Arlette Contreras

{{short description|Peruvian lawyer and advocate for women|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{family name hatnote|Contreras|Bautista|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Arlette Contreras | image = File:Cindy Arlette Contreras Bautista at the 2017 International Women of Courage Award Ceremony (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Contreras in 2017 | office = [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Member of Congress]] | constituency = [[Lima]] | predecessor = | successor = | term_start = 16 March 2020 | term_end = 26 July 2021 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|06|26}} | birth_place = [[Ayacucho]], [[Peru]] | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | party = Independent {{small|(2019-present)}} | other_names = | known_for = Being an advocate for women's rights | education = | employer = | occupation = Lawyer | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = | alma_mater = [[Universidad Alas Peruanas]] ([[Bachelor of Law|LL.B.]])<br />[[Pontifical Catholic University of Peru]] ([[Master of Arts|M.A.]]) }}

'''Cindy Arlette Contreras Bautista''' (born June 26, 1990)<ref name="BBC"/> is a [[Peru]]vian lawyer and social activist. She is an [[International Women of Courage Award]] recipient,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/iwoc/2017/bio/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329032421/https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/iwoc/2017/bio/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-03-29|title=Biographies of the Finalists for the 2017 International Women of Courage Awards|website=www.state.gov|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-16}}</ref> and was also included in the [[Time 100|''Time'' 100]] list of the most influential people.<ref name="Time">{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4736245/cindy-arlette-contreras-bautista/|title=Cindy Arlette Contreras Bautista: The World's 100 Most Influential People|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=2017-08-16}}</ref>

== Assault incident == Contreras came to notice after she was assaulted at a hotel in [[Ayacucho]] by her then boyfriend, Adriano Pozo Arias, on 15 July 2015. Security cameras recorded her being battered and dragged screaming by her hair.<ref>{{cite web|title=Minuto a minuto de la agresión de Adriano Pozo a Cindy Contreras|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MilCWThqfNE|work=Frecuencia Latina|date=July 19, 2015|access-date=August 13, 2016}}</ref> The attack left her with damage to one of her legs, necessitating the use of a cane.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arlette Contreras, la mujer que venció al dolor y lucha contra los femicidios|author=Beatríz Pascual Macías|url=http://www.elpais.cr/2017/03/29/arlette-contreras-la-mujer-que-vencio-al-dolor-y-lucha-contra-los-femicidios|work=El País|date=29 March 2017|access-date=23 August 2017}}</ref> Contreras went public with her demand for justice and pressed her case in the media.

The evidence against her assailant was sufficient for a conviction but a three judge panel decided that he should be given a suspended sentence in July 2016.<ref name="Time"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Corte Superior de Justicia de Ayacucho, Juzgado Penal Colegiado de Huamanga. Expediente 01641-2015-0501-JR-PE-01. Sentencia.|language=es|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/320302359/Resolucion-Caso-Cindy-Arlette-Contreras-Bautista|date=2016|access-date=August 13, 2016}}</ref> The violence toward her and the treatment afterward became a rallying point for the nationwide [[NiUnaMenos (Peru)|NiUnaMenos]] movement. The march in [[Lima]] was said to be the largest demonstration ever in Peru.<ref name="uno">{{cite web|url=http://diariouno.pe/2016/08/14/el-peru-de-pie-contra-violencia-de-genero/|title=El Perú de pie contra la violencia de género|language=es|work=Diario UNO|date=August 14, 2016|access-date=August 14, 2016|archive-date=21 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021021923/http://diariouno.pe/2016/08/14/el-peru-de-pie-contra-violencia-de-genero/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 2016, the Appeals Tribunal of the Ayacucho Superior Court threw out the conviction and ordered a new trial on charges of attempted rape and attempted femicide.<ref>{{cite web|title=Caso Arlette Contreras: declaran nula sentencia contra Adriano Pozo, Con la finalidad de que se inicie un nuevo proceso que incluya los delitos de violación e intento de feminicidio|url=http://exitosanoticias.pe/caso-arlette-contreras-declaran-nula-sentencia-contra-adriano-pozo|work=Exitosa|date=18 November 2016|access-date=23 August 2017}}</ref> On 8 July 2019, he was convicted to 11 years in prison for attempted femicide, but cleared of attempted rape.<ref>{{cite web|title=Caso Arlette Contreras: sentencian a 11 años de prisión a Adriano Pozo|url=https://elcomercio.pe/lima/judiciales/caso-arlette-contreras-sentencian-11-anos-prision-adriano-pozo-tentativa-feminicidio-noticia-ecpm-653524|work=El Comercio (Peru)|date=8 July 2019|accessdate=8 July 2019}}</ref>

== Recognition == In 2017 Contreras' advocacy was recognised by the US State department who chose her with twelve others to receive an [[International Women of Courage Award]] each in Washington. She was also chosen as an "Icon" by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine for their list of the 100 most influential people<ref name="Time"/> and listed as part of the 2018 [[100 Women (BBC)|BBC's 100 Women]].<ref name="BBC">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-46225037|title=BBC 100 Women 2018: Who is on the list?|date=2018-11-19|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-11-21|language=en-GB}}</ref>

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