A trajetória da Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU) na busca pela igualdade de gênero e sua consonância com as políticas públicas brasileiras: da Conferência de Pequim (1995) à criação da ONU Mulheres (2010)

Abstract

The inequalities between men and women arise from ancient times and permeate all levels of society, from the micro level, domestic-family, up to the macro level, the government policies. These inequalities were socially built and present themselves as a global problem. Over such discrimination, women start to organize to win the same rights that were established to men, emerging as the feminist movement. The movement has three waves, which are described on the research, with those phases the movement starts to expand and to conquer spaces. In this expansion, the United Nations proves to be of great importance, and reaffirms itself as an important actor of international relations, especially when the institution adopts the feminist demands in their official agenda. Therefore, the UN seeks to eradicate the existing discriminations towards women, promoting several conferences and resolutions on gender equality. Thus, the present study aims to analyze the role of the United Nations on the issue of gender equality, towards its impact on the formulation of specific public policy in Brazil, between the period of 1995 - by the time of the Fourth World Conference on Women - until 2010 when the creation of the UN Women agency. Because of this, the research made a literature review and a survey of primary data. Through fifty legislative forms, expressed in laws, constitutional amendments, decrees and resolutions, the research affirms that there was a compliance between Brazilian public policies and the UN path in the matter of gender equality during the period.