This work is about the female political
trajectory in the city of Abaetetuba-PA; the objective
is to analyze the performance of women in the political
field and to show education as a way of empowerment
both to expand women's insertion in the political career
and to gender equality in politics. The theoretical
reference contains multiple authors that promotes the
discussion about Gender Studies, where I counted with
Beauvoir (1970), Alves & Pitanguy (1985), Bourdieu
(2002), Badinter (1991), Perrot (1998) and Facio
(2006); for the theoretical discussion about the
feminine presence in the political field, I brought
Álvares (2014), Freire (1987), Silva (1999) and Silva,
Ramos & Rodrigues (2013) for the debate on education
and curriculum. I have used the qualitative research
assumptions, I conducted interviews with 4 women
who hold-held political office in the city. The results
indicate that female participation in politics in
Abaetetuba is timid due to the lack of supervision by
political parties that do not comply with the Quotas
Law, by the still strong gender culture that keeps
Women in private space, and by the limitation in
school education that does not educate Women for the
exercise of full citizenship. I conclude that
empowerment is a possible training and action strategy
through the school curriculum as it implements
knowledge about women's struggles and resistance so
that they can recognize the importance of taking their
place in political decision-making spaces and fight for
gender equality in society.
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