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

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following its ban in Nicaragua in 2006. She also led advocacy opposing violence against women, raising awareness of

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in the country. In 2018, she joined the anti-government protests. Quintana was born 28 May 1952. She attended

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for high school, then entered university, becoming a student leader. She joined the

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, then in 1982 began working in feminist organizing. She died of a stroke on 5 May 2019, aged 66.

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