Magaly Quintana

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quintana and the second or maternal family name is Pereyra .
Magaly Quintana
Quintana in 2017
Born(1952-05-28)May 28, 1952
DiedMay 5, 2019(2019-05-05) (aged 66)
OrganizationCatholic Women for the Right to Choose

Magaly Quintana Pereyra (28 May 1952[1] – 5 May 2019) was a Nicaraguan feminist historian and activist.[2] She was director of Catholic Women for the Right to Choose, advocating for the right to therapeutic abortion following its ban in Nicaragua in 2006.[3] She also led advocacy opposing violence against women, raising awareness of femicide in the country.[4] In 2018, she joined the anti-government protests.[5]

Quintana was born 28 May 1952.[1] She attended La Asunción for high school, then entered university, becoming a student leader.[1] She joined the Nicaraguan Revolution, then in 1982 began working in feminist organizing.[1]

She died of a stroke on 5 May 2019, aged 66.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d González C., Alejandra (22 October 2017). "Magaly Quintana: "El Estado invisibiliza femicidios"". La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b Cruz, Eduardo (5 May 2019). "Fallece Magaly Quintana, abanderada de la lucha contra los femicidios". La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. ^ Kalantari, Shuka (16 August 2016). "Women in Nicaragua fight for the right to get abortions that could save their lives". Public Radio International. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  4. ^ González, Mauricio (3 January 2019). "El Nuevo Diario" (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  5. ^ Munguía, Ivette (6 May 2019). "Widespread Grief at the Death of Magaly Quintana, fighter for Nicaraguan Women's Rights". Confidencial. Retrieved 7 May 2019.