April 27, 2022

10:04

Ívina Garcia- From Cenarium Magazine

MANAUS – The participation of women in politics has been increasingly discussed in Brazil. Even being the majority of the electorate, with an average of 53% among the 150 million voters, the country is in the 142nd position among 191 nations cited in the global map of women in politics of the United Nations (UN). In Amazonas, parties are seeking to leverage the candidacy of women. The PSDB-AM, for example, launched on Tuesday, 26, a campaign calling for women to join the party.

In a video published and shared on the networks, both from the party and from some affiliates, the president of PSDB-Woman in Amazonas, the architect Elisabeth Ribeiro highlights the importance of female strength in social and political spheres. “It is time for us, women of Amazonas, to show our strength in politics and in society. Join us in this fight for more equality, opportunity, and respect”, declares Elisabeth.

She points out the gender parity in politics, highlighting that not only the female participation is important, but also the empowerment of women, especially those with lower purchasing power and in vulnerable situations. The publication also counts with the participation of the former senator and president of PSDB-AM, Arthur Virgílio.

“In Brazil, with more than 50% of its population and voters made up of women, and where subhuman conditions are still there to shame us, we need them in the front line of this fight,” comments Arthur.

“We need more women in politics, in public life, thinking about Brazil, thinking about laws, thinking about public policies that will bring quality of life and equality to the entire population. Not only for them, but also for their children and their partners. It is a fight that goes beyond guaranteeing the right to choose their representatives in the Legislative and Executive branches“, she adds.

Data

According to the declarations of the judicial analyst of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), Alfredo Renan Dimas Oliveira, during the Seminar on Empirical Research Applied to Judicial Policies of the National Council of Justice (CNJ), the female political participation in inland cities with less than 10 thousand inhabitants is even worse than in the capital cities.

“If, on one hand, the party is obliged to find these serious female candidates, how to do this in the social context of these small municipalities?”, she questioned. According to data from the Superior Electoral Court, by March 2022, the majority of the female electorate affiliated to any party is between 45 and 59 years old.

According to the statistics of the Superior Electoral Court, in the last election for president, in 2018, women corresponded to 52.50% of the electorate, but only 16.11% were elected, data that reinforces the need to change this reality, as journalist and political scientist Liege Alburquerque points out.

“What the polls show is that women don’t vote for women. We are the majority of the electorate and we are a minority in the National Congress, in every Chamber or Assembly. I find it lamentable. In these elections, we have female candidates for federal deputies with excellent resumes, […] but people don’t vote for us,” says the political scientist.

She believes that one of the steps to change the current scenario should come from women, both in the opening of space for female candidates and in their confidence. “I myself have decided that, starting this year, I will start voting only for women, because I know we have good candidates,” she concludes.