Ministry of Women (Brazil)

Ministry of WomenPortuguese: Ministério das Mulheres

Agency overview
Formed| 1 January 2003; 22 years ago (2003-01-01)
Type| Ministry
Jurisdiction| Federal government of Brazil
Headquarters| Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco L
Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget| $117 m BRL (2023)[1]
Agency executives|

* Cida Gonçalves, Minister
* Maria Helena Guarezi, Executive-Secretary
* Carmen Foro, Secretary of Institutional Affairs, Thematic Actions and Political Participation
* Denise Dau, Secretary of Fight Against Violence Against Women
* Rosane da Silva, Secretary of Economic Autonomy and Aid Policies

Website| www.gov.br/mulheres/

The Ministry of Women (Portuguese: Ministério das Mulheres), formerly the National Secretariat of Politics for Women (Portuguese: Secretaria Nacional de Políticas para as Mulheres), was created as a secretariat with cabinet-level during the first Lula da Silva administration, as a way to ensure that politics for women could have more attention. In 2019, it was fused with the Ministry of Human Rights and became the Ministry of Woman, Family and Human Rights (MMFDH),[2] with an attribution to establish public politics for the enhancement of life of all women, LGBT people, indigenous people, black people of Brazil. The main goal of the Ministry is "[to] promote the equality between men and women and fight against any kind of prejudice and discrimination inherited from a patriarchal and excluding society."

Founded in 2003 by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Secretariat was a child agency to the Presidency of the Republic, with Nilcéa Freire as chief minister.[3] In 2010, the department was promoted to a cabinet-level,[4] acting in three fronts: Policies of Labour and Economic Autonomy of Women, Fight against Violence against Women and programs and acts in the areas of health, education, culture, political participation, gender equality and diversity.

In its history, the Secretariat had invested, specially, in the fight against violence against women and teenagers. It had a fundamental role in the approval of Lei Maria da Penha in 2006 and develop actions such as the creation of the 180 hotline, the sign of the National for the Fight against Violence against Women with states and municipalities and the most recent program: Woman, Live without Violence.

Eleonora Menicucci was chief minister of the Secretariat until October 2015, when it was incorporated to the Ministry of Women, Racial Equality and Human Rights (MMIRDH), unifying the Secretariat of Politics to Promote Racial Equality, the Secretariat of Human Rights and the Secretariat of Politics for Women.[5]

On 12 May 2016, acting president Michel Temer dissolved the ministry and attributed its functions to the Ministry of Justice, which became the Ministry of Justice and Citizenship.[6]

From 2016 to 2017, the National Secretariat was headed by former congresswoman Fátima Pelaes, member of the women wing of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB).

In 2018, Andreza Colatto, also member of the MDB women wing, was nominated as National Secretary of Politics for Women. Former congresswoman Eronildes Carvalho assumed office from 2019 to 2021.[7]

## Brazilian Woman's House Program

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In 2015, the federal government and the secretariat coordinated the program Brazilian Woman's House, which is part of the program "Woman, Live without Violence", instituted by Federal Decree 8086/2013.[8] The program aims to facilitate the access to public services that guarantee the fight against domestic violence and aid women's economical autonomy.[9] It foresees the implantation of a national service network, beginning with units in 12 Brazilian capitals in 2015. The first unit, instituted by Ordinance 4/2015 of the Secretariat, was opened in February 2015 in Campo Grande, capital of Mato Grosso do Sul.[10][11]

## List of ministers

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No. | Portrait  | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | President

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| Emília Fernandes
(born 1950)| 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)| 29 January 2004 (2004-01-29)| 1 year, 28 days|  | PT| Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)

| Nilcea Freire
(1953–2019)| 27 January 2004 (2004-01-27)| 1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)| 6 years, 339 days|  | PT| Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)

| Iriny Lopes
(born 1956)| 1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)| 10 February 2012 (2012-02-10)| 1 year, 40 days|  | PT| Dilma Rousseff (PT)

| Eleonora Menicucci
(born 1944)| 10 February 2012 (2012-02-10)| 2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)| 3 years, 234 days|  | PT| Dilma Rousseff (PT)

| Cida Gonçalves
(born 1962)| 1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)| Incumbent| 2 years, 200 days|  | PT| Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)

## References

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1. ^ "Portaria do MPO adapta orçamento para 2023". Ministério do Planejamento e Orçamento (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 February 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
2. ^ "Decreto n° 9.673, de 2 de janeiro de 2019". Presidência da República (in Portuguese). 2 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
3. ^ de Lima, Josélia (25 June 2007). "Nilcéa Freire abre Conferência de Políticas para as Mulheres nesta terça". Governo do Estado do Tocantins (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
4. ^ "Lei n° 12.314, de 19 de agosto de 2010". Presidência da República (in Portuguese). 19 August 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
5. ^ Matoso, Filipe; Alegretti, Lais; Passarinho, Nathalia (2 October 2015). "Dilma anuncia reforma com redução de 39 para 31 ministérios". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 January 2023.
6. ^ "Ministério da Cultura e outras pastas são extintas em reforma ministerial de Temer". Gaúcha Zero Hora (in Portuguese). 13 May 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
7. ^ "Secretária de Políticas para Mulheres é exonerada e ex-deputada Tia Eron assume o cargo". Diário do Poder (in Portuguese). 8 February 2019. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
8. ^ "Decreto n° 8.086, de 30 de agosto de 2013". Presidência da República (in Portuguese). 30 August 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
9. ^ "Casa da Mulher Brasileira" (PDF). Secretaria de Políticas para as Mulheres (in Portuguese). Governo Federal. 27 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
10. ^ "Portaria n° 4, de 19 de janeiro de 2015". Imprensa Nacional (in Portuguese). 31 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
11. ^ "Prefeito de Campo Grande baixa decreto que cria 1ª Casa da Mulher Brasileira". Secretaria de Políticas para as Mulheres. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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