The main focus of the journal is to share scientific knowledge in the field of Social Work and in areas related to Social Sciences, which have different approaches aimed at discussing citizenship, rights and human-social emancipation. This editorial axis is justified by the assumption that knowledge and coping with contemporary social challenges cannot be fragments or exclusive to an area, but based on the dialogue between the various disciplines of knowledge, in an interdisciplinary perspective. Emancipação is published by the Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa - Brazil, under the responsibility of the Department of Social Work and the Graduate Program in Applied Social Sciences.
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Integration of Peacemaking Circles and public policies in prenatal counseling for pregnant women with HIV/AIDS: a case study of the Acalanto Project in Ponta Grossa/PR
This article presents a study on the integration of public health policies aimed at preventing and eliminating vertical HIV transmission with Peacemaking Circles, focusing on technical counseling. By selecting the Acalanto Project, carried out in Ponta Grossa/PR from 2017 to 2023, as a case study, we analyze how the mentioned circle process, centered on dialogue and the restoration of social relations, can strengthen the trust between healthcare professionals and patients. This trust is identified as an essential factor for adherence to antiretroviral treatment and the effective implementation of preventive strategies. Through an analysis based on documentary and bibliographic review, we find that the collaborative approach of the Peacemaking Circles not only intensifies the technical counseling process but also promotes autonomy, care, and trust, crucial elements for reducing inequalities in vertical HIV transmission. The article details the operational context of the Acalanto Project —the challenges faced, the solutions implemented, and the lessons learned—, demonstrating a significant correlation between the adoption of the circle process in question and the absence of vertical HIV transmission notification, according to data from the notifiable diseases information system, since the implementation of the Acalanto Project.
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Bottom-Up Information Systems. The Case of the Argentine National Registry of Workers in the Popular Economy
This article examines how data contribute to enacting the social world and disputing dominant definitions of labor. Drawing on a qualitative methodology, it explores the construction and uses of the technical devices that generate such data, focusing on the case of Argentina’s National Registry of Workers in the Popular Economy (RENATEP), the first sociodemographic and labor information system developed for the country’s popular economy. Created “from below” in response to demands for recognition and protection raised by grassroots organizations, RENATEP reconfigures the boundaries of what is understood as work and who counts as a worker. The analysis shows how this tool challenges conventional notions of efficiency, labor, and social policy intervention rooted in poverty assistance. It also opens new possibilities for thinking about statistics and digital governance from an emancipatory perspective.
Governo digital e seguridade social: inovações e desafios para a proteção social
Digital transformations and social security in Brazil
This article presents a discussion about capitalism and the transformations resulting from the use of digital technologies, highlighting the implications for the public sector in providing services to citizens within social security policies. Changes in Public Administration, with the shift to digital channels for access, impact the population that demands social security policies; and these, in turn, involve public policies on social security, social assistance, and health. The objective was to reflect on the impacts of digital technologies on society and on public social security policies in Brazil, considering the strategy of expanding Digital Government. The research is qualitative in nature, exploratory in character, and its discussion was based on bibliographic and documentary data, especially legislation and official data from the public sector of social security and assistance.The results indicated that the technological innovation process has already modified Public Administration, with remote work and intensive use of digital technology. Remote channels and the use of applications are the ways to access social rights; the population that demands social security and welfare benefits is marked by conditions of vulnerability due to age or disability, as well as being in a situation of poverty. They do not have broad access to digital means nor do they know how to use these remote channels, evidencing processes of digital exclusion.
Human rights and ethnic-racial relations: a teaching experience report
This paper aims to report on experiences in the Ethnic-Racial Relations and Human Rights course, offered as part of a bachelor’s degree program at a public university in Maranhão, during the first semester of 2024, over four weekends. Adopting a qualitative ethnographic approach, the study is based on participant observation, teaching experience reports, and bibliographic research. It was observed that, despite the advances romoted by Laws 10.639/2003 and 11.645/2008, the fight against racism in Brazil is still in its infancy. In universities, these laws encourage pedagogical changes, but they often encounter resistance in denialist discourses that disregard historical racial inequalities. The report highlights the importance of the effective implementation of these laws in teacher training, reinforcing the need for pedagogical practices that promote a culture of human rights and anti-racist education, capable of overcoming structural and social obstacles present in the Brazilian educational context.
