Construção da política de igualdade de gênero na UFSM: um relato de experiência

Abstract

In response to the demands of the academic community, especially women, demanding the adoption of institutional mechanisms to promote gender equality and combat all forms of discrimination and violence in the university environment, the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) created, in 2017, the Institutional Commission for Gender Equality Policy. The group, composed of servers and students, has been engaged in the construction of a proposal for a Gender Equality Policy for UFSM, covering all institutional arrangements. This paper reports the experience lived by the author as a member of this commission and aims to systematize the actions that occurred during the process of constructing this policy at UFSM, from the author's point of view and from the perspective of Gender Studies. The movement to approach the author's life trajectory as part of the process brings a situated approach to the study. The ideas about life narratives, situated knowledge, feminist movements, gender and public policies presented provide theoretical support for the construction of this experience report. The systematization of the process, in addition to presenting the essence of the UFSM Gender Equality Policy, also reflects on the potentialities, weaknesses and challenges of the Instituion with regard to the promotion of gender equality and lists as one of the biggest gains the creation of “Casa Frida Kahlo”, an organization that will be responsible for reception of people in situations of gender violence linked to the Institution.