Desempenho político parlamentar das deputadas da FRELIMO e RENAMO na legislatura de 2019 - 2024

Abstract

Women's political participation constitutes one of the fundamental pillars for consolidation of democracy and the implementation of gender equality in Mozambique this participation has been growing, placing the country in 14th place in the ranking of countries with greater representation of women. However, despite regulatory advances and increased presence of women in decision-making spaces, doubts remain and significant challenges with regard to the effective influence of female deputies in legislative processes. Given this reality, the present study set out to study the parliamentary performance of Mozambican female deputies in the period from 2019 to 2024, with comparative approach between the deputies of the FRELIMO and RENAMO parties, using a qualitative approach, using semi-structured interviews, the study adopted as an analytical basis the four parliamentary functions defined by Dantas and Yeung (2020): promote, cooperate, monitor and be transparent. The analysis was enriched with the contributions of sociological Neo-Institutionalism, which allowed us to understand the constraints imposed by cultural norms and expectations, formal rules and informal political institutions, and the theory of substantive representation, which served basis for assessing the extent to which female deputies represent the interests of women and of society actively. It is concluded that the increase in female representation in Mozambican parliament is not automatically synonymous with substantive political power In some cases, their actions continue to be influenced by institutional and partisans, which limits their effectiveness and decision-making power.