Meanings and affectivity in the ‘Creole Seeds Guardians Movement in Anchieta/SC
The article aims to understand the meanings of seed conservation in relation to the affective bonds that farmers maintain with the continuation of the “Guardians of Creole Seeds” movement in Anchieta, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Creole seeds are currently at risk of disappearing. The guardians of these seeds strive to preserve them while also seeking autonomy in rural life. Understanding the affective dimensions embedded in resistance movements against agribusiness enables a deeper exploration of possible responses to the challenges faced by rural communities in Brazil. We adopt dialectical historical materialism as our methodological framework and employ the Information Construction technique as our methodological approach. In-depth interviews were conducted, from which three core themes emerged: a sense of care; an ethical-ecological relationship; and opposition to the dominant system and its consequences. We conclude that the affects and meanings associated with sustainable actions are fundamental to labor practices and their environmental impact. For the Guardians, key aspects include care, value beyond profit, and a foundation rooted in tradition and social relations.
Digital technologies: a paradox between exclusion and social protection
The article critically analyzes digitalization in Brazil’s social security system, particularly in social assistance, and its effects on vulnerable populations. Using an intersectional and decolonial approach, it discusses how technologies can expand access but also deepen inequalities when detached from territorial realities. Based on a comparison between Auxílio Brasil and the Cadastro Único, the study examines the limits and potential of digital transformation in the SUAS for guaranteeing rights. The action-research methodology included document analysis, open data, and socioterritorial assessment. The findings show that digital exclusion reinforces historical inequalities, while qualified data use can strengthen democratic processes when guided by social justice and participation. In this context, the Cadastro Único emerges as a strategic tool for promoting equity in SUAS socioterritorial management. i
Digital health and equity: potentialities and risks of the implementation of artificial intelligence in public health in Paraná
This article examines the implementation of digital technologies and artificial intelligence in public health, focusing on the state of Paraná, in light of Brazil’s Digital Health Strategy (2020-2028), and analyzes their effects on equity of access. The study adopts a qualitative approach, based on documentary and bibliographic research, drawing on official regulations and scientific literature. Findings indicate that digitalization enhances system integration, informational capacity, and potential access particularly in Primary Health Care yet remains constrained by infrastructural inequalities, regulatory gaps in governance and health data protection, and dependence on private actors. The article further discusses platformization processes and the risks of financialization associated with public-private partnerships and data capture. It concludes that digitalization does not, in itself, ensure greater equity; rather, it depends on detailed regulation, robust public governance, and institutional capacity to avoid reproducing inequalities within Brazil’s Unified Health System (SUS).
Practical challenges between the non-prosecution agreement and restorative justice: a case study of the ‘Cei de Cor’ project in Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil
The article aims to offer legal and operational guidelines for the use of the non-criminal prosecution agreement as an instrument of victim appreciation and integration of criminal relief with the restorative practices. Based on the literature review, reflections were made on the treatment of the victim in the context of the Brazilian legal system, its relationship with restorative justice and its role in concluding the non-criminal prosecution agreement. Furthermore, through interviews and a questionnaire, it as analyzed how the non-criminal prosecution agreement can be used as means of promoting victims’ rights and restorative justice. As a result, the dialogue flows between restorative practices and the non-criminal prosecution agreement were organized, concluding that this dialogue was viable and relevant considering the policies of encouraging self-composition and promoting resolute action in the Public Prosecutor’s Office and judicial policy of valuing the victim and restorative justice.
The work of social workers and the use of ICTs: changes, intensification and challenges
The work of social workers has changed in tandem with the increasing use of information and communication technologies. The process of digitizing the Brazilian government, coupled with the administrative counter-reforms implemented by the government, aims to optimize service delivery, thereby enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of public administration. In terms of social policies, the use of technologies as part of work processes is evident in the adoption of electronic medical records, as well as the systematization of information published in open-access databases hosted by various public agencies, allowing access to a wide range of information regarding the profile of the user population, the scope of services, and the location of the service network. This article aims to present the consequences of technology use in the work of social workers. To this end, a qualitative, exploratory study was conducted, beginning with a literature review and drawing on studies regarding work under capitalism and ICTs; access to databases; and the systematization of professional experiences. As a result, intensification takes various forms: in the delivery of social services, it becomes part of work processes; in the generation of data on the client population and the scope of service provision; and in access to real-time information through the use of digital platforms and tools. An extension of the workday and a narrowing of the gap between time spent working and time spent resting were observed among social workers.
