Women leaders of workers' party: profile and challenges to substantive Representatior

Abstract

This article it is a case study about the advances and limits in the political participation of women inside the Workers Party, the first party in Latin America to adopt gender quotas and to approve the parity in the composition of its directions. Data collection consisted in questionnaires to members of the National Directorate of the PT, followed by biographical research, and analysis of opinion polls conducted by Perseu Abramo Foundation (FPA). We also carried out research in the collection Sérgio Buarque de Holanda which allowed us to raise the composition of national PT directions throughout its history, and analyze the trajectory of female participation. Finally, we work with some open interviews and in depth with women leaders of the party.