Gina Godoy
Gina Godoy Andrade is an Ecuadorian politician, feminist and supporter of LGBTQ rights. She is currently the representative in the National Assembly for the province of Guayas and is the vice president of the Justice Commission of the Assembly.
Biography
Godoy was born in the town of Chone on 26 April 1962. Since 1997, she has been a member of the Ecuadorian Centre for the Promotion and Action of Women, which is centered with respect to the defense of the rights of women, children and adolescents. Godoy was the representative for the Province of Guayas in the for the PAIS Alliance social movement party. In the she was elected as assembly person for the Province of Guayas. During this period, Godoy prompted laws in favor of human rights and particularly women, as well as a law on trafficking, and the criminalisation of femicide as a particular type of criminal offence. She sought reelection in the and reintroduced her main proposals on projects regarding women's rights. She and Paola Pabón 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 Rosana Alvarado who was the vice president of the legislature, but the motion was opposed by the President.Once reelected, she became the vice president of the Justice Commission of the Assembly.