Who Are We?
We are a collective of researchers, advocates, and storytellers dedicated to defending girls' rights to freedom, self-expression, and bodily autonomy. Get to know the individuals driving the conversation.
Sybilla Claus (Right)
Author, anthropologist and research journalist who worked over 30 years for the biggest Dutch national newspapers.
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Marianne Driessen (Left)
A smart and fierce fighter for women's and lesbian rights, and the person whose idea it was to start this book.
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Iratxe Alvarez
Spanish photographer living in Belgium who joined the project to make the attack on women's rights visible.
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Binia Lachnitt
Born in Germany, raised in South Africa: translator, editor and interviewer for the English edition.
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Vivian Kuo
From LGB Taiwan, doing magnificent research on women in China, Taiwan, Japan and South-Korea.
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Ms Cassie Dour
Teacher from Belgium who helps with English translations and wrote a book for young people about the trans issue.
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Nicole Lucas
In memoriam (6-5-1959 – 27-5-2025). Part of the Gender Rebel think tank from the very start.
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Bi Visibility Day: LGB International calls for greater visibility for bisexual people. Read the ten life stories in the free e-book BI.
(July 11, 2026). First WDI's Jo Brew interviews editor Sybilla Claus. Lorraine Nowlin from WDI USA and the Black Women's Caucus, discusses the adultification of black girls (at 0.48 minutes). Listen to Vivian Kuo on misogyny in Confucian-shaped societies (0.18). Marianne Driessen talks about her chapters on Jamie Reed, whistleblower from a gender clinic, and Riittakerttu Kaltiala, the Finnish psychiatrist known for her advocacy of careful, evidence-based care for gender dysphoria (at 0.35 minutes). Our photographer Iratxe Álvarez also shares her experiences working with girls and young women (at 1.00 hour).
Watch our Spinifex Press book launch with Bev Jackson, co-founder of LGB Alliance, and Australian anti-porn specialist Melinda Tankard Reist. They both wrote an excellent chapter in the book 'Rebel Girls'.