EDUCATIONAL POLICY PROVISION IN THE STATE OF PARANÁ, BRAZIL - 2001/2006
This paper presents the results of research on educational policies in the state of Parana, Brazil. The research assessed the impact of the provision of vacancies in Basic Education from 2001 to 2006. The effectiveness of such public action in education was one of the aims of the research. The study used offi cial databases about the population, number of students who enroll, stay in schools and fi nish their studies. The main conclusions of the study show that in the state of Parana, Basic Education policies have not been effective as social demands are not completely achieved; for example, there is not enough provision of vacancies, there is a lack of quality conditions and the actions implemented are not articulated with social needs.
Politicas educacionais do estado do Parana nas decadas de 80 e 90
Neste trabalho, verificamos como se efetivou o percurso da politica educacional 
paranaense, na transicao de nocao da prioridade a “centralidade da Educacao Basica”. 
Assim, no periodo estudado, evidenciamos que o percurso que possibilitou a transicao 
da prioridade a “centralidade da Educacao Basica” e reflexo das contradicoes que 
emergem entre o capital e o trabalho, mediante novas relacoes entre os interesses 
internacionais, nacionais e estaduais que se impoem para dar continuidade ao processo 
de reproducao, ampliacao e concentracao do capital em âmbito internacional. Com este 
objetivo, tomamos o percurso da construcao da “centralidade da Educacao Basica” em 
nivel internacional, nacional e estadual, tendo sempre como referencia o processo de 
acumulacao capitalista, responsavel pela articulacao/rearticulacao dos interesses 
internos e externos, frente as questoes da economia, da politica, do social e do processo 
educacional. A pesquisa realizada nos mostrou que, da nocao de prioridade da Educacao 
Basica, caracteristica dos anos 80, a nocao de “centralidade da Educacao Basica” nos 
anos 90, assumida em nivel internacional, nacional e estadual, a politica educacional 
brasileira e paranaense vivenciou varios processos de readequacao ideologica, onde a 
educacao passa a ser reivindicada como meio de acesso a nocoes basicas de higiene, de 
calculo, de leitura, de escrita, de regras de convivencia social, de formacao de 
individuos aptos ao trabalho, ao consumo e a competitividade, bem como de construcao 
da cidadania, com vistas a conter/administrar a pobreza e a exclusao social. 
Abstract
Women's health in prison: urgent need for improvement in gender equity and social justice.
The needs of women held in detention have received little attention and con-tinue to be neglected by health systems and prison authorities. One reason for this, too readily accepted until now, is that women prisoners are a clear minor-ity group within prisons all over the world. It is only recently that attention has been drawn to the fact that a minor-ity status does not justify the widespread ignorance of women’s basic rights and the considerable gender insensitivity still dominating criminal justice systems.In Europe alone, there are about 100 000 women and girls in prison.