Nilma Lino Gomes
Nilma Lino Gomes | |
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 Nilma Lino Gomes in 2010 | |
| Minister of Women, Racial Equality and Human Rights | |
| In office 2 October 2015 – 12 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Pepe Vargas (as Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship) |
| Succeeded by | Luislinda Valois (as Minister of Human Rights) |
| Minister of Racial Equality | |
| In office 1 January 2015 – 2 October 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Luiza Helena de Bairros |
| Succeeded by | Anielle Franco (2023) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nilma Lino Gomes 1961 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Alma mater | Federal University of Minas Gerais University of São Paulo (PhD) University of Coimbra |
| Occupation | Professor, researcher, and university administrator |
Nilma Lino Gomes (born 1961) is a Brazilian professor, researcher, and university administrator. She was the first Black woman in Brazil to lead a public federal university after having been named rector of the University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony (UNILAB) in 2013.[1] She has been active in the fight against racism in Brazil.[2][3] On 2 October 2015, she was nominated by president Dilma Rousseff to be the first minister of the recently created Ministry of Women, Racial Equality, and Human Rights, which brought together the secretaries of the Policies for Women, Racial Equality, and Human Rights and parts of the General Secretariat. Prior to the merger, she had been the Minister of Racial Equality.[4] She remained in the position until the temporary removal and then impeachment of Dilma by the Federal Senate.[5]
Career
[edit]Gomes, a native of Belo Horizonte, graduated with a degree in pedagogy from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in 1988. She later earned a master's degree in education from UFMG in 1994, under the advisory of Eliane Marta Santos Teixeira Lopes with the dissertation titled "The educational trajectory of Black teachers and its incidence in the construction of racial identity - A case study in a municipal school of Belo Horizonte". She later pursued and completed a doctorate in anthropology from the University of São Paulo (USP) in 2002, under the advisory of Kabengele Munanga with the thesis titled Body and Hair as Icons in the Construction of Beauty and Racial Identity in the Ethnic Salons of Belo Horizonte.[1][6][7] She is a Research Productivity Fellow in education at CNPq.
From 2004 to 2006, she was the president of the Brazilian Association of Black Researchers (ABPN).[1] Following this, she moved to Portugal, where, in 2006, she did post-doctorate research in sociology at the University of Coimbra.[1]
She was a member of the Chamber of Basic Education for the National Council of Education from 2010 to 2014, where she participated in the national technical commission of diversity for subjects relation to the education of Black Brazilians.[1][8] As a counselor, she issued an opinion on the book Caçadas de Pedrinho by Monteiro Lobato. In said opinion, she declared that the content of the book depicted racist stereotypes of Black people and Africans in a sweeping manner. The opinion also contained suggestions of guidelines so that the novel would not be used to normalize racist discourse in Brazil. She participated in the judging commission for the 2003-2004 edition of the Paulo Freire Prize of the Municipality of Belo Horizonte.[9][10]
She coordinated the affirmative action programs at UFMG. In 2013, she was named rector of UNILAB, becoming the first Black woman to lead a public federal university in Brazil.[11]
SEPPIR
[edit]In December 2014, it was officially announced as the future chief minister of the Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality (SEPPIR/PR) for the second term of Dilma Rousseff.[12] She assumed the position on 2 January 2015.[13]
"SEPPIR has a challenging political and educational role, since it has a pedagogical character and needs to focus in a structured and educative manner in an alteration of the impacts that hit at these for various reasons, among these sexual orientation. It is necessary to build a new administration with the largest number of views about the new challenge that is being set up to combat racism in Brazil."
— Nilma Lino Gomes, during her speech while taking office.[13]
Awards
[edit]- Carolina Bori Ciência & Mulher prize in the Humanities category, awarded by the Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência (SBPC).[14]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Primeira reitora negra assume a Unilab" (in Portuguese). Fundação Palmares. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ Tory. "Sem igualdade racial não há democracia". CartaCapital (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Comunicação é central para o combate ao racismo, diz ministra Nilma Lino Gomes - Geledés". www.geledes.org.br. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Miguel Rossetto comandará novo Ministério da Cidadania". Estadão Política. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Lula e mais 27 ministros são exonerados". O Povo Online. 12 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Educ. Pesqui". www.scielo.br. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ ""Corpo e cabelo como símbolos da identidade negra", por Nilma Lino Gomes | Formação em Direitos Humanos". www.acaoeducativa.org.br. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Ministra" (in Portuguese). SEPPIR. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Radar Oficial". RadarOficial. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte entrega Prêmio Paulo Freire a professores da RME". Hirama News (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Professora Nilma Lino é a nova reitora da Unilab" (in Portuguese). SEPPIR. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Dilma anuncia 13 novos nomes da reforma ministerial" (in Portuguese). Correio do Povo. 23 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ a b Reis, Luciane (2 January 2015). "Ministra Nilma da Seppir toma posse em Brasília" (in Portuguese). Correio Nagô. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Mulheres cientistas: Nilma Lino é uma das vencedoras de prêmio nacional da SBPC". Brasil de Fato. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Confira íntegra da entrevista com Nilma Lino Gomes. O Povo, 20 May 2013
- Professor - Nilma Lino Gomes. SOMOS-UFMG
- GOMES, Nilma Lino. Diversidade étnico-racial, inclusão e equidade na educação brasileira: desafios, políticas e práticas
- GOMES, Nilma Lino. Corpo e cabelo como símbolos da identidade negra
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