THE SPATIAL DYNAMICS OF WOMEN CANDIDATES FOR A COUNCILOR IN BRAZIL IN THE 2012 ELECTION

Abstract

The history of women's struggle for gender equality states that the way in search of emancipation of women goes through conquest and guarantee of their civil, political and social (OLIVEIRA SOUZA, SILVANA 2010). Note that only in the early decades of the twentieth century came the most decisive struggle for women's political rights, with igualde rights of men, women have the opportunity to exercise their electoral rights and also joining active in public services. Thus, the local election is seen as an important key access between women and their political representation. Despite the achievement of legal rights, including guaranteed by law, we noted that the political space is still far from desired. Faced with this problem, the present work aims to show how is the spatial dynamics of women candidates for councilor in Brazil in the 2012 election.