As mulheres das águas: algumas reflexões sobre a participação feminina nos comitês de bacias hidrográficas no Brasil

Abstract

In this work, we seek to explore the participation of women in the integrated management of water resources, within the scope of the country's river basin committees. We carried out a quantitative analysis (survey) in order to provide an overview of the female presence in these arrangements. With the results, we outlined the profiles of the female members, highlighting categories such as training and education, age and segment of representation. The scenario found, in these arrangements, was only 31% of female representation, leading us to question whether this would result from the incidence of the sexual division of labor, in the production of inequalities and asymmetries of representation, under the perspective of recognition theory and governance.