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Find out who Cida Gonçalves is, future Minister of Women

Public policy consultant Aparecida Gonçalves was appointed by Lula to head the Ministry of Women. Better known as Cida Gonçalves, the specialist in gender and violence against women held the position of national secretary for combating violence against women in the governments of Lula and Dilma Roussef. Find out more about her!

Resident of Campo Grande, Cida Gonçalves He consolidated his political career in bodies that combat violence, at state and federal levels.

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Cida works as a consultant on public policies to combat domestic violence and gives workshops to city halls and state governments to work in the area.

Working in women's rights activism, Cida coordinated the process of articulation and foundation of the Center of Popular Movements in Brazil.

Profile of Cida Gonçalves

  • Specialist in gender and violence against women;
  • He was born in the interior of São Paulo, but began his political career in Mato Grosso do Sul; 
  • A PT activist, he has already been part of the party's state and national leadership; 
  • She took on her first public position in 1999, as a technical and political advisor in the area of ​​public policies for women; 
  • She has already coordinated care for women at the Secretary of Social Assistance, Citizenship and Labor, and has since worked on the topic: violence against women. 
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