A Peruvian lady is changing the meaning of “Malcriadas” with the goal of empowering women everywhere to fight for their rights.

Huffington Post wrote that the Peruvian newspaper Tome previously published images of women in scanty clothes in one of its sections with the label “Las Malcriadas.”

Kelly Elfaro, a local woman, decided to change the meaning of the term to celebrate women activists and revolutionaries. She shared that she was first inspired to initiate the project while she was studying engineering and realized only 10 percent in her class were women. Her second inspiration was borne out of a conversation with her grandmother. She said that it was important to identify successful women who had a vision for change.

“Malcriada” is a Spanish world that roughly means “ill-mannered” or “misbehaved.” Elfaro has changed the perception of the word by using “malcriada” to name her feminist calendar, which showcases female activists, artists and revolutionaries, who helped bring about good changes to women everywhere.

In a teleSUR video, Elfaro stated that the objective of the racy calendar is to pay tribute to women, who began revolutions and introduced changes that improved the way of life of women everywhere due to their “misbehavior.” Elfaro continued that she aims for the calendar to inspire other women to continue fighting for their rights, since there is still much to improve in that area.

"The idea is to highlight the attitudes and actions of women who inspire us to have more rights … and to show this so we can continue doing similar actions, with the same passion, because we still have a long way to go,” she said in the teleSUR video.

Some of the women who were featured in “Las Malcriadas” are Rigoberta Menchu Tum, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and anactivist for indigenous rights, Malala Yousafzai, an advocate for girls’ education and Angela Davis, a political activist, among others.

“Las Malcriadas” is sold in Peru at Feria Peru Independiente, La Libre de Barranco and LibreriaContracultura. Elfaro’s efforts have also spread on the internet, through the Facebook page of the same name, providing an avenue where women and supporters can continue to inspire and talk about their heroes. The Las Malcriadas Facebook community have since started to empower each other by sharing articles, photos, statements and other materials that will hopefully uplift the rights of women all over the world.

More updates and details on Kelly Elfaro and the “Las Malcriadas” calendar are expected soon.