Magaly Antonia Pineda Tejada (March 21, 1943 – March 29, 2016), known as the mother of feminism in the Dominican Republic,[1][2][3] was a Dominican sociologist, teacher, researcher, and activist.[4][5] She was considered one of the most important defenders of human rights,[6] particularly women's rights, in her country.[7][8][9] As a leftist activist, she participated in the 14th of June Revolutionary Movement and the Dominican Popular Movement.

Early life

Magaly Antonia Pineda Tejada was born in Santo Domingo, then Ciudad Trujillo, in 1943, to a working-class family. Her father, Pedro (Chichi) Pineda, drove a communal taxi known as a carro público, and her mother, Ana Leonor Tejada, was a shopkeeper.[10] She had two sisters, Milagros and Maritza Pineda.

As a child, she moved with her family to Puerto Rico. The move was prompted by pressure exerted on her family by the Trujillo regime because of their relationship with her uncle Manuel Tejada Florentino, a doctor involved in the clandestine resistance to the dictatorship.[11]

She studied sociology at the University of Puerto Rico, where she led the Puerto Rico Pro-Independence University Federation.[12]

After Trujillo was overthrown in 1961, Pineda was able to return to the Dominican Republic, where she joined the 14th of June Revolutionary Movement.[5] She also co-founded the Federation of Dominican Women, which fought against the 1965 U.S. military intervention in the country.[13] In 1965 she married Rafael "Fafa" Taveras, a leading member of the Modern Revolutionary Party and the 14th of June Movement,[14][10] with whom she had three children: Syra Leonor, Rafael, and Marcelle Victoria.[13]

Feminist activism

Magaly Pineda at a feminist gathering
Magaly Pineda, center-right in a pink scarf, attends the first Feminist Encounter of Latin America and the Caribbean in 1981.

"The April Revolution defined my life. Feminism changed my life."

— Magaly Pineda, interview with UN Women[12]

Pineda was one of the most important leaders of the gender equality movement in the Dominican Republic, particularly in the 1970s and '80s.[5][13]

She founded various feminist networks in the region,[4] fighting for reforms that would shape gender politics in her country.[15] In 1977, Pineda joined the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo as a professor,[12] but she sought out a more radical forum for feminist research. In 1980, she created the Research Center for Women's Action (CIPAF),[16] a nonprofit NGO in the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean whose mission is promoting the role of women in democracy and conducting research on topics like sexual violence.[17] She also founded Quehaceres, the longest-running feminist magazine in the country.[13]

Pineda never backed down from a fight, even on issues that remain controversial in the Dominican Republic, including abortion access and LGBTQ rights.[18]

Pineda also promoted labor rights, working to help both urban and rural female workers as well as child domestic workers.[19] She was a member of an advisory board to the Dominican government on social policy, as well as a founding member of the Regional Initiative for Social Responsibility and Dignified Work (IRSTD).[19]

Death and recognition

Her work in the field of education, which focused on sexism and discrimination in schools,[19] won her an Equality and Gender Mainstreaming-Technology (GEM-TECH) award in 2014.[20]

Pineda suffered from multiple myeloma for 13 years. She died on 29 March 2016, at the age of 73.[21]

The feminist organization Tertulia Feminista Magaly Pineda was created in her honor.[22]

References

  1. ↑ "WGNRR Celebrates the life of Magaly Pineda". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Hernández Medina, Esther; Tatem Brache, Yildalina (January–June 2017). "TRES SEMBLANZAS: Magaly Pineda, una mujer adelantada a su tiempo". Órgano del Instituto de Historia de la UASD (in Spanish). 1 (14).
  3. ↑ Tatem Brache, Yidalina (2016-03-30). "Magaly Pineda queda en la sociedad dominicana como "la madre del feminismo"". Listin Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  4. 1 2 "Magaly Pineda Tejada". AWID (in Spanish). 2016-11-28. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  5. 1 2 3 Día, El (2016-03-29). "UNMUNDO resalta legado de Magaly Pineda". El Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  6. ↑ España, Amnistía Internacional. "Magaly Pineda, adiós a una destacada feminista y activista dominicana de los derechos humanos". www.es.amnesty.org (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  7. ↑ Día, El (2016-03-30). "Senado honra a Claudio Caamaño y a Magaly Pineda". El Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  8. ↑ Día, El (2016-03-30). "Guillermo Moreno: "Magaly Pineda simboliza la lucha por la igualdad"". El Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  9. ↑ "Feminismo y tecnología, otra lucha de Magaly Pineda". Sentimos Diverso (in European Spanish). 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  10. 1 2 Peña, Ángela (2016-05-08). "En abril también el amor floreció". Hoy.
  11. ↑ Stern, Herbert (2019-01-18). "Sobre el doctor Tejada Florentino". Periódico El Caribe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  12. 1 2 3 "Lo personal es político: conociendo la trayectoria de las militancias feminista". ONU Mujeres | Ecuador (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  13. 1 2 3 4 Día, El (2016-03-30). "Miles dan el último adiós a Magaly Pineda". El Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  14. ↑ "Fafa Taveras: Imágenes de un comandante en la guerra de abril de 1965". Acento (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  15. ↑ SIN, Noticias (2019-11-04). "Magaly Pineda, Una Gigante en el Tiempo". Noticias SIN (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  16. ↑ "Centro de Investigación para la Acción Femenina - CIPAF". DominicanaSolidaria.org. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  17. ↑ "CIPAF". www.cipaf.org.do. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  18. ↑ Espinal, Rosario (2016-03-30). "Magaly Pineda, con la voz en alto por los derechos de las mujeres". hechosdehoy.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  19. 1 2 3 "CEPAL - XII Conferencia regional sobre la mujer". www.cepal.org. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  20. ↑ "Fallece la líder feminista Magaly Pineda". 29 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  21. ↑ "Muere la líder feminista Magaly Pineda". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  22. ↑ "Tertulia Feminista Magaly Pineda celebra conferencia sobre feminismo descolonial". Acento (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
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