Women in the Brazilian Congress

The National Brazilian Congress has a bicameral system, with the Chamber of Deputies and the Federal Senate. Women are extremely underrepresented in both parts of the Congress. Between 1983 and 2015 women only made up on average 7.2% of seats in the Senate, and 6.2% of seats in the Chamber of Deputies. While the majority of seats on both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies were held by male politicians.

The way people are elected as senators, the gender quotas, states, parties and blocs are all linked with women's representation. The same goes for the Chamber of Deputies mechanics, the gender quotas specific to them, the states and parties, in the deputies female representation.