Silvia Buendía
Silvia Elena Buendía Silva (9 October 1967 – 24 August 2026) was an Ecuadorian lawyer, television host, columnist and feminist activist. She was noted for her work campaigning for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Ecuador.[1]
Life and career
Born in Guayaquil on 9 October 1967, Buendía was educated at Colegio Alemán Humboldt before graduating in law from the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil.[2] She started working on women's rights in the 1990s and became known as a prominent figure in the Ecuadorian feminist movement, a campaigner against femicide and for LGBTQ+ rights, becoming a spokesperson for the LGBTI Diversity Network of Ecuador (Spanish: Red LGBTI Diversidad Ecuador).[2]
In 2016, Buendía was part of a civil society team who travelled to Geneva to contribute to a UN report on LGBTQ+ rights in Ecuador, highlighting conversion therapy and the fight for equal marriage.[2]
Buendía wrote a column in El Telégrafo, and contributed to other newspapers and magazines in Ecuador. In the 2010s she became known as a television presenter, hosting shows such as Así Somos and Ventana Ciudadana on Ecuador TV 7.[3]
Buendía died from cancer on 24 August 2026, at the age of 58.[2]
References
- ↑ "Opinión: "El debate sobre el matrimonio igualitario en Ecuador" por Silvia Buendía". Diversxs.com (in Spanish). 25 October 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Muere Silvia Buendía: la activista ecuatoriana que hizo de los derechos humanos su lucha" [Silvia Buendía has died: the Ecuadorian activist who fought for human rights]. Expreso (in Spanish). 24 August 2026. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "El toque de Silvia Buendía en el espacio Ventana Ciudadana". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 March 2015.
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