Maria da Penha
- Profesión
- Actuación
- Nacimiento
- 1 de febrero de 1945
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Biografía
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.