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Women’s Representation in the 2018 Brazilian Elections
12 November 2019, 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Women’s Representation in the 2018 Brazilian Elections: a case study on the use of Facebook in electoral campaigns.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Oscar Martinez
Location
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103Institute of the Ameircas51 Gordon SquareLondonWC1H 0PNUnited Kingdom
How do Brazilian women candidates use social media during electoral campaigns? The 2018 Brazilian congressional elections were marked by an array of new rules, including new regulations regarding paid advertisements on social media. Placing it within the context of women's political underrepresentation in Brazil, I will present a case study on the use of Facebook by candidates running for the lower house of the legislature for the state of Sao Paulo (the largest electoral college in the country). The study focuses on determining whether the use of social media levels the playing field for candidates from less privileged backgrounds.
Image: Meeting at the Congressional Women Caucus from September 2019. Credit: Robert Alves/ Monumental Foto
About the Speaker
Catarina Helena Cortada Barbieri
Lecturer in Law at Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil) and co-cordinator of the project "Democracy and Representation in the 2018 Brazilian elections: campaign, financing and gender".
Catarina Helena Cortada Barbieri holds a PhD (2012), Masters (2008) and LL.B. (Law - 2003) from the University of São Paulo Law School (Brazil). She was a Fox International Fellow (2010-2011) at Yale University and visiting doctoral student at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law (2011). She is a Lecturer in Law at Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School (Brazil) and the editor-in-chief of Direito GV Law Review. Her research interests include philosophy of law, political philosophy, jurisprudence, private law, feminism, and gender studies. She is currently the co-director of a two-year research project, Women’s Representation in the 2018 Brazilian Elections: electoral campaigns, financing and gender.