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Sandy Cabrera Arteaga

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Sandy Cabrera Arteaga
Born (1999-09-20) 20 September 1999 (age 24)
Honduras
Occupationwomen's rights activist
Awards100 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

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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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ Tunota. "Sandy Cabrera Arteaga, la primera hondureña entre las 100 mujeres más influyentes del mundo". tunota.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  2. ^ "Sandy Arteaga, hondureña entre las más influyentes del mundo: BBC". laprensa.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  3. ^ Forde, Kaelyn. "These Women Are Fighting Back Against Honduras's Incredibly Harsh Abortion Laws". narratively.com. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  4. ^ "BBC 100 Women 2022: Who is on the list this year? - BBC News". News. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  5. ^ Barahona, Giselle (2022-12-07). "BBC destaca a la hondureña Sandy Arteaga como una de las mujeres más influyentes e inspiradoras". Once Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-10.