Damares Alves on the 12 Axes: Positions and Record

The 12 axes, axis by axis

01OwnershipNo clear record

PublicPrivate

02MarketsNo clear record

PlannedFree

03WelfareNo clear record

SharedSelf-reliant

04Authority+25

DemocraticStrong leader

She supports applying the sentence-reduction law for those convicted over 8 January 2023 and campaigns for the Bolsonaro family. The score leans slightly toward strong leadership, on thin evidence.

05Security+35

LibertyOrder

She authored a bill raising penalties for killing or harming children, but also complained to an inter-American body about prison conditions. The score leans toward order, moderately.

06Structure-20

LocalCentral

She reported in favour of a bill letting states legislate on criminal and procedural law. That scores toward local power, on a single item.

07Morality+90

ProgressiveTraditional

She opposes abortion in all the bills and amendments documented, and filed Civil Code amendments protecting life from conception and requiring biological sex on birth records. That scores strongly traditional.

08Religion+85

SecularReligious

She is an evangelical pastor, and the Civil Code amendments she filed ground principles in the 'moral and cultural tradition' of Brazil and protect conscientious objection. The score is strongly religious.

09TechnologyNo clear record

EmbraceCaution

10Culture+40

MulticulturalNational identity

Her Civil Code amendments would prioritise biological over socioaffective filiation and tie principles to Brazil's moral and cultural tradition. The score is moderately toward national identity.

11TradeNo clear record

GlobalProtected

12Foreign policyNo clear record

CooperationStrength

6 axes have no clear record: no documented statement, vote or platform places Damares Alves there, so matching leaves them out.

Who is Damares Alves?

Damares Alves was born in Paranaguá, Paraná. A pastor and lawyer who worked in Congress for more than two decades, she served as Jair Bolsonaro's Minister of Women, Family and Human Rights from January 2019 to April 2022. She joined Republicanos in March 2022 and won a Senate seat for the Federal District that year. In February 2025 she was elected chair of the Senate Human Rights Committee for 2025 and 2026. She was not on the 2026 ballot, and in July 2026 she said she was still working on Flávio Bolsonaro's presidential campaign.

Previously: Minister of Women, Family and Human Rights (January 2019 to April 2022) · Evangelical pastor and parliamentary adviser in Congress for more than 20 years

Documented positions

In October 2025 she filed 26 amendments to the Civil Code revision, including protecting life from conception to natural death, a conscience clause and recording biological sex at birth.Source: revistaoeste.com
As rapporteur, she led the Senate vote of 2 June 2026 that suspended a Conanda resolution on care of child victims of sexual violence, objecting to its confidentiality provisions.Source: mais.opovo.com.br
Her bill PL 555/2026, the Lei Rodrigo Castanheira, raises penalties for homicide and bodily harm against children and adolescents, and the committee approved it on 11 March 2026.Source: www25.senado.leg.br
She supports immediate application of the 2026 sentence-reduction law for those convicted over the 8 January 2023 attacks, and sent a complaint on their prison conditions to the inter-American commission.Source: itatiaia.com.br
As committee chair she listed the right to life, persons with disabilities, early childhood, the family in its different forms, women and young people as priorities.Source: www12.senado.leg.br
In February 2026 she was rapporteur of PLP 41/2025, which lets states legislate on criminal law; her report was favourable, and the item was withdrawn from that day's agenda at her request.Source: legis.senado.leg.br
In July 2026 she said Flávio Bolsonaro was still her candidate and that she had delivered her part of his government plan.Source: moneytimes.com.br

Record

Her ministry and Senate work centre on children, family and the right to life. In October 2022 she said at a church service in Goiânia that children were being abused in Marajó. Federal prosecutors in Pará replied that no complaint in 30 years had mentioned torture of the kind she described, and in September 2023 they sued her and the Union for R$ 5 million; the case was filed before a federal court in Belém and no ruling was found in the sources reviewed. She said she did not lie and would answer in court filings. Supporters credit her with pushing child-protection laws, and critics, including federal prosecutors, charge that her Marajó claims lacked support.