María Teresa Blandón Gadea (born 1961) is a Nicaraguan sociologist, feminist, and former revolutionary guerilla. Blandón was born in Matiguás, a town in northern Nicaragua and from a young age began working with peasants there. At 17, she became involved in the Nicaraguan Revolution, fighting as a revolutionary guerilla on the ground. During and immediately after the war she established a feminist identity and became determined to advance women's rights. After the war, Blandón worked in an agricultural trade union, giving lectures on sexuality, gender, and violence against women. She began to dedicate herself to the furthering of women's reproductive rights. Cooperating with other Central American feminists, Blandón founded the feminist program La Corriente, an organization aimed at promot