The relationship between drugs and the prison system: An approach by the Advocacy Coalition Framework
This article stems from the need to study public health policies in the prison context, focusing on incarcerated drug users, based on the model proposed by the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF). Thus, this study aims to identify the distinct positions within the subsystem that consider the relationship between drugs and the prison system. To achieve this, this research involved content analysis of documents and statements produced by actors in the Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary branches, as well as members of civil society interested in the topic. In addition to identifying the coalitions, this document proposes a belief system for each, taking into account the hard, political, and instrumental aspects. Among the findings there is the presence of five advocacy coalitions in the subsystem that are formed based on their own beliefs, which are not necessarily antagonistic to each other. Furthermore, they demonstrated that coalitions that consider health policies appear less frequently and have fewer engaged actors than the ones that start from the logic of public security or the legal apparatus.
Health education: knowledge and prevention of syphilis among students in northern of Rio Grande do Sul state
This paper reports a field study aimed at comparing the level of knowledge regarding syphilis among undergraduate students in the health sciences (HS) and those from non-health-related fields (NHS), as well as reflecting on the actual potential of Health Education as a strategy for the prevention and reduction of cases. The current public health scenario in Brazil reveals a high incidence of acquired syphilis, with the Southern region ranking as the second most affected nationwide. The study sample comprised 283 undergraduate students. Data were collected during the first semester of 2022 through a structured, paper-based questionnaire, and the data analysis followed a content analysis approach. The findings demonstrated a statistically significant difference between students enrolled in health sciences and those in non-health fields regarding knowledge of the topic. Low adherence to condom use and routine diagnostic testing was observed in both groups, highlighting the need to intensify preventive interventions. Therefore, the provision of systematic guidance throughout undergraduate education contributes to increased awareness and the promotion of self-care practices.
Digital Platforms Practices of Exclusion – WhatCitizenship is Possible?
Digital technologies of information and communication are the source of multiples human advancements, in work optimization, in medicine, sciences and other dimensions of our daily lives. Capitalism use these technologies to implement a new business model, that of platforms, based on data exploration and manipulation to offer services that are executed by digital labor to maximize platform’s gains. The set of systems and practices are a new form of colonialism, and they structure the digital work in the relations between the Global North and Global South. The general objective of this essay is to study the predatory and colonialist practices of platforms as related to citizenship exclusion. The methodology was based on bibliographical and documental research, articulated with empirical evidences and experiences of digital labor. Platforms are structures that offer limited agency while curtailing attempts to change their status quo. Digital colonialism is the main theoretical reference. Analysis revealed a trove of relational qualities (i.e. those that occur during the use of the platforms) that support the main proposal that they impede citizenship. Platforms explore digital labor (i.e. that executed according to colonizing practices). That is to say, low-income people who already live in precarious conditions). The offer no sufficient income, no labor protections, terrible working conditions. Information asymmetry is used to surveillance and punishment. They are opaque and are not accountable. Their practices deepen inequalities, widen exclusion and preclude citizenship.
Copyright (c) 2026 Cayley Guimarães https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
The daily intervention of social service professionals in the prison system in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
The general objective of the study was to analyze how the work processes of social work professionals in the prison system of the state of Rio Grande do Sul are constituted, in order to understand the purpose of professional intervention in this socio-occupational space. This qualitative exploratory study, based on the critical dialectical method, used content analysis, a guiding script for bibliographic collection, and an online questionnaire for empirical collection. The questionnaire was administered to 12 social workers in the prison system of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The study reveals that social workers face challenges in their daily work with inmates such as overcrowding, precarious conditions, difficulties in interdisciplinary coordination, state neglect, punitive logic, institutional conservatism, and limitations in implementing their ethical-political project.
Modernization of the State, austerity policies anddigitalization of social policy
The objective of this article is to problematize the growing role of new technologies for recording, storing, and managing information in social policy and social services, their integration within the framework of modernizing approaches to public management typical of the 1990s, and the digital acceleration that emerged during and after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, when these technologies demonstrated their versatility in the face of the restrictions of this exceptional context. Concerns about spending austerity appear as a constant, briefly interrupted by the relatively greater presence of the State during the pandemic, as evidenced by our successive approaches to the topic to identify and understand the institutional and technological alterations in social protection in the “digital age.” The digital acceleration that followed the pandemic context reveals itself as a process that demands the greatest critical-analytical attention to understand its political uses; in other words, what we ask of artifacts and how much politics there is in them. The methodology of the study that gave rise to these notes was qualitative in nature and aided by data and reviews of previous studies and bibliographic sources.
