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.
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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
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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. She is graduated in Advertising and Marketing.
Minister of Women
In December 2022, Cida was announced as Minister of Women of the
third Lula administration, assuming office on 1 January 2023.
The
2024 G20 Rio de Janeiro summit
The 2024 G20 Rio de Janeiro summit (Português, Portuguese: ''Cúpula do G20 Rio de Janeiro 2024'') was the List of G20 summits, nineteenth meeting of G20, Group of Twenty (G20), a Heads of State and Government meeting held at the Museum of Mode ...
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".
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1962 births
Living people
Women's rights activists
Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians
Women government ministers of Brazil
Government ministers of Brazil
21st-century Brazilian women politicians
21st-century Brazilian politicians