Nilcéa Freire

Nilcéa Freire (14 September 1953 – 29 December 2019) was a Brazilian academic and politician. She was dean of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. In 2004 she became a government minister, as the Special Secretariat of Policies for Women. From 2005 to 2007, she was the President of the Inter-American Commission of Women. Freire was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[1]

Freire died on 29 December 2019 of cancer in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 66.^[2]

References

↑ "Dicionário Mulheres do Brasil - Volume II" (in Portuguese). Brazil: Mulher500. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
↑ "Nilcea Freire (1953 - 2019) - Morre Nilcea Freire, ex-ministra e líder feminista". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2019-12-29.

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[Dicionário_Mulheres_do_Brasil-1] "Dicionário Mulheres do Brasil - Volume II" (in Portuguese). Brazil: Mulher500. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2015.

[2] "Nilcea Freire (1953 - 2019) - Morre Nilcea Freire, ex-ministra e líder feminista". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2019-12-29.

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