Birth Date: | 28 May 1952 |
Organization: | Catholic Women for the Right to Choose |
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Magaly Quintana Pereyra (28 May 1952 – 5 May 2019) was a Nicaraguan feminist historian and activist.[1] 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.[2] She also led advocacy opposing violence against women, raising awareness of femicide in the country.[3] In 2018, she joined the anti-government protests.[4]
Quintana was born 28 May 1952.[5] She attended La Asunción for high school, then entered university, becoming a student leader. She joined the Nicaraguan Revolution, then in 1982 began working in feminist organizing.
She died of a stroke on 5 May 2019, aged 66.