# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-da-penha
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:58:18.279Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-da-penha"
name: "Maria da Penha"
slug: "maria-da-penha"
description: "Maria da Penha Maia Fernandes is a Brazilian biopharmacist and women human rights defender. She advocates for women rights, particularly against domestic violence. Born in 1945 in Fortaleza, in the Brazilian state of Ceará, Maria da Penha was a victim of domestic violence by her husband. She brought a case against her attacker to be condemned, first in the Federal Court of Brazil and later in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights."
tagline: "Brazilian women's rights activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maria_da_Penha_em_novembro_de_2018_(cropped_2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
birthDate: "1945-02-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.71
  momentum:             1.214953271028037
  historical:           9.095153333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maria_da_Penha"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7"
    title: "ماريا دا بنها"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_da_Penha"
    title: "Maria da Penha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_da_Penha"
    title: "Maria da Penha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_da_Penha"
    title: "Maria da Penha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_da_Penha"
    title: "Maria da Penha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_da_Penha"
    title: "Maria da Penha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_da_Penha"
    title: "Maria da Penha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_da_Penha"
    title: "Maria da Penha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_da_Penha"
    title: "Maria da Penha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9028898"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump