Rosana Alvarado
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Rosana Alvarado Carrión (born 19 February 1977) is an
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In October 2013, congresswomen Paola Pabón and Gina Godoy presented a motion to the National Assembly to discuss the decriminalization of abortion in cases of rape. The motion was supported by nineteen other members of the governing party,[3] including Alvarado who was the vice president of the legislature,[4] but the motion was opposed by the President. This is an issue where Alvarado differs from the President as she is in favour of same-sex marriage and the liberalisation of the laws against abortion.[2]
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In 1998, only 13% of the representatives in Ecuador's National Assembly were women, but by 2013 it was 42%, reflecting better representation of women in the politics of Ecuador.[5] Alvarado joined the assembly in 2008 representing Azuay.[1] In the following year she became the assembly's President of the Permanent Specialized Commission on Biodiversity.[1]
In 2013, she was elected to be the First Vice President of the National Assembly. In 2017 the assembly was led by three women: Gabriela Rivadeneira (President), Alvarado as First Vice-president and Marcela Aguiñaga (Second Vice-president).[5] The assembly was well above the global average which was 17% for women in parliament.[5]
In 2017, she joined the cabinet as the Minister for Justice under President Lenín Moreno.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "¿Quiénes son los integrantes del Gabinete de Lenín Moreno? | El Comercio". 24 May 2017. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ a b ""La Revolución Ciudadana va más allá de un tema puntual" - Marcha - Una mirada popular de la Argentina y el mundo". 9 December 2013. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ "Postura de aborto lleva a dos oficialistas a la comisión ética". El Universo (in Spanish). 23 October 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "La presión del presidente tuvo efecto en el oficialismo". El Comercio (in Spanish). 4 December 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ a b c "En Ecuador: La representación femenina en la Asamblea Nacional supera el promedio mundial". EcuadorUniversitario.Com (in Spanish). 9 March 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.