FEMINISMO ESTATAL SOB A PRESIDÊNCIA LULA: O CASO DA SECRETARIA DE POLÍTICAS PARA AS MULHERES

Abstract

Did the state feminism prosper under Lula’s presidency? This article analyzes two elements pertaining to the Secretariat of Public Policies for Women (SPM). First, the degree of commitment of the federal government with this agency. Second, the relationship between SPM and organized women. Using longitudinal data and in-depth interviews with femocrats and activists, this article shows that Lula’s presidencies enhanced SPM’s institutional strength, given its place within the state apparatus, its status and its budget. Furthermore, it also shows that SPM’s internal composition, its consultation process and its funding program have created a dynamic of cooperation (and not of cooptation or capture) with the women’s movement, which is deemed essential to state feminism’s success.