The government (Republicans) used only 53% of the budget foreseen for the Secretariat of Policies for Women over the last two years. Since 2022, the state has been recording a record .
The department was created in 2023 by the Tarcísio administration with the aim of coordinating actions with other state bodies, as the government itself explained in a note to the Panel. According to a survey carried out by the column, the budgets for 2024 and 2025, the first fully planned for the department, totaled R$61 million. Of the total, only R$33 million was committed, that is, reserved for use.
The São Paulo government states that combating anti-women is a “priority topic” for management. Despite this, in 2024, the “Confronting violence against women” program had a budget of R$5 million. No amount was committed and spent, according to expenditure data available at the State Department of Finance and Planning and consulted by the column.
Last year, the same program would receive R$10 million, of which R$2.6 million was committed, that is, 26%.
“A complex and multifactorial topic like this does not only involve investments, but above all structuring and multidisciplinary approaches that are expanding”, says the ministry in a note.
To the Panel, the government claims that the 2026 budget provides R$30.6 million for the department, “an amount three times greater than that executed in 2024 and 44% higher than last year’s execution”. Despite having used R$22 million last year, the department’s budget was R$38 million.
“Comparisons regarding the budget must be made with caution, as the state works with an integrated management model that combines expertise, efforts and investments – including budgets from the various departments involved and additions of mandatory and voluntary amendments”, adds the government.
Since its creation, the department has had three different secretaries: councilor Sonaira Fernandes (PL), state deputy Valéria Bolsonaro (PL) and, now, delegate Adriana Liporoni, who coordinated the Women’s Defense Police Stations in and took charge of the secretariat in December.
Last December, there were 233 cases accumulated from January to November, since the beginning of the historical series, in 2018.
A Sheet also showed that the femicide epidemic puts pressure on both Tarcísio and President Lula (PT), in which elections for the Presidency and state government are being contested. Currently, both say they will try to be re-elected to their respective positions.
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