Resumo O propósito deste estudo foi verificar, com base nos dados disponibilizados pelo Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, se o campo político, além de ser de predomínio numérico masculino, também o seria quanto à distribuição de agentes - candidatas e candidatos - na hierarquia deste campo, bem como se ao longo do século XXI teria havido mudanças nesta distribuição. Tomamos como base teórica as concepções de campo, capital político e habitus de Pierre Bourdieu e os conceitos de oferta e demanda apropriados por teóricas feministas para tratar do recrutamento de candidatas pelos partidos. Verificamos que o campo político é um espaço ainda de predomínio masculino, no qual se observa a segregação de gênero, que reforça e mantém as candidatas em posições hierárquicas inferiores.

Abstract The purpose of this study was to verify, based upon Superior Electoral Court data, whether the hierarchical distribution of women in the political field has changed along the 21st century. For this, we carried out an analysis of the distribution of female mayor candidates in the hierarchy of the political field in the period 2000-2016. We have as theoretical framework Bourdieu’s conceptions of political field, political capital and habitus as well as the concepts of supply and demand appropriated by feminist scholars to study candidates recruitment process by political parties. We have inferred that the political field is predominantly male, in which it could be seen a gender segregation, that reinforces and maintains female candidates in lower hierarchical positions.

Introduction: Since 1996 Brazil has provided universal access to free antiretroviral therapy, and as a consequence, HIV/AIDS patients' survival rate has improved dramatically. However, according to scientific reports, a significant number of patients are still late presenting for HIV treatment, which leads to consequences both for the individual and society. Clinical and immunological characteristics of HIV patients newly diagnosed were accessed and factors associated with late presentation for treatment were evaluated.Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in an HIV/AIDS reference center in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, in Southeastern Brazil from 2008 to 2010. Operationally, patients with late presentation (LP) for treatment were those whose first CD4 cell count was less than 350 cells/mm3 or presented an AIDS defining opportunistic infection. Patients with late presentation with advanced disease (LPAD) were those whose first CD4 cell count was less than 200 cells/mm3 or presented an AIDS defining opportunistic infection. LP and LPAD associated risk factors were evaluated using logistic regression methods.Results: Five hundred and twenty patients were included in the analysis. The median CD4 cell count was 336 cells/mm3 (IQR: 130-531). Two hundred and seventy-nine patients (53.7%) were classified as LP and 193 (37.1%) as LPAD. On average, 75% of the patients presented with a viral load (VL) >10,000 copies/ml. In multivariate logistic regression analysis the factors associated with LP and LPAD were age, being symptomatic at first visit and VL. Race was a factor associated with LP but not with LPAD.Conclusion: The proportion of patients who were late attending a clinic for HIV treatment is still high, and effective strategies to improve early HIV detection with a special focus on the vulnerable population are urgently needed.