Public Gender Policies for Education and Physical Education in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay

The objective of this article is to analyze public gender policies in education in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, present in the path of creation of these policies in the three countries, with a view to delineating common trajectories (or not), as well as their adoption and application in and interference of Physical Education. This comparative and qualitative study used the review of documentaries, official documents and articles published in newspapers and websites to collect data referring to the last quarter of the 20th century and the first of the 21st century. In the analyzes, we rely on feminist, gender studies and public policies. We conclude that, although Argentina and Uruguay have anticipated Brazil in formulating legislation to tackle gender and sex discrimination, the three countries continue to face difficulties in the implementation and effectiveness of these policies in the field of education in both areas, specially nowadays, in view of the resistance of conservative sectors.