Copyright (c) 2026 María Laura Vecinday https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Governo digital e a trajetória de modernização do INSS: da reestruturação produtiva à plataformização
This article is based on research developed within a master’s program that aimed to investigate changes in working conditions at the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) associated with the incorporation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Its objective is to critically analyze the historical trajectory of institutional modernization within the INSS, demonstrating how the digitalization of social security services - intensified in the post-pandemic context - expresses a continuous process of rationalization and state control that began in the 1970s, under the logic of dependent capitalism and the productive restructuring of the State. The analysis is grounded in a critical perspective rooted in the Marxist tradition, particularly drawing on Florestan Fernandes’ contributions on dependent capitalism and Ricardo Antunes’ reflections on productive restructuring and transformations of labor in contemporary capitalism. Methodologically, this is a qualitative and exploratory study, based on bibliographic review and documentary research of legislation, institutional reports, and public administration regulations, complemented by the analysis of secondary data from official sources. The findings indicate that the digitalization of social security services does not constitute a recent or merely technological phenomenon; rather, it is part of a broader historical process of conservative state modernization, in which ICT operate as instruments of managerial rationality, labor intensification, and reconfiguration of access to social rights, in alignment with the structural determinations of dependent capitalism.
Copyright (c) 2026 Nara Campana, Melissa Ferreira Portes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Child and adolescent mental health care in settings without CAPSij: an integrative literature review
A progressive growth in studies on Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) conducted within the Brazilian Unified Health System (“SUS”) has been observed. However, a large proportion of these investigations is concentrated in regions covered by Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Care Centers (“CAPSij”), a strategic service for psychosocial care located at the secondary level of care. Through an integrative review, this study sought to understand how CAMH care is provided in municipalities lacking CAPSij services, identifying the practices, challenges, and potentialities experienced. Searches were conducted in December 2024 in the CAPES Journals Portal and the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), with no temporal delimitation and no restrictions regarding language. Only studies focusing on CAMH and developed within public services integrated into the Health Care Network (“RAS”) and the Psychosocial Care Network (“RAPS”) were included, excluding those carried out in municipalities with CAPSij services. Eight articles constituted the final dataset for analysis. The findings revealed: significant intersectoral fragility; restricted use of resources from larger municipalities, limited to scheduling psychiatric and neurological evaluations; scarcity of human and physical resources, with mental health professionals opting not to include children and adolescents in their clinical agendas; as well as discrepancies between psychosocial care guidelines and everyday practices, marked by the predominance of complaint-conduct-based approaches and a tendency toward the personalization of care. It is concluded that teams and managers must assume the intersectoral CAMH network as an effective work demand, either by strengthening existing articulations or by building them from the outset.
Student assistance at higher education: access to the right or right to access?
This article presents the trajectory of the Brazilian Student Assistance, focusing on the National Program of Student Assistance (PNAES), which was the first legal instrument to regulate Student Assistance in higher education, guiding the formulation and implementation of this policy in federal universities in the last 17 years. In this essay, we aim to understand the contradictory relations surrounding the PNAES, highlighting how they have been manifested in the latest stage of Brazilian capitalism, characterized by the ultra-neoliberalism, the expropriation of rights, and the reinvigoration of conservatism. For this purpose, a bibliographical and documentary research was conducted, considering the PNAES and the Program of Student Assistance at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) from 2015 to 2022. Through the research, we identified how the UFPB students access the Student Assistance Program and the types of challenges that have arisen for this policy to take root in the federal universities as a policy of law.
Copyright (c) 2026 Adaires Eliane Dantas dos Santos, Terçalia Suassuna Vaz Lira https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
The Theory of Social Representations and its Interfaces with Higher Education Training
The Theory of Social Representations (TSR) has increasingly gained prominence in the field of Education as a theoretical framework for research. Based on the studies on social representations that we have conducted, as well as on the recollection of conversations with undergraduate students during our teaching practice, we set out to identify themes that should be unveiled in light of social representations, in order to reflect on a process of re-elaborating the representations brought into the academic space by our students, which may sometimes contribute to processes of non-retention. Thus, drawing on qualitative studies with a bibliographic basis, we developed this article.
Copyright (c) 2026 Antonio Sandro Schuartz, Alboni Marisa Dudeque Pianovski Vieira https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Extensive social intervention: a concept for Social Work
The present article introduces the concept of extensive social intervention to methodologically reconceptualize the outreach interventions though street work teams. Street work teams are an important resource for social and health intervention in unconventional contexts in Portugal. They provide services to hard-to-reach populations, those experiencing social exclusion, or those engaging in health-risk behaviours. The purpose of this article is to present and discuss the new concept and the methodological process of social intervention designated as extensive. Methodologically, the research used a narrative integrative review of the literature. From the literature analysis, the results point to a conceptual framework and the definition of a theoretical-methodological approach that frames extensive social intervention. The conceptual framework presented is grounded in critical social work and triangulates the literature on anti-oppressive practices, the empowerment approach, and the harm reduction perspective. The methodological conceptualization of extensive social intervention systematizes the premises of the intervention, the characteristics of the target populations, and the specific features of the intervention contexts presented in the article. The authors propose the reconceptualization of the street team work as an extensive social intervention. As an implication, the aim is to establish extensive social intervention as a working methodology in social work, thereby contributing to its theoretical and methodological systematization and grounding.
