Teresa Sacchet is a professor at the Graduate Program in Interdisciplinary Studies on Women, Gender and Feminism, at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. She specializes on topics related to feminism, democratic theories, political institutions, political parties, quotas, electoral system, electoral financing, and public policies with a focus on gender and racial issues.

Silvana Mariano is a professor at the Department of Social Sciences at the State University of Londrina, Brazil. She specializes in the field of Sociology, with an emphasis on Gender Studies, working mainly on the following themes: gender, feminism, public policies and citizenship.

Cássia Maria Carloto is a professor at the State University of Londrina, Brazil and the leader of the Gender, Public Policies, and Family research group at the same institution. She has conducted research on women's participation in Conditional Cash Transfer programs since 2003, focusing particularly on Bolsa Família.

1. Introduction: Bolsa Família in Polítical Context 2. Bolsa Família: Background, Operation, and Gender Issues 3. Beyond Distribution: Issues of Gender Justice in Fighting Poverty in Brazil 4. Bolsa Família in Bahia: Intersections of Class, Gender, Race and Generation 5. The Bolsa Família Program: Reflections on Its Role in Social Protection and Gender Relations in Brazil 6. Gender and Autonomy of Women in Poverty: An Investigation into the Bolsa Família Program 7. Conditionalities in the Bolsa Familia Program and Women's Use of Time in Domestic-Family Work 8. Stigmas and Controls on Bolsa Família Beneficiary Women 9. Conclusions