ABSTRACT

The underrepresentation of women in law enforcement institutions is a global pattern. However, increasing awareness of gender inequality is stimulating the implementation of affirmative action policies to encourage women into policing, especially in developed countries. Despite this, Brazil is moving in the opposite direction. This study investigates the latest military police recruitment programmes of all Brazilian states, as well as the laws that regulate these processes. This research shows that 74% of the latest recruitment programmes explicitly restricted the selection of female officers to a maximum threshold. Therefore, instead of promoting diversity, recruitment has imposed barriers to female integration, widening the gender gap in police forces. Moreover, this unjustifiable limitation violates the rights to equality and non-discrimination, protected not only in the Brazilian Federal Constitution of 1988 but also in several international conventions ratified by Brazil.

摘要

执法机构中妇女人数不足是一种全球格局。然而，人们对性别不平等的认识不断提高，正在刺激实施平权行动政策，以鼓励妇女从事警务工作，尤其是在发达国家。尽管如此，巴西正朝着相反的方向发展。本研究调查了巴西所有州最新的宪兵招募计划，以及规范这些程序的法律。这项研究表明，74% 的最新招聘计划明确将女性军官的选择限制在最高门槛。因此，招募并没有促进多样性，反而对女性融入社会设置了障碍，扩大了警察部队的性别差距。此外，这种不合理的限制侵犯了平等和不受歧视的权利，