The fight for reproductive freedom
The fight for reproductive rights often feels like a battle fought on two fronts: the deeply personal and the unrelentingly political. It’s about bodies—about who gets to control them, who gets to legislate them, and what those decisions say about power. Through their work, Gunilla Kleiverda, a Dutch gynecologist and long-time activist with Women on Waves, and Ligia Destephen Lavaire, a psychologist and feminist activist in Honduras highlight the widespread and universal reach of systemic control over reproductive autonomy.
What’s striking in their stories is not just the scope of the challenges they face, but also the ingenuity and resilience of the solutions they champion. From telemedicine abortions and grassroots advocacy to reframing reproductive rights within cultural narratives, Gunilla and Ligia show how activism can reshape stigmas, provide care, and push back against systemic control.