An image from Mexeu com uma, mexeu com todas, one of the productions that also features Maria da Penha.
Maria da Penha
February 1, 1945 — Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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.
