Huschke Mau is a survivor, having been in prostitution for ten years, with many breaks. She studied in university and founded the activist group Netzwerk Ella, exclusively for women in prostitution. She advocates for the Nordic model. She has two websites, dedicated to herself and to her activist group, and she considers herself lucky for … Read more
Gustavo Sampaio (Coimbra, 1982) has a Bachelor degree in Journalism (Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra), a post-graduate degree in Human Rights (Law School of University of Coimbra) and a Master degree in Politics and International Relations (Catholic University of Portugal). He has worked in the newsrooms of the newspaper “O … Read more
Grégoire Théry is the co-founder and executive director of CAP international, a coalition of 28 frontline NGOs providing direct assistance to victims of prostitution and trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation in 21 countries. In 2013, he was appointed as member of the French High Council for Equality between Women and Men (HCEFH), an … Read more
Lucas Chuffart, born in 1948. He was a facilitator of youth groups in various organizations. He spent a period in the Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo) from 1987 to 1994, where he ensured the training of young people. He has been engaged in the French feminist movement for over 20 years and he is … Read more
Alexandra Silva, activist and researcher in the field of human rights of women and violence against women; trainer of gender equality. She has a Bachelor in Sociology. She is the current President of the Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights and coordinator of projects of feminism and violence against women. She was the co-founder and is … Read more
Ana Sofia Fernandes is Vice President of the European Women’s Lobby, Secretary-General of the Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights and Advisor at the Portuguese Economic and Social Council. Between 2010 and 2015 she worked at the European Institute for Gender Equality as Stakeholders’ Coordinator and Resource & Documentation Centre Officer. With studies in International Relations … Read more
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Anna is the Strategy & Policy Coordinator of the European Network of Migrant Women (ENOMW)- a pan European migrant women led feminist platform that advocates for the rights and freedom of migrant and refugee women and girls in Europe. She has over 10 years of experience in the area of … Read more
Catríona Graham is Policy and Campaigns Officer with the European Women’s Lobby, the largest coalition for women’s rights in Europe. In this role Catríona coordinates the Lobby’s advocacy and campaigns to end the sex trade, with a focus on prostitution and pornography, and support women’s access to sexual and reproductive health and rights; she also … Read more
Dália Rodrigues works for Ninho since 1995. She started by doing a curricular internship in the context of a Bachelor of Social Work, from which resulted the study “The good practices of social intervention in Ninho”. She has worked for that association with women in the stages of pre-social reintegration, and also with women who … Read more
Florence Montreynayd is a French historian, linguist and feminist born in 1948. She launched on the 8th of March 1999 the manifest of the Chiennes de Garde (Female Watchdogs): “To sexually slander a woman in public, is to slander all women”, and after she launched the mixed and internacional mouvement of Chiennes de Garde, which … Read more
