Burocracia representativa de gênero no governo federal do Brasil

Abstract

The increasing presence of women in the federal executive branch in the first two decades of the 21st century, due to public competition, has increased passive gender bureaucratic representation in the Brazilian civil service. This research sought to identify the factors that favor the transition from passive to active gender bureaucratic representation. We seek to understand what leads women civil servants to have pro-gender and racial equality behavior and attitude in public management and in the process of producing and evaluating policies. In order to do so, we have conducted a survey in which we obtained 304 responses, 291 of which were valid. The quantitative research was associated with in-depth interviews with six women, who had been recommended in the survey questionnaire by their colleagues for their work for gender equality. It was concluded that participation in women's networks and collectives, experience in appointed positions in the mid-level and senior bureaucracy, and feminist studies training increase the probability that women bureaucrats have pro-gender equality attitudes in public management, anti-sexist and anti-racist behavior and act to reduce inequalities in public policies. The transition from passive to active gender representative bureaucracy is most strongly enhanced when women take training courses on feminist studies.