Human Rights, Gender and Sexuality: A Minister Who Does Not Play Around

by Rajnia de Vito and Marco AurĂ©lio Prado In a political scene that is thoroughly saturated with sex and gender tropes and memes, Damares Alves, head of the new Ministry of Women, Family and Human Rights, is an icon and spokesperson for the new government’s sexual politics.[i] “Terribly Christian”, as she called herself on January … Continue reading Human Rights, Gender and Sexuality: A Minister Who Does Not Play Around