CONTRIBUTIONS OF BRAZILIAN FEMINIST MOVEMENTS TO THE CONSTITUENT PROCESS: A CONSTITUTION WHERE WOMEN ARE ALSO CITIZENS

Abstract

Throughout human history, women have organized to seek and (re)conquer citizenship rights, especially through feminist movements. Thus, this work addresses women's rights, focusing on an analysis of the impacts that feminist social movements had on the 1988 Federal Constitution and the rights achieved after its enactment. The central question is: how have feminist movements contributed to the advancement of women's rights since the 1988 Federal Constitution? This theoretical study, with a deductive approach, is explanatory in nature, and is conducted using technical, bibliographical, and documentary procedures. The study demonstrates that feminist movements have contributed to the advancement of women's rights in Brazil, a finding that stems from the significant influence of these movements in the implementation of constitutional provisions aimed at gender equality and other legislation implemented in this regard after the 1988 Federal Constitution. However, despite being enacted, many rights remain unfulfilled, particularly because they lack cultural change.