Dorotea Wilson

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Wilson and the second or maternal family name is Tathum.
Dorotea Wilson
Member of the National Directorate of the Sandinista National Liberation Front
In office
1994–1998
ConstituencyNorth Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region
Personal details
Born1948 (age 77–78)
Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
PartySandinista National Liberation Front
Alma materCentral American University

Dorotea Wilson Tathum (born 1948) is a Nicaraguan politician and women's rights activist. She was a congresswoman and member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). She has founded and co-founded a wide range of organisations that raise awareness of the rights of women and black people in Nicaragua, including the Nicaraguan Women's Forum and the Summit of Afro-descendant Women Leaders of the Americas (2015), amongst others. In 2011, she was awarded the International Prize for Equality and Non-Discrimination awarded by the National Council to Prevent Discrimination.

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