Percepção de gênero e relações de gênero: o caso de uma ONG não feminista de Salvador/BA

Abstract

This thesis aims the performance of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and their representations concerning the gender field as its object of research. The 12 year old organization studied here works with male and female black youngsters from the popular neighborhoods in the city of Salvador, using multimedia languages: video, graphic computer, graphic design and photography. The inclusion of gender category into all kinds of NGOs was a result of the discussions that took place at the Fourth Women Conference in Beijing in the year of 1995, entitled Action for Equality, Development and Peace, promoted by the United Nations. The main objective of this research was to understand the perception of both male and female educators about the gender category and gender relations, and how this understanding reverberates in the final products created by the youngsters. To accomplish this goal, case studies were used, where semi-structured interview scripts were collected, the analysis of the institution's documents was performed and the devices resulting of papers found in magazines, exhibitions and internet. Studies of gender and gender relations, the third economic sector and NGOs are the theoretical frameworks.