The neoconservative threat to the sexual rights of children and adolescents

Authors

  • Valeria Nepomuceno Teles de Mendonça Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
  • Mirella Cavalcante Vilar Lima Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v15i1.39010

Abstract

The article discusses the relationship between the recognition of the sexual and reproductive rights of children and adolescents and the confronting of sexual violence, aiming to demonstrate that one impact of neoconservatism on social policies in Brazil has been to leave boys and girls more exposed to this form of violence. A survey of the Catalogue of Theses and Dissertations for the Coordination of the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes), and a bibliographic review of works on the subject and of documents on international and national legal regulations was undertaken. This indicates that sexual and reproductive rights form a broad field within the human rights of women, children and adolescents in international treaties and conventions to which Brazil is a signatory. Under the Bolsonaro Government, the propagation of conservative values and the fight against a supposed gender ideology represented an obstacle to the recognition of the sexual rights of children and adolescents and the reproductive rights of adolescents, and went in the opposite direction to the full protection advocated by the Statute of the Child and Adolescent.

Keywords: Child and adolescent; Sexual and reproductive rights; Neoconservatism.

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Author Biographies

Valeria Nepomuceno Teles de Mendonça, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Assistente Social. Doutora em Serviço Social. Docente da Graduação em Serviço Social e do Programa de Pós-graduação em Serviço Social da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, (UFPE, Recife, Brasil).

Mirella Cavalcante Vilar Lima, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Assistente Social. Mestranda no Programa de Pós-graduação em Serviço Social da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Analista em Direitos Humanos e Assistência Social da Prefeitura do Recife. (PMR, Recife, Brasil).

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Published

24-04-2023

How to Cite

Mendonça, V. N. T. de, & Lima, M. C. V. (2023). The neoconservative threat to the sexual rights of children and adolescents. Argumentum, 15(1), 174–187. https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v15i1.39010

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2023): Sexualidade, direitos sexuais e reprodutivos em tempos de avanço conservador

Section

Thematic Articles

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