POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN THE ISLAND OF MOZAMBIQUE: FROM CULTURAL EXPERIENCE TO SOCIOPOLITICAL ISSUES

This article proposes to analyze the participation of women in decision-making processes in the municipality of Mozambique Island, based on a qualitative research, using the narrative variant. Having triggered the survey through semi-open interviews with residents of the Mozambique Island, we sought to understand the dynamics of women's insertion in decision-making processes, from a cultural, socio-political perspective. The research indicates that women's participation in decision-making processes has always been conditioned by cultural and religious issues, but currently it is questioned by political-partisan issues, where only women who belong to a certain broken. We also note that at the local level, parity in public management bodies is far from being achieved as its goal.