2025-07-032025-07-032024https://repositorio.ifal.edu.br/handle/123456789/1014The present research proposes a reflection on public policies and government programmes aimed at women in Brazil, using as a shortcut the Mulheres Mil Program in the period from 2005 to 2019 and its developments at the Federal Institute of Alagoas. Since the Mulheres Mil Program is a public policy of combating gender inequalities, reducing poverty, raising schooling and reducing violence against women, the design of this study is organized to answer the following question: does the women's mil Program envisage in its formulation commitments with productive inclusion and with the tackling of gender disparity, thus contributing to the full exercise of citizenship of women served? To this end, we systematically and analytically identified the formulations of public policies for women, the advances and challenges of the National Policies Plans for Women, the proposal of the Women's Mill as a social policy of inclusion and gender and the perception of the progress from vocational training and incentive to formal education in the courses offered. Faced with the object of study, the research focused on a qualitative approach using oral history as a method. The life stories of ten graduates who were beneficiaries of the Mulheres Mil Program at the Federal Institute of Alagoas were analyzed. The data collection took place between October 2022 and January 2023 in face-to-face meetings to build their life stories. The narratives were categorized around three axes: the socio-economic profile of the women interviewed, the elevation of the schooling of the graduates after participating in the Program and the insertion of women in the formal labour market according to the vocational training received. The narratives reveal that the exgresses are in the age group between 29 and 61, 70% are married and have between 01 and 06 children. Most (60%) have completed secondary education, but only 10% have continued their studies after participating in the Programme. The analysis on the income of the graduates shows that 50% are engaged in some kind of paid activity. It was also noticed that the beneficiaries were able to put in practice the knowledge acquired in the courses, but were not inserted into the formal labour market. The life stories of the women interviewed revealed that the participation of the Program had positive effects in relation to the rescue of self-esteem, the discovery of their rights and the living with a citizen education. With regard to the increase in schooling, it was found that a significant proportion (90%) of the graduates failed to resume their studies. The results demonstrate the importance of fostering debate on the challenges in formulating and implementing public policies for women.ptPolíticas públicasMulheresQualificação profissionalPrograma Mulheres MilTeseCIENCIAS HUMANAS::CIENCIA POLITICA::POLITICAS PUBLICAS