Análise das candidaturas laranjas de mulheres no processo eleitoral no rio grande do norte: entre a igualdade de gênero na política e o direito fundamental a eleições livres de fraudes

Abstract

In the face of deficit in female representation in Brazilian politics, the gender quota was created in proportional elections, which establishes that each political party or coalition must allocate at least 30% of its candidacies to the female gender, however, even with this rule, the number of female candidates remains very low, reaching little more than the minimum required. Therefore, it must be noted that just the law is not enough to encourage female candidacy, on the contrary, with the obligation to fill in women's quotas, political parties and coalitions instead of supporting and encouraging more female candidates, they cheat this rule with fake candidates, where representatives are registered as candidates but they do not participate effectively in the campaign, not being candidates in fact. In this way, the present article pretends to analyze if this initiative has in fact encouraged the effective participation of women in politics, going through all its history, from its origins to the present day, showing if the proposal that compels the participation of women in campaigns really works or if it would be necessary other social incentives that would lead representatives of the female gender to their effective political participation by free and spontaneous desire. It was realized a descriptive and exploratory research, through bibliographical, documental, jurisprudential analysis and field research. It was verified that for the effective growth of female participation in politics, it is necessary to invest in political party programs to encourage the participation of women in addition to the quota already stipulated by law solving the historical deficit of low female representation in Brazilian politics.