The National PT Women’s Secretariat strengthens the role and relevance of President Dilma Rousseff both within and outside the party. The Workers’ Party is proud to have elected the country’s first president as a woman who was the victim of a misogynist, sexist and anti-democratic coup. Like many women in the history of physical education, public figures or not, Dilma fulfilled the difficult task of defending the rights of the working class, denouncing the rise of fascism, at a time of harsh attacks on her honor, her personality and the party itself. … Dilma has been brutally attacked in all spheres, public and private, like no other public figure on the Brazilian political scene, on any ideological spectrum.

It is also important here to discuss the ruler, in which the relevance of the political structure is measured, not just the outcome of the elections. If so, then the “electoral irrelevance” of Dilma, who was twice elected president and received 15% of the vote in the Senate in Minas Gerais, would be the same as that of other historically important male PT cadres, who received the same range of votes as and she. or even less, in the same year, in their respective states – and on whose heads were not weighed down by the burden of “inadequacy.”

The path of President Dilma is a historical landmark for progressive women throughout the country, therefore, in addition to great electoral and quantitative significance, it has intangible value. How many women, inspired by Dilma’s power to continue to fight for democracy despite the rise in the right wing and under so many attacks, chose and chose to leave the candidates? What is the role of the fact that she was the first female president and the victim of misogyny and sexist attacks by the far-right that reveal the nature of the coup in mobilizing millions of women to protest EleNo?

Another aspect to consider is that “electoral relevance” is also a means commonly used to prevent women from participating in politics – a space that is still masculine, white and cishetero-normative. For this reason, we PT women fight gender-based political violence on a daily basis to secure our power – inside and outside the party. Perpetuating the attacks that Dilma has been subjected to since 2015 in society and bringing him to the party does not contribute to the struggle of women.

It is important that the debate about the viability of the elections is conducted collectively, in democratic spaces guaranteed by statute, and not arbitrarily silenced and invisible neither the trajectory of any woman nor the scale of Dilma to justify whether she went to the event. … Electoral significance is not a gift, not a gift, or just a research point; it is the result of struggle, work, trajectory, party and public organization. This is not to say that President Dilma does not possess any of these attributes.

Finally, the PT National Secretariat for Women and PT government secretariats across the country understand that all women who are willing to stand up to the Bolsonar government and fight for social justice have an electoral value, and with the Elas Por Elas project, we will work hard for more. women in politics with President Lula in 2022.

PT National Secretariat for Women

State Secretariat for Women Akko AC

State Secretariat for Women Alagoas AL

State Secretariat for Women Amapa AP

State Secretariat for Women of the State of Amazonas

Bahia State Secretariat for Women, BSc

State Secretariat for Women’s Affairs of Ceara CE

State Secretariat for Women’s Affairs of the Federal District of DF

Secretariat of State for Women Espirito Santo, ES

Goias State Secretariat for Women GO

Secretariat of State for Women Maranhao, Massachusetts

State Secretariat for Women Mato Grosso MT

Secretariat of State for Women Mato Grosso do Sul, Mississippi

Minas Gerais State Secretariat for Women MG

Pará State Secretariat for Women

State Secretariat for Women’s Affairs Paraiba PB

State Secretariat for Women of the State of Parana, PR

Secretariat of State for Women Pernambuco PE

State Secretariat for Women’s Affairs Piaui, PI

Rio de Janeiro State Secretariat for Women, RJ

Rio Grande do Norte State Secretariat for Women, RN

State Secretariat for Women’s Affairs of Rio Grande do Sul RS

State Secretariat for Women’s Affairs of Rondonia, RO

State Secretariat for Women’s Affairs Roraima R.R.

Secretariat of State for Women Santa Catarina SC

State Secretariat for Women of São Paulo, SP

State Secretariat for Women Sergipe SE

State Secretariat of Women of Tocantins TO