Eleonora Menicucci | |
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| Secretary of Politics for Women | |
| In office 10 February 2012 – 2 October 2015 | |
| President | Dilma Rousseff |
| Preceded by | Iriny Lopes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eleonora Menicucci de Oliveira 21 August 1944 Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Political party | PT (1980–present) |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | University professor, sociologist |
Eleonora Menicucci de Oliveira (Lavras, August 21, 1944) is a Brazilian sociologist and was Minister of the Secretariat of Policies for Women until Dilma Rousseff's Impeachment in 2016. She is a full professor in public health at Federal University of São Paulo. A member of the Workers' Party, and dedicated to feminism, she is favorable to the legalization of abortion in Brazil. Menicucci has a degree in Social Sciences from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1974), MA in Sociology from the Federal University of Paraíba (1983), Ph.D. in political science from the University of São Paulo (1990), post-doctorate in Health and Work of Women from University of Milan (1994/1995) and a teaching degree in Public Health from the School of Public Health, University of São Paulo (1996). She publishes research studies and articles on critical issues related to women in the fields of health, violence and labor. She is divorced and has two children.[1][2]
- ^ "Ministra Eleonora Menicucci - Perfil" (in Portuguese). Secretaria de Políticas para as Mulheres. Archived from the original on 28 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ Legalização do aborto é assunto do Congresso e não do Executivo, afirma nova ministra