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RODA VIVA | ERIKA HILTON | 30/03/2026
717 statements · 1 politicians · March 31, 2026 · 83 min
Statements by Erika Hilton. 717 transcribed statements, with topic and stance on the ones the analysis classified. Topics: Employment and Social Assistance, International Relations / Labor, Women's Rights, Public Health and Hospital Infrastructure.
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Good evening, we are together once again here on Roda Viva, broadcasting to the whole country on TV Cultura and its network of affiliates.
Our guest today is federal Deputy Erika Hilton.
Erika Hilton was elected in October 2022 for PSOL, here in the state of São Paulo.
She is one of the first trans women to reach the Federal Chamber.
That is why many people thought Érica would be a representative only of the interests of the LGBTQIA+ population.
But the deputy has gone far beyond that.
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About: create protection for people experiencing homelessness
She is the author of the approved bill that creates protection for people experiencing homelessness.
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About: change the 6x1 work schedule
And she is now mobilizing national discussion around changing the 6x1 work schedule.
And at the beginning of this year, an election year, the deputy was chosen president of the Commission on Women's Rights of the Chamber of Deputies.
And the fact of being a trans woman sparked discussion and questions.
To interview the deputy, we invited Ana Virginia Balussier, special reporter for Folha de São Paulo; Caê Vatiero, journalist at Transmídia and Artigo 19; Clarissa Oliveira, political analyst at CNN Brasil; Fábio Turci, journalist; Lumasa, filmmaker; Tiago Amparo, professor at FGV in São Paulo and president of the International Law Committee of the OAB.
We also have the presence of journalism students from public and private colleges in the State of São Paulo.
The debate will be translated live, in caricatures, by our brilliant Batistão.
And you who, anywhere in the world, are watching us can send questions via WhatsApp using the QR Code that appears during the program.
Let's go.
Deputy, good evening, thank you very much for returning to Roda Viva.
This isn't the first time, right?
It's not my first time.
Good evening, Ernesto, good evening to the panel.
Thank you for inviting me again.
It's always good to be on this program.
You were a city councilor at the time you were first invited.
Exactly.
All right.
Now, your trademark has always been combativeness.
You don't shy away from discussion or debate, and sometimes you raise your voice and have no problem with that.
I'd like to ask you: your nomination, your appointment to the presidency of the Women's Commission sparked a thousand discussions, debates, controversies, and I'd like to ask, could that perhaps serve as a distraction?
from the issues of the Women's Commission?
Maybe that's what they tried to do.
They tried to turn into a distraction what was in fact important and a priority for the Women's Commission.
Because today we have a spectrum in Brazil that cannot understand some movements.
The Commission for the Defense of Women's Rights has serious agendas; it faces a difficult moment in Brazil.
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About: combat femicide and violence against women
We are facing an epidemic of violence against women in the digital sphere and in the personal sphere.
Every day when we turn on the news we come across even more staggering cases.
a debate that could be very productive from the point of view of what this deputy has... in terms of public policies for women.
What is Deputy Erika Hilton's contribution to the defense of women's rights?
it was completely contaminated by a hateful discourse, by a discourse that perhaps, because I am a trans woman, I was less of a woman and less capable of, within a public policy space, representing the interests of Brazilian women.
And now our challenge will be that.
Our challenge will be to not allow this horrible wave that has arisen of lies, disinformation, hate, and personal attacks to continue to take center stage over what is truly important for the Commission for the Defense of Women's Rights.
After all, Brazilian women expect strong responses from Brazilian institutions in the face of the increase in femicide, the increase in rape cases, and the rise of misogynistic debates produced by groups like Redspill.
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