The perspective of women occupying positions of trust: the case of Fluminense Federal University

Abstract

This article aimed to understand how female civil servants at the Fluminense Federal University perceive the occupation of paid positions within the institution. This research can be classified as applied and exploratory, with a quantitative and qualitative approach, using documentary research, semi-structured interviews and content analysis as procedures. The aim was to verify how many women occupied management positions at the university during the established period, relating this data to the number of female civil servants belonging to the institution's staff, and to understand aspects of the occupation of a paid position, based on the reports of women who occupy management positions at the institution. The aim was to understand their professional trajectories up to the moment of their appointment to act as head and their experiences as head from a gender perspective. Other aspects addressed in the interview are related to the training of the heads and the difficulties encountered in daily life that could be better managed by the university. Finally, the research identified the importance of having gender equity as a strategic objective within the University and that public policies on the subject should be promoted at the University.