Manuela Pinto Vieira d'Ávila (born 18 August 1981) is a Brazilian journalist, writer and politician, a member of the Communist Party of Brazil since 2001.

Born in Porto Alegre, D'Ávila started her political career in the student movement and eventually joined the PCdoB.

In February 2020, d'Ávila publicly announced her intent to run for mayor of Porto Alegre for the PCdoB in the 2020 Brazilian municipal elections.

[5] In May, the Workers' Party officially endorsed her candidacy by nominating Miguel Rossetto as her running mate.

The book is a personal account of d'Ávila's own experience with maternity after the birth of Laura, her daughter.

It addresses issues such as feminism and political activism in the context of motherhood and the challenges of raising a child as a politician and as a presidential candidate.

[12][13] She declined to run for office in the 2022 Brazilian general election despite speculation that she would mount a bid for Federal Senate to represent Rio Grande do Sul.

[21] In a 2017 Operation Car Wash statement, former Odebrecht CEO Alexandrino Alencar accused d'Ávila of illicitly receiving R$360.000,00 (US$100,000) for her electoral campaigns.

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