Citation

Schneider D, Signorelli MC, Pereira PPG. Cien. Saude Colet. 2017; 22(9): 3003-3011.

Vernacular Title

Mulheres da segurança pública do litoral do Paraná, Brasil: intersecções entre gênero, trabalho, violência(s) e saúde.

Affiliation

Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo. São Paulo SP Brasil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Associacao Brasileira de Pos-Graduacao em Saude Coletiva)

DOI

10.1590/1413-81232017229.07892016

PMID

28954151

Abstract

This study aimed to promote visibility of women working in public security along the Parana coast, articulating issues of gender, violence(s), and the health-disease process. The methodology was qualitative, through an ethnographic research which included 50 women (civilians, military policewomen, and prison officers) from municipalities along the Parana coast, between March 2014 and March 2015.

RESULTS revealed: 1) the dilemmas that these women are subjected to, facing the seasonal dynamics in the field of public security in the region; 2) exposure to violence (mainly institutional and gender-based) and its impact on these women's health; 3) power relations, marked by corporations' hierarchies and gender asymmetries between men and women in professional settings. In summary, this research highlighted the need to promote visibility of women working in public security institutions, considering the impact of violence and gender inequalities in their personal and professional lives, including the resistance and rearrangements promoted by these women in the institutions in response to their presence in a hegemonic and traditionally male environment.

Language: en