Veronika Perkova

Want to have a better life? Learn how to negotiate | Rumaitha Al Busaidi

Omani feminist and climate change activist Rumaitha Al Busaidi shares her unique insights and tips on how to pursue your dreams and negotiate for a better life. 📺 Watch our interview on YouTube. About Rumaitha: • She is the first female football analyst in the Arab world. • She is an adventurer, having explored the […]

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Ayesha Amin | The Pakistani Feminist Who Loves Breaking Taboos

Ayesha Amin feminist

When Ayesha Amin, a renowned Pakistani women’s rights activist, first saw a condom in a workshop, she refused to touch it. “I felt so embarrassed that I just wanted to disappear,” she says. Her shame, however, turned into curiosity and this moment helped Amin realize that talking about sex and reproduction shouldn’t be taboo. In

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Lessons from Mexico: Reproductive justice doesn’t end with contraception

Nadine Goodman founder of CASA Mexico

When Nadine Goodman, a young social worker and public health graduate from Columbia University arrived in Mexico in 1981 to learn Spanish, she had in mind to stay a few months and return. But that never happened. Instead she settled down and co-founded the Center for Adolescents of San Miguel de Allende (CASA) – one

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“We Need to Talk”, an interview with Nadine Goodman about things you won’t hear about reproductive justice anywhere else

Nadine Goodman interview

If we truly want to liberate women, access to contraception is just the tip of the iceberg. We also need to feel comfortable talking about our bodies, our sexuality and sensuality, menstruation, post-partum depression, parental burnout and menopause. Because if we feel ashamed or embarrassed about these topics, we’re still being repressed. That’s just one

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What Does Reproductive Health Have to Do With Climate Vulnerability? (Reasons to be cheerful)

This is one of my most favorite articles that I’ve ever written. I interviewed four amazing activists – Joan Kembabazi (Gufasha Girls Foundation, Uganda), Joan Castro (the Path Foundation Phillippines Inc, the Philipines), Carina Hirsch (Margaret Pyke Trust, UK) and Carissa Patrone Maikuri (climate and community development expert, USA) – and talked to them about

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