Maria da Penha
- Profissão
- Representação
- Nascimento
- 1 de fevereiro de 1945
- Local de nascimento
- Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Biografia
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.