Article type
Abstract
Background
Tackling gender-based segregation in the labor market is essential for promoting women’s economic empowerment. In Brazil, occupational gendered segregation is still significant and has consequences that reinforce both economic and social inequalities. This research presents a case of women’s participation in male-dominated sectors in Brazil, investigating whether transferring global evidence to a local context is a possible solution to inform policy.
Objectives
This study aims to investigate the feasibility of applying findings from global systematic reviews on women's economic empowerment (Peters et al, 2019; Langer et al, 2018) to the Brazilian context. This reflexive exercise is a practical way of testing transferability as a potential method to improve the use of social research evidence to inform policy decisions.
Methods
This research synthesizes evidence published in Portuguese and Spanish about gender segregation in the labor market using the method of rapid reviews. The 23 studies included in the rapid review were published between 2010 and 2023; most of them are qualitative journal articles. Rapid review findings are then compared and contrasted with the results presented by Langer et al (2018) and Peters et al (2019) to investigate the applicability of this global evidence to the Brazilian case.
Results
The evidence presented by the conducted rapid review offers a landscape of the main barriers and facilitators for women in male-dominant sectors in Brazil and existing interventions. Comparing findings from the rapid review with the global evidence revealed that global evidence is partially adaptable for the Brazilian context. Findings showed that local information is highly valuable and necessary for policy recommendations. Tables 01 and 02 summarize the transferability of the reviews findings and discuss what could be applicable to Brazil.
Conclusions
Transferring global evidence to a local context is a useful tool for policy learning, but applying it directly to local contexts requires careful consideration. Local information is essential to understanding how complex social issues manifest in specific communities. A significant limitation of transferability is that social policy evidence deals with complexity and heterogeneity, within a varied set of research designs.
Tackling gender-based segregation in the labor market is essential for promoting women’s economic empowerment. In Brazil, occupational gendered segregation is still significant and has consequences that reinforce both economic and social inequalities. This research presents a case of women’s participation in male-dominated sectors in Brazil, investigating whether transferring global evidence to a local context is a possible solution to inform policy.
Objectives
This study aims to investigate the feasibility of applying findings from global systematic reviews on women's economic empowerment (Peters et al, 2019; Langer et al, 2018) to the Brazilian context. This reflexive exercise is a practical way of testing transferability as a potential method to improve the use of social research evidence to inform policy decisions.
Methods
This research synthesizes evidence published in Portuguese and Spanish about gender segregation in the labor market using the method of rapid reviews. The 23 studies included in the rapid review were published between 2010 and 2023; most of them are qualitative journal articles. Rapid review findings are then compared and contrasted with the results presented by Langer et al (2018) and Peters et al (2019) to investigate the applicability of this global evidence to the Brazilian case.
Results
The evidence presented by the conducted rapid review offers a landscape of the main barriers and facilitators for women in male-dominant sectors in Brazil and existing interventions. Comparing findings from the rapid review with the global evidence revealed that global evidence is partially adaptable for the Brazilian context. Findings showed that local information is highly valuable and necessary for policy recommendations. Tables 01 and 02 summarize the transferability of the reviews findings and discuss what could be applicable to Brazil.
Conclusions
Transferring global evidence to a local context is a useful tool for policy learning, but applying it directly to local contexts requires careful consideration. Local information is essential to understanding how complex social issues manifest in specific communities. A significant limitation of transferability is that social policy evidence deals with complexity and heterogeneity, within a varied set of research designs.