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WHY ARE THEY ELECTED WOMEN REPRESENTATIVES? (ELECTIONS 2018-2022)

The article aims to analyze the profile of women elected federal representatives for the first time in 2018 and 2022, at both ends of the political spectrum organized around PT and PSL –PL. We collected data on the previous life on two sheets, one with personal information and one with political life information in private and public sites in the social media. We concluded form the analysis of the data that the new far right representatives in 2018 formed their electoral base on the street movements from 2013 onwards, while the left representatives followed traditional patterns of political trajectory: elective positions of lesser importance; student or union militancy. In 2022, the new representatives from the right arrive at the Chamber with previous party life, as councilors, mayors, local representatives, pointing to the existence of political careers. On the left there is a significant change: a small number of representatives had strong militancy in the black, LGBTQIA+ or feminist movements.

Elections 2022; Women representatives; Far right; Left; Political careers


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