Resumo:
In this paper, I identify and reflect upon some of these redefinitions and the consequent detours and distortions that have marked the translation of gender theory to policy and planning in Brazil. I argue that the adoption of a gender approach in Brazil has faced considerable resistance on the part of planners and practitioners. As such, the concept of gender has been subjected to much bending and stretching in order to fit the needs and interests of contending institutions and actors. This has often led to the smoothing out of its more radical undertones, turning women’s interests invisible once again.
Descrição:
Este artigo foi apresentado originalmente em inglês, sob o título “Back to Women? Translations, resignifications and myths of gender in policy and practice in Brazil”, ao Seminário “Myths of Gender: Repositioning Feminisms in Gender and Development”, promovido em julho de 2003 pelo Institute of Development Studies-IDS, em Brighton, Inglaterra. Posteriormente, uma outra versão foi publicada, também em inglês e sob o mesmo título, na coletânea organizada por Andrea Cornwall, Elizabeth Harrison e Ann Whitehead (2007), que teve por base os trabalhos apresentados naquele Seminário.
