Patrícia Saboya

Patrícia Lúcia Saboya Ferreira Gomes (née Mendes; born 10 October 1962) is a Brazilian teacher, writer, and politician.

Biography Patrícia Saboya was born in Sobral, Ceará on 10 October 1962, the third daughter of José Saboia Neto and Maria Marly Mendes Saboia, paternal granddaughter of senator , and great-great-granddaughter of . She earned a degree in teaching from the University of Fortaleza.

Her first elected position was as councilor of Fortaleza in 1996, standing as a candidate for the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) and obtaining 21,839 votes. In 1998, she was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ceará, now for the Popular Socialist Party (PPS), with 79,739 votes.

In 2008, she ran again for mayor of Fortaleza, finishing in 3rd place with 15.47% of the votes.

As a senator, Saboya advocated for women's rights, and against the sexual exploitation of minors. She authored a bill to extend the parental leave law to six months.

She coordinated the Parliamentary Front for the Defense of the Rights of Children and Adolescents, was a rapporteur for one of the Subcommittees on Childhood, Adolescence, and Youth, and was president of the on Sexual Exploitation.

She was again elected state deputy of Ceará on 3 October 2010, when the PDT received the most votes, with 63,704. On 27 February 2014, the Legislative Assembly elected her advisor to the .

Awards and honors Order of Naval Merit, 11 June 2005

Selected publications Construindo uma nova Perspectiva para Crianças e Adolescentes (2003), Brasilia Palavras e Idéias: Compromisso com a Infância e a Adolescência (2003), Brasilia Cartilha: Violência Sexual contra Meninos e Meninas (2004). Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry on Sexual Exploitation, Brasilia Esperança para as Crianças no Brasil. A CPMI da Exploração Sexual Apresenta seus Resultados (2004), Brasilia Protagonismo Social. Reflexões sobre Curso de Capacitação de Lideranças Comunitárias no Ceará (2004), Brasilia Infância e Parlamento: guia para formação de Frentes Parlamentares em defesa de crianças e adolescentes (2005), Brasilia Manual para Formação e Ação de Frentes Parlamentares em Defesa dos Direitos de Crianças e Adolescentes (2006), in cooperation with the Save the Children Institute of Sweden, Brasilia Frente Parlamentar em Defesa dos Direitos de Crianças e Adolescentes, uma Experiência Brasileira (2006), in cooperation with the Save the Children Institute of Sweden, Brasilia Os quatro primeiros anos no Senado. Pela infância, pelo Nordeste e por um Brasil melhor (2007), Brasilia