Rosana Alvarado Carrión (born 19 February 1977) is an

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

ian feminist politician for the Alianza PAÍS party. In 2017 she was the first vice President of Ecuador's National Assembly. From 2017 to 2021 she was the

Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a v ...

. She is in favour of

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and the liberalisation of the Ecuador's laws against

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Life

Alvarado was born in Cuenca in 1977. She completed her higher studies at the

Universidad del Azuay Universidad del Azuay (UDA) is an Ecuadorian university located in the Province of Azuay, its campus are in the city of Cuenca and in the parish of Baños. The university was founded in 1968 as part of the Universidad Católica de Santiago de ...

, where she obtained a law degree and a degree in social communication. She joined the Alianza PAÍS party. In October 2013, congresswomen

Paola Pabón Paola Verenice Pabón Caranqui (born 28 January 1978) is an Ecuadorian lawyer, politician and feminist, who in the course of her career, has served as a representative to the National Assembly for the PAIS Alliance movement from 2009 and 2015 an ...

and

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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, including Alvarado who was the vice president of the legislature, but the motion was opposed by the President. This is an issue where Alvarado differs from the President as she is in favour of

and the liberalisation of the laws against

. 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

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. Alvarado joined the assembly in 2008 representing Azuay. In the following year she became the assembly's President of the Permanent Specialized Commission on Biodiversity. In 2013, she was elected to be the First Vice President of the National Assembly. In 2017 the assembly was led by three women:

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(President), Alvarado as First Vice-president and

Marcela Aguiñaga Marcela Paola Aguiñaga Vallejo (born 25 April 1973) is an Ecuadorian politician. She most recently served as the Second Vice President of the National Assembly (Ecuador), National Assembly of Ecuador. Previously she was the Ecuadorian Minister ...

(Second Vice-president). The assembly was well above the global average which was 17% for women in parliament. In 2017, she joined the cabinet as the Minister for Justice under President

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