Ediane Maria
Ediane Maria | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Maria in 2024 | |
| State Representative of São Paulo | |
| Assumed office 15 March 2023 | |
| Constituency | São Paulo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ediane Maria do Nascimento 10 October 1983 |
| Party | Socialism and Liberty Party |
Ediane Maria do Nascimento (Floresta, 10 October 1983), or Ediane Maria, is a Brazilian domestic worker and politician, affiliated with the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL), founder of the Raiz da Liberdade movement and activist in the Homeless Workers' Movement (MTST), where she serves as state coordinator.[1]
In the 2022 elections, she was elected as a state representative for the PSOL party in the state of São Paulo with approximately 175,000 votes,[2] becoming the first domestic worker to hold the position in the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo.[3][4]
Biography
[edit]Maria was born in Floresta, Pernambuco, but moved to the state of São Paulo in 2002 when she was 18 years old and began working as a domestic worker in the state capital.[1] However, it was only in 2015 that she received her first formal employment contract.[3]
In 2017 she completed her studies through the Youth and Adult Education program (EJA) and joined the "Povo sem Medo" occupation in São Bernardo do Campo.[1]
Personal life
[edit]She lives in the Sítio dos Vianas neighborhood, Santo André, and she is a single mother of four, and is bisexual.[5][6] Maria also performs as a singer in samba circles.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "SP terá, pela primeira vez na história, trabalhadora doméstica como deputada estadual" [For the first time in history, São Paulo will have a domestic worker as a state representative]. g1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 3 October 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- ↑ "Resultado da Eleição" [Election Results]. Superior Electoral Court (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 11 December 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- 1 2 Marques, Júlia (4 October 2022). "'Sem nome e vítima do quarto da empregada': SP elege 1ª doméstica na Alesp" ['Nameless and a victim of the maid's room': São Paulo elects its first domestic worker to the Legislative Assembly]. Universa (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- ↑ Gonzo, Amauri (6 October 2022). "Quem é Ediane Maria, a 1ª empregada doméstica deputada de SP" [Who is Ediane Maria, the first domestic worker elected to the São Paulo state legislature]. Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- ↑ Rodrigues, Artur (4 October 2022). "Ediane Maria é a primeira doméstica deputada em SP" [Ediane Maria is the first domestic worker to be elected as a state representative in São Paulo]. Jornal Diário do Grande ABC (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- 1 2 Hoffmann, Bruno (4 October 2022). "Ediane Maria: Conheça a ex-empregada que se tornou deputada em SP" [Ediane Maria: Meet the former maid who became a state representative in São Paulo]. Gazeta de São Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2026.