#72 FiLiA introduces our Spokeswoman: Raquel Rosario Sánchez
Raquel Rosario Sánchez is a writer, campaigner and researcher from the Dominican Republic. She became Spokeswoman for FiLiA on 25 November 2019, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Today, we are delighted to broadcast our first podcast with her.
Raquel specialises in ending male violence against girls and women. She is a featured writer at Dominican newspaper El Caribe and Spanish platform Tribuna Feminista. She was a contributor for Feminist Current and is the co-founder and editor of Women Talk Back! Her work has been translated into French, Portuguese, German, Spanish, Italian and Korean.
As a campaigner, Raquel has worked for the National Organisation for Women and successfully championed the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in Oregon, United States. In the United Kingdom, apart from being our Spokeswoman, she has worked with feminist political campaigns Woman's Place UK and Fair Play for Women. As a researcher, Raquel is currently pursuing a PhD with the Centre for Gender and Violence Research at the University of Bristol. Her MA and PhD work focuses on online communities of men who pay for sex.
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