Resumo:
The feminism, in view of an emancipatory social movement, stated equality and freedom for women, so that they exceed the multiple patriarchal-capitalist oppressions and explorations, which gives them experience as social beings. Therefore, they claimed that the State was responsible. In this sense, there is a need to go beyond public policies without, nevertheless, forgetting their importance at achieving better life conditions. Today, however, feminism has gradually stepped back from this emancipatory perspective, due especially to its process of institutionalization in the NGOs. Thus, the paper reviews the relationship between feminism and State in the claims for public policies, highlighting the major limitations and challenges for the movement in neoliberal contemporarity.