Maria da Penha
Birthday: 1945-02-01
Place of Birth: Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Biography: Maria da Penha Maia Fernandes is a Brazilian women's rights activist and pharmacist who fought for her attacker to be convicted. Maria da Penha has three daughters and is now a leader of movements defending women's rights in Brazil.
Movies
Mexeu com uma, mexeu com todas
“Touch one, touch us all” is a slogan of the women who took over the streets in Brazil and organized...
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Maria da Penha: Um Caso de Litígio Internacional
On May 29, 1983, Maria da Penha suffered a double attempted murder in her own home by her husband an...
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Women in Resistance
Brazil is one of the countries that most kills women in the world. In Porto Alegre, feminist collect...
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