Sandy Cabrera Arteaga
Sandy Cabrera Arteaga | |
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| Born | 20 September 1999 Honduras |
| Occupation | women's rights activist |
| Awards | 100 Women (BBC) (2022) |
Sandy Cabrera Arteaga (born 20 September 2000) is a Honduran women's rights activist. She is the first Honduran woman to be included in the list of BBC 100 Women.[1]
Life
[edit | edit source]Arteaga studied Philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Honduras. She works as a social communicator and lives in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. Artega advocates for women's rights and human rights, focusing on sexual and reproductive rights.[2]
Arteaga's activism favors sexual and reproductive rights, such as the use of post-coital contraceptives. She was part of the organization Acción Joven (Youth Action) and served as the spokesperson for the Hablemos lo que es (Let's talk about it) campaign.[3] Arteaga and her fellow activists dispelled fallacies, such as the notion that PAE causes cancer, through TikTok videos, instructive Instagram posts, and a statewide campaign. They were also successful in getting more than 700,000 Hondurans to sign a petition urging the government to take action.[4]
Recognition
[edit | edit source]In 2022, BBC included Arteaga in the list of the 100 most inspiring women in the world. She thus became the first woman of Honduran nationality to be included on this list.[5]
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