Abstract

PINHO, Tássia Rabelo de. Under the Rug: Gender-based Violence and the Silence of the Ethics Council of the Brazilian House of Representatives. Rev. Estud. Fem. [online]. 2020, vol.28, n.2, e67271.  Epub May 01, 2020. ISSN 1806-9584.  https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9584-2020v28n267271.

The debate about violence against women in politics has gain strength at the international level, in Brazil, however, it remains invisible, even in the face of emblematic cases that have been multiplying. Considering the almost absence of this theme in the academics and social debate, the cases dispensed by parliamentarians women in relation to abuses suffered, this article objective was to investigate the role of the Council of Ethics of the Chamber of Deputies in Brazil. The analysis was based in representations open according to the denunciations of political violence of gender, and the research was carried out by surveying the participation of women in that Council and the results for the aforementioned denunciations.

Keywords : Gender-based violence; Chamber of deputies; Ethics council; Political representation; Exclusion.

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