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Paraná universities and the SDG’s: Institutional guidelines for the 2030 Agenda
There is a global trend towards the incorporation of the SDGs in higher education in the signatory countries of the 2030 Agenda approved in 2015. Different issues can be addressed and deepened in this sense in various aspects such as teaching, research, extension and governance. The general objective of this article is to analyze how plans and actions in sustainability and sustainable development are being developed in the seven state universities of Paraná in the scope of management and in the aspects of teaching, research and extension. The methodology used was qualitative, with content analysis through documentary research of the institutional development plans (IDPs) and seven semi-structured interviews with institutional representatives. The data collected indicate that universities are in different phases in the implementation and execution of the 2030 Agenda, that human and financial resources are incipient for the demand, and that the basis of implementation is being developed partially through partnerships. It can be inferred the existence of two clusters, the first being advanced universities and those in the beginning of the process. This article can contribute to the understanding of the theme, insights for plans and projects of universities, in favor of the sustainable development goals.
Copyright (c) 2026 Priscila Meier de Andrade Tribeck, Silvio Roberto Stefani, Anderson Teixeira Rencherchen, Andi Rian da Silveira https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
The meanings of global citizenship in migratory and tourist flows: a systematic literature review
Growing human mobility has transformed social, cultural, and economic relations, creating challenges and opportunities for understanding global dynamics, promoting interculturality, and building inclusive and sustainable citizenship. This study aims to identify the main interconnections between global citizenship, migration, and tourism in the scientific literature. The methodology includes a systematic review carried out by Methodi Ordinatio and involves bibliometric techniques for the selection of 14 articles related to the topics covered. The analyses reveal that tourist and migratory movements are deeply interconnected within international human mobility. In this context, the social dynamics involved in mobility experiences promote intercultural and environmental understanding in individuals, favoring the development of a global identity. Practices such as educational tourism, international volunteering, and economic migration stand out as essential factors for strengthening and broadening the sense of global citizenship.
Copyright (c) 2026 Maycon Luiz Tchmolo, Juliano de Macedo, Carlos Alberto Marçal Gonzaga https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Public policies In cooperativism: A descriptiveanalysis of the Cooperative Solidarity EducationProgram (Pecsol)
This study aims to descriptively analyze the main public policies focused on Brazilian cooperativism, with an emphasis on educational practices associated with the Solidarity Cooperativism Education Program (PECSOL). A qualitative approach is adopted, based on bibliographic and documentary research, using secondary data from specialized literature and institutional documents. Considering public policies as instruments of state action aimed at promoting social change (Souza, 2006), the study seeks to understand the role of PECSOL as a training mechanism in the context of solidarity cooperativism, especially within family farming. The results indicate that the actions developed by the program have the potential to contribute to the qualification of management, the strengthening of social participation, and the development of cooperatives. However, such contributions depend on structural and institutional factors, making it impossible to establish direct causal relationships. It is concluded that the program represents a relevant strategy, albeit conditioned by implementation and evaluation challenges.
Copyright (c) 2026 Daiane Francine Staback, Zelimar Soares Bidarra, Ivanete Daga Cielo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Social identity and sexuality: approach to socio-cultural construction and sexual education of women in prostitution
Sexual behavior changes between cultures and even within the same culture and, therefore, is directly related to social identity, which can be permeated by oppression due to several factors, such as: education, race, gender, social class, geographic location, among others. This study sought through field research, carried out with the application of questionnaires to 20 women engaged in prostitution in Goiânia and Aparecida de Goiânia-GO, which involved issues such as sexuality, sexual education, level of education and social identity, with the purpose of analyzing the process of constructing the social identity of these people. It is noted that prostitution is immersed in marginality and, consequently, subject to problems characteristic of social vulnerability and, therefore, State action is necessary to protect these women through public policies so that they seek empowerment and strengthening their fight for rights.
Copyright (c) 2026 Aroldo Vieira de Moraes Filho, Zilmar Gonçalves Santos https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0