Brazilian women suffer from a lower social, economic and cultural status in relation to men.
This can best be illustrated by the situation in the labour market. This, in turn, is also linked to the low participation of women in the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. However, when women eventually participate in power, they lack the required capacity to effectively promote gender equity. To improve the status of Brazilian women and social equity through the implementation of gender-oriented public policies and increased participation of women in power. The project has already contributed to the above objective by increasing women's political participation in the October 1996 municipal elections.