Elena Fonseca
Elena Fonseca | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1930 |
| Died | December 29, 2024 (aged 94) |
| Occupation(s) | Activist, radio journalist, and writer |
Elena Fonseca (1930 – December 29, 2024) was a Uruguayan activist, radio journalist, and writer focused on human rights, feminism, and old age. She was a co-founder of the feminist collective Cotidiano Mujer.[1]
Biography
Elena Fonseca was born in Montevideo in 1930.[2][3][4]
Her husband was a diplomat, so she spent many years living abroad, including in Spain, Canada, and Switzerland.[3] The couple had six children.[3] She returned from abroad during Uruguay's dictatorship, finding it much changed from the country she knew.[3]
At the end of the dictatorship, in 1985, she became a co-founder of the feminist organization Cotidiano Mujer, alongside Lilián Celiberti and Anna María Colucci, among others.[1][3][4] From its first issue, she was part of the editorial team of the group's eponymous magazine.[1][2]
For 18 years, every Monday through Friday, she hosted the hourlong radio program Nunca en domingo ("Never on Sunday") on Radio Universal (AM 970).[3][4][5] It was the only feminist program on Uruguayan radio.[1][6] In 2016, Nunca en domingo changed its format and continued as a podcast until 2021.[6][7]
Fonseca produced the first Spanish translation of Simone Veil's seminal 1974 speech on abortion at the French National Assembly, in honor of the 20th anniversary of the legalization of abortion in France.[8] The translation was published in Le Monde in 2004.[8]
She was a co-author of a 2002 book on gender-based violence, Cosa juzgada: otra forma de ver la violencia de género, with Graciela Dufau Argibay.[1][9]
In 2016, she was named an outstanding citizen by the Intendancy of Montevideo.[8][10]
The activist, affectionately known as Elenota, died in 2024 in Maldonado, at age 94.[2][11][12]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Elena Fonseca". IWMF. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
- ^ a b c Trías, Lucy Garrido, Ana C. González, Lilián Celiberti, Estela Peri, Lupe de los Santos, Ivonne (2025-01-02). "Quién lo creyera". Semanario Brecha (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d e f Robinson, Samuel (2012-04-12). "Never On Sunday: The Hidden World Of Elena Fonseca". PRX - Public Radio Exchange. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ a b c "Para verse en otro espejo". Mides (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-09-04.
- ^ Huertas, Agustina (2019-04-01). "Renarrar la historia". SALA DE REDACCIÓN (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ a b Suárez Val, Helena (2017). "Feminist voices: radio and online broadcasting in Uruguay". Conference: "Borders vs.Bridges in the Americas", UCL Americas Institute Research Network's Third Annual International Conference. Archived from the original on 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ "Radio Nunca en Domingo. Programación Semanal – Cotidiano Mujer" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ a b c "Renée Pietrafesa, Margarita Percovich y Elena Fonseca son Ciudadanas Ilustres de Montevideo". LARED21 (in Spanish). 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ "Cosa juzgada : otra forma de ver la violencia de género". Cotidiano Mujer (in Spanish). 2001-06-14. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ "Reconocimiento a nuestra compañera Elena Fonseca". Cotidiano Mujer (in Spanish). 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ "ELENA FONSECA (ELENOTA)". El País (in Spanish). 2024-12-29. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
- ^ Demirdjian, Stephanie (2025-01-02). "Hasta siempre, Elenota: a los 94 años falleció la comunicadora e histórica activista feminista Elena Fonseca". La Diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-24.