Uma reflexão do empoderamento das mulheres beneficiárias do programa bolsa família

Abstract

This paper is based on the study of the National Social Assistance Policy (PNAS), more specifically, the Bolsa Família Program (PBF) and Women's Empowerment. It seeks to answer the following question: How does the Bolsa Familia Program empower women? Its main objective is to understand the female empowerment that the Bolsa Familia Program enables women beneficiaries. This is a qualitative, exploratory research and uses for data collection the bibliographic research and for data analysis, we used the content analysis method. The paper argues about Income Transfer Policies, pointing to the Bolsa Família Program as Brazil's main income transfer program. It reflects on the concept of female empowerment and its applications and analyzes the dimensions of empowerment of women beneficiaries of the program. The results show that the Bolsa Família Program has positive points regarding the reduction of extreme poverty along with giving women the possibility of development, thus constituting an instrument for improving the quality of life and implying reflections on female empowerment.