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Nicaraguan historian and Catholic feminist activist 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 – 5 May 2019) was a Nicaraguan feminist historian and activist. 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. She also led advocacy opposing violence against women, raising awareness of femicide in the country. In 2018, she joined the anti-government protests.

Quintana was born 28 May 1952. 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.

References

  1. ^ González C., Alejandra (22 October 2017). "Magaly Quintana: "El Estado invisibiliza femicidios"". La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
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