A agenda regional de gênero da CEPAL (1977-2016): um estudo a partir do debate de gênero e desenvolvimento

Abstract

The present master’s dissertation has as its object the Regional Gender Agenda, organized under the scope of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), a subsidiary organ of the United Nations (UN). Its general objective was to analyze the main developments of the Gender and Development debate in the construction of the Regional Gender Agenda between 1977 and 2016. To this end, the case study methodology was chosen, of qualitative nature, with the use of document analysis. As for the literature review, the main contributions and discussions promoted by feminist theorists in the discipline of Development were investigated. To understand the encounter of the theoretical debate and with the Regional Agenda, a predecessor history of the Regional Agenda was carried out, as well as a description of its evolution over time. Finally, the main repercussions arising from this theoretical intersection in the construction of commitments were verified. Based on this, influences of the Women in Development (WID) approach were identified in the initial years of the agenda, through the idea of inserting women in development processes. It was also observed the incorporation of concerns arising from the criticisms elaborated in the scope of Women and Development (WAD), as well as in the Women, Environment and Development (WED), in the sense of having generated proposals that reflect the diversity of women in the region and the consideration of their participation in the conservation of the environment, respectively. Finally, gradual changes could also be identified, leading to the consideration of women as agents of change in the proposed measures, as well as the paradigm shift elaborated under the scope of Gender and Development (GAD). In relation to the main topics discussed, the deepening of efforts to combat poverty and recognition of women's domestic and reproductive work within the scope of the agenda was evident; the rise and fall of criticism of the effects of structural adjustment programs on women; the consolidation of representation measures, women's participation and parity in decision-making; the definition and diversification of the forms of violence against women considered in the analyzed documents; and, finally, the transformations in the approach to women's sexual and reproductive rights in the scope of the agenda, in contrast to discussions with a global scope.