Mirta Moragas Mereles is a Paraguayan lawyer, feminist activist and human rights advocate. She has an LLM in International Legal Studies from the  American University Washington College of Law with a specialization in human rights and gender. She belongs to RESURJ. Also, she is a founding  member of Vecinas Feministas por la Justicia Sexual y Reproductiva en América Latina. Besides, at the local level, she belongs to Las Ramonas, a feminist group that coordinates the Consultorio Jurídico Feminista.

Moreover, she has collaborated with shadow reports processes at the UN for several Committees such as CEDAW, CESCR, CERD, HRC and UPR. She also works as a litigator and researcher in issues regarding gender, sexuality and human rights.

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La révolution sera féministe — ou il n’y aura pas de révolution

Manal Tamimi Palestine
Bubulina Moreno, Colombia
Karolina Więckiewicz, Poland
Anwulika Ngozi Okonjo, Nigeria

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Clau is of the gender/genre “fiction.” A co-founder of Mujeres Al Borde [Women on the Edge], social communicator,* journalist and fan of the performing arts, for the last 20 years Clau has conceptualized and created spaces and processes of artivism, learning, creativity, freedom, pleasure and care for sexual and gender dissidents at the local and international level.

A pioneer of Colombia’s queer artivist theatre world since 1996, Clau was a co-founder of the lesbian organization Triángulo Negro [Black Triangle], which created the first theatre group for lesbian women in Bogotá. In 2001 Clau founded the “Queer Theatre Las Aficionadas” School where more than 1300 people have participated. Clau has been director and playwright of over 21 plays, which have enabled the creation of new and diverse methodologies of inclusion.

Shreya (they/them) is a south asian, gender fluid, queer, femme facilitator, coach, and visual artist based in the U.S. (California). Shreya is the founding director of Saltwater Social Justice Training- rooted in the vision that the antidote for most things is saltwater: sweat, tears, or the sea.  They create transformative spaces for collective liberation through the alchemy of sweat/hard work and discipline; tears/embracing our full human complexity, from joy to grief; and the sea/replenishing our spirits.

They support the capacity building and development of activists and organizers, grassroots groups, collectives, healers, and organizations through Saltwater and Training for Change.

Kamee arrives in the world today as a queer and feminist diasporic-Armenian mother, interdisciplinary creative, scholar, producer, and facilitator. They hold a BFA/BA in film and political science (Concordia University), an MA in art therapy (European Graduate Institute), and soon to be PhD in community, liberation, indigenous and eco psychologies (Pacifica Graduate Institute).

Kamee's work is steeped in relational, generative, visionary and liberatory practices oriented towards ancestral reclamation, diasporic futurism, and radical imaginaries. They have published, organized, and presented their work internationally through Saboteur Productions and Kalik Arts, and continues to do so both independently and inside collaborative frameworks.

Lady Jase of York is a young feminist and LGBTQI human rights Activist from the Kingdom of Tonga. She has been actively working as the representative focal person for Tonga Leitis Association Youth to Tonga, the Pacific, and the world. She had experience in travelling to attend international events and training that is beneficial to the work that she does in her community. 
She had also been selected in few times to represent Tonga CSOs in regional and international conferences and training. 

Lady Jase is a co-founding member of a new founding LGBTQI organisation in Tonga- the Vava'u Leitis Association apart from the long-founded umbrella organisation, Tonga Leitis Association was founded in 1992. Lady Jase is an advocate for LGBTQI rights in the Kingdom of Tonga and continues to promote gender equality and campaigning to end discrimination, stigmas, and violence against the rainbow community in Tonga. Recently, she was selected by the Commonwealth Youth Gender Equality Network Campaign Advocacy committee for the Reform 53 campaign. 

She loves to travel and meeting new people on the other side of the world.