Políticas públicas e as pesquisas sobre o uso do tempo no enfrentamento das desigualdades de gênero

Time use surveys look for information about the various activities that individuals perform over a given period, usually one day - 24 hours. With this, they illustrate a picture of the daily life of the people, covering all the human activities carried out. They are one of the ways to evaluate how time is used differently between men and women, between age groups, people of different racial groups and different social classes. This article has as main objective to present a brief history on the research of time use in the world scenario and in Latin America. The few quantitative surveys on the use of time in Brazil and the gaps that such process leaves in the construction of public policies in the country stand out.