The work presented in the following pages is the result of a Research on the International Conferences on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994) and on Women (Beijing, 1995). In order to provide a better understanding of the discourses by international actors in both Conferences, I present a historical overview on the category of -woman-. I start in the Middle Age, when the religion was the foundation for excluding woman from the political space. Then, I talk about Renaissance, when - State- and -rational knowledge- were used to put women aside from political action. I also present a brief description of the different approaches on feminism.I discuss the globalization of social life as factor that increases women`s participation in the political arena. So, I analyse the feminism movement in the context of the International Conferences of Cairo and Beijing. By doing this work, I intend to contribute to the understanding of international politics nowadays, as well as to point the relevance of feminism as an international actor.