A PARTICIPAÇÃO DAS MULHERES NA GESTÃO DO INSTITUTO FEDERAL GOIANO CAMPUS URUTAÍ: UMA PERSPECTIVA HISTÓRICA (1953-2019)

Abstract

This research investigates the participation of women in the management of the Federal Institute of Goiás Campus Urutaí, throughout the history of the institution (1953 - 2019). This is a case study structured in three phases: analysis of documents to outline the historical trajectory of women at the IF Goiano Campus Urutaí; recovery of the institution's history; and analysis of women's participation in campus management. The methodological procedures used consist of a literature review and documentary research carried out in the Campus archives. The research subjects were women who held management positions at the IF Goiano Campus Urutaí, the semi-open questionnaire being chosen as the data collection instrument, in order to outline a profile of the employees working in management and their perceptions of female participation in management from campus. The educational product resulting from this research consists of a 20 minute video documentary covering the history of Professional and Technological Education (EPT) and the institution, demonstrating the participation of women in the history of the campus. The validation of the educational product took place through its application to the class of the fifth semester of the Degree in Pedagogy and Professional and Technological Education (EPT) at the Federal Goiano Institute - Urutaí center. At the end of this research, we concluded that throughout the history of EPT in Brazil’s federal institutes, anorm was established that strongly favored male presence at the expense of female participation, especially in management. Despite this context, women, even if in smaller numbers, were present at the Federal Institute of Goiás Campus Urutaí at various times in the institution's history. During this time they made many contributions, inclduing working effectively within management on several occasions.It was also evident that despite the considerable increase in the number of faculty and staff on campus, which occurred in the last decade, the highest paid management positions remain concentrated in male hands. After analyzing the questionnaires, it was evident in the reports that the majority of the campus’s faculty and staff perceive a difference in treatment between men and women, although many of them still deny this reality when questioned directly. These reports presented by the faculty and staff describe episodes of discrimination, prejudice and machismo.