“GENDER” IN NATIONAL EDUCATION PLANS (2001 AND 2014): anti-feminist discourses and inflections in decision-making processes

Abstract

Education plans, national, state and municipal, have been an important object of political dispute in recent years in Brazil and a terrain of strong action by anti-feminist movements and discourses. This has a form of reaction to the organization and results achieved by feminist struggles, specifically the emergence and uses of the concept of gender in international and national politics. The purpose of this article is to understand the stages in the preparation of the 2014 National Education Plan, identifying the moments of inflection in the process, and unveil the ruptures and continuities related to gender issues between the 2014-2024 PNE and its precedent, specifically in what it concerns issues of gender, sexuality and sexual orientation. The study is based on a literature review and documentary research. We found that advances in discussions on educational policies with a gender perspective occurred in moments of participation of civil society and social movements, and that the main moments of inflection occurred in institutional instances of political power. We conclude by the importance of strengthening democratic participation for the advances, or preservation of achievements, related to gender issues.