Atores não estatais na ONU e o empoderamento feminino : análise da atuação da Soroptimist International of the Americas

• Ano de defesa: 2017
• Autor(a) principal: Sá, Tânia Machado de
• Orientador(a): Menezes, Fabiano Lourenço de
• Banca de defesa: Menezes, Fabiano Lourenço de, Nascimento, Luiz Sales do, Bonavides, Renata Soares
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Católica de Santos
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Mestrado em Direito
• Departamento: Faculdade de Direito
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: empoderamento feminino; soroptimist International of the Americas; organizações não governamentais; mulher e sociedade
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: woman empowerment; soroptimist International of the Americas; non-governmental organizations; women and society
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::DIREITO
• Link de acesso: https://tede.unisantos.br/handle/tede/4261

The present study will analyze as main problematic the role of Soroptimist International of the Americas (SIA) for the improvement of the condition of women and girls. We will examine their actions, social projects, fight for human rights and rescue of girls and women in situations of risk, with the objective of valorizing them through education and their reintegration into society. To do so, the research addresses the role of the state and non-state actors in the international arena, and factors such as the recognition of the United Nations Organization and globalization in the emergence and scope of action of non-state organizations such as SIA. The study intends to show the internal organization capacity of the Soroptimists, from its foundation in 1921 until its role, as actor of the civil society, in the prevention and combat of serious international problems, as the defense of the human rights and the trafficking of women; The struggle for gender equality through women's empowerment. To answer the central question, the research makes a historical analysis from the hypothetico-deductive method. The methodology used is the bibliographical and also the analysis of concrete cases.