Christian Parliamentarians x Human Rights Activists: Disputes about Gender in the Brazilian National Education Plan
Christian Parliamentarians x Human Rights Activists: Disputes about Gender in the Brazilian National Education Plan
Monday, 7 July 2025: 11:45
Location: FSE001 (Faculty of Education Sciences (FSE))
Oral Presentation
The National Education Plan is a legal document, drawn up every ten years, that defines goals and guides public educational policies in Brazil.
In its last elaboration, the Plan foreseen for the 2014 – 2024 decade, after much dispute between religious parliamentarians and social movements, ended up excluding any mention of the word gender in its guidelines.
The religious' argument was that gender equity and sexual education policies would end up introducing an evil ideology to students and putting the traditional family and good customs at risk.
The work analyzes, in the Brazilian political scenario, the process of preparing the National Education Plan for the decade 2025 - 2035, especially on issues that promote clashes between social and educational movements, on the one hand, and religious segments on the other.
The research analyses the legal instruments: decrees, bills, conferences and public hearings that deal with the National Educational Plan for the period of 2025 to 2035 and the concerns and demands of politicians and religious jurists in relation to the National Education Plan.
The gender theme once again gains prominence in the political debates for the preparation of the aforementioned Plan.
Social movements in defense of human rights argue that the school environment needs to welcome and include students from the LGBTQIAPN+ community and provide guidance on sexual education as a form of ending gender-based violence inside and outside school.
On the other side, there are Christian parliamentarians, with the argument of defending religious freedom and the defense of the traditional family.
In its last elaboration, the Plan foreseen for the 2014 – 2024 decade, after much dispute between religious parliamentarians and social movements, ended up excluding any mention of the word gender in its guidelines.
The religious' argument was that gender equity and sexual education policies would end up introducing an evil ideology to students and putting the traditional family and good customs at risk.
The work analyzes, in the Brazilian political scenario, the process of preparing the National Education Plan for the decade 2025 - 2035, especially on issues that promote clashes between social and educational movements, on the one hand, and religious segments on the other.
The research analyses the legal instruments: decrees, bills, conferences and public hearings that deal with the National Educational Plan for the period of 2025 to 2035 and the concerns and demands of politicians and religious jurists in relation to the National Education Plan.
The gender theme once again gains prominence in the political debates for the preparation of the aforementioned Plan.
Social movements in defense of human rights argue that the school environment needs to welcome and include students from the LGBTQIAPN+ community and provide guidance on sexual education as a form of ending gender-based violence inside and outside school.
On the other side, there are Christian parliamentarians, with the argument of defending religious freedom and the defense of the traditional family.