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Maria da Penha
Brazilian activist
Maria da Penha Maia Fernandes is a Brazilian biopharmacist and women human rights defender. She advocates for women rights, particularly against domestic violence. Born in 1945 in Fortaleza, in the Brazilian state of Ceará, Maria da Penha was a... Wikipedia
Born: February 1, 1945 (age 79 years), Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Education: Universidade Federal do Ceará (1966) and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences - USP
Parents: José da Penha Fernandes and Maria Lery Maia Fernandes
Full name: Maria da Penha Maia Fernandes
Nationality: Brazilian
The applicant brought this case to the Inter-American Commission (“IACHR”), arguing that Brazil effectively condoned violence against women through ...
Maria da Penha Patrol acts in the fight against domestic violence, in an integrated way with the governmental organs or not, community, through the execution of ...
Maria da Penha is founder of the "Maria da Penha Institute – IMP,"2 an NGO that aims to educate and build awareness among women about their rights and to ...