Cida Gonçalves

Cida Gonçalves
Cida Gonçalves in 2015
Minister of Women
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 January 2023
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byCristiane Britto
Personal details
Born
Maria Aparecida Gonçalves

1962 (age 61–62)
Clementina, São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyPT (1980–present)

Maria Aparecida Gonçalves (born 1962 in Clementina) is a Brazilian advertiser person, feminist activist, consultant in public politics of gender and violence against women and current Minister of Women.[1]

Acting in militancy for women's rights, Cida coordinated the process of articulation and foundation of the Popular Movements Center in Brazil. Cida was advisor at the Woman Coordination of the State Secretariat of Social Assistance, Citizenship and Labour of Mato Grosso do Sul in one of the José Miranda administrations as governor in the beginning of the 2000s and also in Lula and Rousseff presidencies as National Secretary of Violence Against Women.[2][3][4] She is graduated in Advertising and Marketing.[5]

Minister of Women

In December 2022, Cida was announced as Minister of Women of the third Lula administration, assuming office on 1 January 2023.[6]

The 2024 G20 Rio de Janeiro summit was scheduled for November. Cida was at the Empowerment of Women Working Group. Her speech made the point that ""We are not the periphery of the debates, we are the centrality".[7]

References

  1. ^ Queiroz, Tero (22 December 2022). "Indicada pela bancada do MS, Cida Gonçalves será Ministra das Mulheres". MS Notícias (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Cida Gonçalves é anunciada por Lula como ministra das Mulheres; veja perfil". G1 (in Portuguese). 22 December 2022. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  3. ^ Ribeiro, Leo (22 December 2022). "Moradora da Capital, Aparecida Gonçalves é anunciada como Ministra da Mulher no governo Lula". Correio do Estado (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 22 December 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  4. ^ Hising, Ederson (22 December 2022). "Quem é Cida Gonçalves, ministra da Mulher do novo governo Lula". Estadão (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Cida Gonçalves será ministra das Mulheres". Poder360 (in Portuguese). 22 December 2022. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  6. ^ Borges, Beatriz (3 January 2023). "Cida Gonçalves assume Ministério das Mulheres, diz que pasta será de 'todas' e que fará 'defesa radical' de direitos". G1 (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  7. ^ ""We are not the periphery of the debates, we are the centrality," says Minister of Women at the G20". www.g20.org. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
Political offices
Preceded byas Minister of Woman, Family and Human Rights Minister of Women
2023–present 		Incumbent