Josiani Arruda Salinos – Impulsa 2025

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Josiani Arruda Salinos

Feminist militant, activist against fatphobia, from terreiros (Afro-Brazilian religious communities), raised in the outskirts, mother of four feminists, Naiade, Sofia, and Niara, with one in the making, Serena. She is a Marketing student at Unisinos, cultural producer, popular communicator, and social media marketing specialist, with a focus on matriarchal and political digital marketing. She works as Parliamentary Communication Advisor for Federal Deputy Paulo Pimenta (PT/RS) in the Chamber of Deputies/DF; as Cultural Producer for the Artist Dona Conceição; and provides Digital Advisory for social media of women in politics and feminist projects for women’s empowerment. Professionally, she was a Community Health Agent in communities in Alvorada/RS and Charqueadas/RS, participated in the team that created the 1st State Secretariat for Women’s Policies, where she was Chief of Staff of the State and Executive Secretary of the Gender Policy Management Committee of RS, then coordinated, as general director, the implementation of the 1st Municipal Secretariat of Human Rights of Alvorada. She was Coordinator of the Childhood and Adolescence Coordination in the State Government/RS and Director of the Department of Citizenship and Cultural Diversity of the Municipal Secretariat of Culture and Tourism of Alvorada. Her political and social work is linked to the defense of culture and Human Rights, especially the Rights of Women and Girls, and the LGBTQIA+ population. She was President of the Municipal Women’s Council of Alvorada/RS; is a marcher in the World March of Women; and a member of the task force against feminicides in RS. She has been a member of the PT (Workers’ Party) since 1996, Vice-President of the PT of Alvorada, Deputy Secretary of the State Secretariat of Culture of PT/RS; and member of the National Secretariat of Culture of PT. She is Communication Consultant for the State Secretariat of Women of PT/RS and Secretary of the Regional Coordination of Vale do Gravataí of PT/RS. She is part of the communication coordination of the Movimento Vacina Já/RS (Vaccine Now Movement). She conceived the collective A Voz do Povo (The Voice of the People) and the Figueira Negra Collective, both in Alvorada. She is general coordinator of the Collective for Social Protection for Women “É as Guria!” and creator of the project “Women Who Spin” for women’s financial autonomy. She is a woman who makes things happen and welcomes people. Axé!

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