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Tabata Amaral: Congresswoman dubbed 'Brazil's AOC'

Feb 16,2020 8:03 am

She grew up in a poor neighbourhood of Sao Paulo , Brazil, surrounded by drugs and violence, losing her own father to addiction as a child.

But against all The Odds , Tabata Amaral became a congresswoman last year aged just 24.

Within months, a video of her grilling the education minister went viral. The Incident made international headlines, and led to comparisons between Tabata and US congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

BBC 100 Women meets The Woman behind the headlines, and finds out why she's willing to battle harassment and misogyny to see her hopes for Brazil's future realised.

A film by Luciani Gomes, Ana Terra Athayde and Felix Lima for.



Source of news: bbc.com

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