Debates on female participation in brazilian parlament: under- representation, violence and harassment Los debates sobre la participación de las mujeres en el parlamento brasileño: subrepresentación, la violencia y el acoso Polianna Pereira dos Santos* Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais (Brasil) Júlia Rocha de Barcelos** Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais (Brasil) Roberta Maia Gresta*** Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais (Brasil) Fecha de recepción: 22 de mayo Fecha de aceptación: 26 de mayo ISSN:2219-4142 Pereira dos Santos, Polianna, Rocha de Barcelos, Júlia y Maia Gresta, Roberta. «Debates on female participation in brazilian parlament: under-representation, violence and harassment». Politai: Revista de Ciencia Política, Año 7, primer semestre, Nº 12: pp. 59-77. * Master’s student in Political Rights (UFMG). Specialist in Criminal Sciences (IEC-PUC Minas). UNIPAC - Itabirito Law graduate professor and PUC Minas Law post-graduate professor. Advisor at Procuradoria Regional Eleitoral in Minas Gerais. Founding member of Brazil’s Electoral Law Academy (ABRADEP). E-mail:
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[email protected]. Abstract Women were one of the last social groups to conquer political rights in contemporary democracies.