Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza (b. 1 August 1929 – d. 28 August 2017) was a Peruvian Quecha human rights activist. She is considered to be a symbol of human rights in Peru and of those who disappeared in the country from 1980 to 2000 as a result of the internal violence in Peru and has been recognized by the International Red Cross and Amnesty International as a "tireless advocate for those women who lost their loved ones."