structures of groups with a discrete identity can be damaging for individuals belonging to the group, facilitating stigmatisation and disenfranchisement and reducing opportunities for engaging with politics in the context of their identity (Cairns, 1999; Dobrowolsky and Devlin, 2002).…”

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Gender Inequality in Democratic Participation: Examining Oral Evidence to the National Assembly for Wales

Rumbul

2015

Politics

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Women’s presence in politics has been much scrutinised, with emphasis primarily on electoral politics. There has been less scrutiny of those contributing to politics in a non-electoral capacity and the characteristics of such groups. The fledgling Welsh legislature has demonstrated high electoral engagement of women, and this article asks whether this electoral gender balance is mirrored in non-electoral engagement with the wider demos. The empirical evidence presented demonstrates that the representation of women in elected positions is not mirrored in the representation of women in the provision of oral evidence. This poses legitimate questions concerning the quality of Welsh democratic engagement.

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Section: Representation Of Women In Electoral Politicsmentioning

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Gender Inequality in Democratic Participation: Examining Oral Evidence to the National Assembly for Wales

Rumbul

2015

Politics

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“…Contrasting with other non-violent Latin American transitions, like Brazil's (Verucci 1991), the Chilean process had a strong traditional flavour, meaning that some issues seen as belonging to the moral realm-among them, sexuality and marriage-were considered contentious and thus dangerous for the newly established democracy (Blofield 2001(Blofield , 2002. Thus, the transition implied compromising on the so-called 'value agenda', favouring the exclusion of value-laden topics from public discussion.…”

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Negotiating Gender

Urrutia

2014

Australian Feminist Studies

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This paper analyses the parliamentary debates over two key pieces of legislation on family law approved in Chile between 1994 and 2004. The aim is to identify the discursive representations on gender and family predominant in these debates. These representations and the way in which they were negotiated in Congress, it will be argued, were a key factor in determining the approval and final text of each of the bills examined. When women's demands for greater autonomy were in tension with prevalent ideas on the traditional, heteronormative family, such tension was resolved in favour of the latter as the discursive category that allowed negotiations to progress. As a result, although the new legislation brought about positive change, it did retain the ideal of the traditional, sanctioned-by-marriage family at its basis, and as the one the State should protect. Methodologically, this paper is based on the qualitative analysis of 4000 pages of parliamentary debate and in-depth interviews with legislators and government officials directly involved in the debate on each of the laws examined here.

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“…A conclusão de Madaleno é que de nada serve projetar paridades, se à esposa ou companheira continuam faltando oportunidades no mercado de trabalho 92 Verucci pergunta se o Direito estaria acompanhando a realidade social e seus novos valores e se os preconceitos tão enraizados principalmente acerca da discriminação e coisificação da mulher podem ser combatidos seriamente através da legislação. 93 Atualmente "a família não é mais apenas o reflexo da imagem de uma comunidade.…”

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A Democratização Da Família: Substituição Da Hierarquia Familiar Pela Paridade Nas Relações Conjugais E Suas Implicações Para a Família Brasileira Contemporânea

Silva¹,

Silva

2013

Rev. Eletron. Direito/UFSM

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RESUMOA democratização da família brasileira, sobretudo no que diz respeito à paridade nas relações conjugais, está sustentada na isonomia consagrada na Constituição Federal de 1988. O problema que se discute não é a extinção da família patriarcal, mas, por que esta configuração familiar não é hegemônica na contemporaneidade. Fatores como a revolução industrial, o movimento feminista e a questão da sexualidade feminina cooperaram para o afastamento da concepção hierárquica e matrimonial da família. Assim, o objetivo do presente artigo é demonstrar ao leitor que o Direito das Famílias requer um estudo abrangente, não somente no seu aspecto jurídico como também deve ser analisado à luz de outras disciplinas. A pesquisa realizada é bibliográfica e teórica, com levantamento documental e o método utilizado é o dedutivo, com análise de obras relacionadas ao tema. Palavras-chave:Constituição Federal; Democratização; Família; Igualdade; Patriarcalismo. ABSTRACTThe democratization of the Brazilian family, especially regarding about the parity in the conjugal relations, is supported in the isonomy established in the 1988 Federal Constitution. The problem that has been discussed is not the extinction of the patriarchal family, but the reason this family configuration is not hegemonic nowadays. Factors as the industrial revolution, the feminist movement and the question of female sexuality cooperated in distancing the hierarchical and marriage conception from the family. So, the objective of this article is to demonstrate to the reader that the Right of the Families demands a far-reaching study, not only in its legal aspect but it also must be analyzed under the light of other disciplines.The performed research was bibliographical and theoretical, with documentary review and deductive method, with analysis of works related to the subject.

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Women and the New Brazilian Constitution

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Gender Inequality in Democratic Participation: Examining Oral Evidence to the National Assembly for Wales

Gender Inequality in Democratic Participation: Examining Oral Evidence to the National Assembly for Wales

Negotiating Gender

A Democratização Da Família: Substituição Da Hierarquia Familiar Pela Paridade Nas Relações Conjugais E Suas Implicações Para a Família Brasileira Contemporânea

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