Magaly Quintana

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.

[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.