Alves was the Minister of Women, Families, and Human Rights during the Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro[1] from 2019 to 2022.
[3] Alves defends the prohibition of abortion after rape and in risk pregnancies, women trafficking, supports legislation forcing schools and hospitals to report attempts at suicide,[4] the prohibition of juvenile self-harming and drug consumption, which she said include taking hormone blockers.
[5] She declared that she is engaged directly in the "preparation of youth for the Fourth Industrial Revolution" and intended to consolidate an agenda between different ministries of the Federal Government capable of integrating programs, policies, projects and initiatives under the same, articulated perspective of impact - modernizing education.
[6] Born in Paraná in 1964, daughter of northeastern parents, Alves migrated to the northeast with her family.
She then studied law at the Faculdades Integradas de São Carlos [pt] and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in 1992.
[12] In 1999, shortly before obtaining her registration in the state bar exam, (the OAB-SP), she became junior parliamentarian auxiliary in Brasília.
[16] Alves was co-ordinator of the educational project of Proteger Program,[citation needed] organization created by Guilherme Zanina Schelb, regional attorney of the Republic in the Federal District and member of the National Association of Evangelical Jurists (organization of which Alves was Director of Parliamentary Affairs[17]).
Schelb was known for defending the project nicknamed "Escola sem Partido" (Nonpartisan School).
[18] In 1999, Alves moved to Brasília to work as a parliamentary assistant in the office of deputy Joshua Bengtson (PTB-PA).
[22] She has worked as legal adviser in the National Congress for more than 20 years, before her appointment by Bolsonaro to the Ministry of Women, Families and Human Rights.
[24] Alves had been a legal adviser in the National Congress for more than 20 years prior to her appointment by Bolsonaro.
[29] In a viral video, she claimed that Elsa from Disney's Frozen must be a lesbian because the princess ends up alone in a castle of ice.
Some journalists of Época Magazine in Brazil went to the tribe, who claim the child was kidnapped from them;[34] they say she was lured to Brasilia by Alves and an associate named Márcia Suzuki, who presented themselves as missionaries, under the pretense of taking her to the city for dental treatment.