Sandy Cabrera Arteaga

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]

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]