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Aug 17, 1924 Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras 99 years old
Honduran attorney and women's rights advocate
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About Alba Alonso De Quesada
- Alba Alonso de Quesada (born 17 August 1924) is a Honduran lawyer and academic who played a pivotal role in the development of women's rights and anti-corruption policies in her country.
- She was the first woman to become a lawyer in Honduras and the first woman to serve as Secretary of the Ministry of Labor.
- Throughout her career, she worked for legal reforms to help children, families, women and the working classes, pressing for educational reform and providing pro bono legal aid.
- She was one of the driving forces who established the Transition Commission to evaluate corruption in educational institutions and led the Transparency and Ethics Commission in the development of transparency policies for the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH).
- Twelve years after the conclusion of their reforms, in 2017 Alonso was recognized with an honorary doctorate from UNAH and the academic year of 2017 was dedicated to her by the Ministry of Culture.
