Gestão, gênero e preconceito: as experiências e desafios vivenciadas por mulheres na atual gestão pública de Santana do Livramento/RS

Abstract

Over the years society has been changing, showing that female representation in politics is essential, even for their own granting of rights. However, the journey the end of inequality is long, female participation in public office is low compared to male participation, something that is comm to see in the city of Santana do Livramento/RS where the majority of the population is made up of women, and the city has never had a woman in the post of mayor. The objective of this research is to find out what are the challenges and adversities faced by women in entering and occupying positions in the public administration of Santana do Livramento, through reports of the experiences lived by women in leadership positions in the city. The research is classified as applied nature and qualitative approach. Regarding the objectives, it is characterized as exploratory and descriptive. For primary data collection, a semi-structured interview was used. Four women were interviewed. To the analysis and interpretation of the data we used the narrative technique. The forms of entry of the interviewees in their respective positions occurred in different ways, two of them by appointment and the other two by electoral dispute. In this sense, they point out difficulties in entering political positions as a “spot” in politics caused by corruption. The data revealed that regarding the division of power in city’s management the male gender is predominant, representing 85% in the command of the secretariats and 88% in the legislative power. The male gender is not predominant only in positions of power, the data presented reveal that within the city departments men are also majority. The interviews described many types of difficulties that they suffered and suffer to remain in leadership positions, one of them mentions that she had to resort to justice to be able to exercise her position, because she was removed from it. Another interviewee's account of the prejudice she suffered for personal choices shows that this is another obstacle these women need to overcome. The data suggest that each interview has its own way of seeing and facing difficulties, some with a history of activism prefer to fight against these obstacles, others cover their eyes with faith and pretend not to see what happens around them.