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Rev. Marta Benavides (born in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a theologian, ordained minister, permaculturist, educator, and artist.

A leader of an ecumenical revolution focused on bringing peace to her country, the ordained pastor who chose "to live and not die for the revolution" has been bringing people from all fields to defend human rights and develop a culture of peace.

...2009, she was awarded the Woman Pecemaker Prize from the Institute of Joan B. Kroc for pPeace and Justice in the University of San Diego, California. She...

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Marta Benavides (b.1943) is a feminist religious leader from El Salvador. An ordained American Baptist minister, Marta Benavides is a scholar and activist, who writes and educates on topics of peacemaking, ending violence against women and children, and agricultural sustainability. At the height of the Salvadoran Civil War, Benavides worked with Archbishop Monsignor Oscar Romero, as the director of the Ecumenical Committee for Humanitarian Aid (CEAH). WHAT WORK DID THEY ACCOMPLISHED?

Published Works
In 1988 Benavides' essay "My Mother's Garden Is a New Creation" is included in the anthology Inheriting Our Mother's Gardens: Feminist Theology in Third World Perspective, edited by Letty M. Russell, Kwok Pui-Lan, Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, and Katie Geneva Cannon. Inspired by Alice Walker's essay "In Search of Our Mother's Garden", Benavides narrates the lessons about justice and spirituality that she learned from her mother's love and appreciation for nature and gardening. She also includes hers and her family's experiences as immigrants in the United States, and her work with Archbishop Monsignor Oscar Romero.

Leadership and Affiliations
Benavides has served as the International Vice-President and later President of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She lead the El Salvador's chapter (LIMPAL) through which she "organized workshops and training sessions", distributed the United Nations Security Council resolution "1325 information pamphlets [...] to spread information about [the resolution] and empower local women to use the resolution according to their own needs."

She is the founder of the International Institute for Cooperation Amongst Peoples, also known as Siglo XXIII (23rd Century) International. According to Marta Benavides, "the work of the 23rd Century" movement is to help build "an ecologically-sound society." The movement seeks to promote an ethos of peace and unity through the use of art and creativity to advance positive social change.

As part of these efforts she opened in Santa Ana, El Salvador the Center for Education for a Culture of Peace and Folk Art Museum, also known as El Museo Aja.