Cida Gonçalves

{{Short description|Brazilian politician (born 1962)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Cida Gonçalves

| image = CDH - Comissão de Direitos Humanos e Legislação Participativa (17372365180) (cropped).jpg

| office = Minister of Women

| term_start = 1 January 2023

| president = Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

| predecessor = Cristiane Britto

| birth_name = Maria Aparecida Gonçalves

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1962}}

| birth_place = Clementina, São Paulo, Brazil

| party = PT (1980–present)

| caption = Cida Gonçalves in 2015

}}

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 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.{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2022/12/22/cida-goncalves-e-anunciada-por-lula-como-ministra-das-mulheres.ghtml|title=Cida Gonçalves é anunciada por Lula como ministra das Mulheres; veja perfil|website=G1|language=pt|date=22 December 2022|accessdate=4 January 2023|archive-date=31 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231074729/https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2022/12/22/cida-goncalves-e-anunciada-por-lula-como-ministra-das-mulheres.ghtml|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://correiodoestado.com.br/politica/moradora-da-capital-aparecida-goncalves-e-anunciada-como-ministra-da/408971/|title=Moradora da Capital, Aparecida Gonçalves é anunciada como Ministra da Mulher no governo Lula|website=Correio do Estado|language=pt|first=Leo|last=Ribeiro|date=22 December 2022|accessdate=4 January 2023|archive-date=22 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222194952/https://correiodoestado.com.br/politica/moradora-da-capital-aparecida-goncalves-e-anunciada-como-ministra-da/408971/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.estadao.com.br/politica/quem-e-cida-goncalves-ministra-da-mulher-do-novo-governo-lula/|title=Quem é Cida Gonçalves, ministra da Mulher do novo governo Lula|website=Estadão|language=pt|first=Ederson|last=Hising|date=22 December 2022|accessdate=4 January 2023|archive-date=31 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231044746/https://www.estadao.com.br/politica/quem-e-cida-goncalves-ministra-da-mulher-do-novo-governo-lula/|url-status=live}} She is graduated in Advertising and Marketing.{{cite web|url=https://www.poder360.com.br/governo/cida-goncalves-sera-ministra-das-mulheres/|title=Cida Gonçalves será ministra das Mulheres|website=Poder360|language=pt|date=22 December 2022|accessdate=4 January 2023|archive-date=30 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230042313/https://www.poder360.com.br/governo/cida-goncalves-sera-ministra-das-mulheres/|url-status=live}}