The incomplete revolution in Brazil: understanding the changing role of women and slow government policy responses

• Grant number: 11/16171-3
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: December 01, 2011
• End date: November 30, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics - Economics of Human Resources
• Principal Investigator: Regina Carla Madalozzo
• Grantee: Regina Carla Madalozzo
• Visiting researcher: Merike Helena Blofield
• Visiting researcher institution: University of Miami, United States
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (Insper). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

October - 2011 - sharing and reading key literature on WWF(*) in economics and political science with Regina Madalozzo (Insper)-researching the details of the Brazilian political system -familiarizing myself with the Brazilian statistical databases (IBGE etc), in collaboration with Regina Madalozzo (Insper)-preliminary descriptive statistical analysis with Regina Madalozzo (Insper)(*) WWF refers to women, work and family; more specifically, it refers to anti-discrimination, parental leave, and childcare policies. November - 2011- reading all available secondary literature on WWF in Brazil -review of all laws and official policy documents on anti-discrimination policies-review of print media coverage of anti-discrimination policies. December-2011- analysis of legislative debates and judicial court cases on anti-discrimination policies - constructing a detailed chronogram of the policy process on anti-discrimination policies - discussion of preliminary hypotheses on anti-discrimination policies with Regina Madalozzo and Gazi Islam (Insper) and Mauricio Bugarin (UnB). January-2012- review of all laws and official policy documents on parental leave policies-review of print media coverage of parental leave policies. February-2012- analysis of legislative debates and judicial court cases on parental leave policies - constructing a detailed chronogram of the policy process on parental leave policies - discussion of preliminary hypotheses on parental leave policies with Regina Madalozzo and Gazi Islam (Insper) and Mauricio Bugarin (UnB). March-2012- review of all laws and official policy documents on early childhood education and care (ECEC) policies- review of print media coverage of ECEC policies. April-2012- analysis of legislative debates and judicial court cases on ECEC policies - constructing a detailed chronogram of the policy process on ECEC policies -discussion of preliminary hypotheses on ECEC policies with Regina Madalozzo and Gazi Islam (Insper) and Mauricio Bugarin (UnB). May-2012- trip to Brasilia to collect missing policy documents and to interview key policy actors on all three issue areas - collaboration with Regina Madalozzo and Gazi Islam (Insper) and Mauricio Bugarin (UnB) on linking the finding on the policy process to social conditions. June-2012- comparison of the three policy issues and examination of causes of the policy process, drawing on data collected-collaboration with research partners continued. July-2012- examination of the causes of the policy process, continued - start write-up of research results in collaboration with research partners. August-2012- trip to Brasilia to interview key policy actors in relation to findings on causes and effects of the policy process -continue write-up of research results. September-2012- continue collaboration with research partners and write-up of research results -construct policy briefs for dissemination, prepare manuscripts for submission to peer-reviewed journals. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

REGINA MADALOZZO; MERIKE BLOFIELD. Como famílias de baixa renda em São Paulo conciliam trabalho e família?. Revista de Estudos Feministas, v. 25, n. 1, p. 215-240, 2017-04-00. (11/16171-3, 12/09609-5)