Sybilla Claus (Right)
Sybilla Claus with Jordana (left) in the library, holding the Dutch version of her book and one about hidden girls in Kabul, Afghanistan. Jordana talks about her dreams and struggles in the first of the girls' interviews (with pictures) in the book. She is in secondary school now, studying hard. She continues to learn Dutch, English, French and German, next to her mother tongue Brazilian Portuguese 😵💫 Ay,ay, so much, but let's not forget she is studying maths, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, history and art as well. You can do it, Jojo!
Sybilla is an author who has published six non-fiction books, an anthropologist, and a research journalist. She worked over 30 years as a journalist for the biggest Dutch national daily newspapers. She loves working with and learning from young and old women from different cultures.
In the media
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'.
The rest of the team
A smart and fierce fighter for women's and lesbian rights, and the person whose idea it was to start this book.
Spanish photographer living in Belgium who joined the project to make the attack on women's rights visible.
Born in Germany, raised in South Africa: translator, editor and interviewer for the English edition.
From LGB Taiwan, doing magnificent research on women in China, Taiwan, Japan and South-Korea.
Teacher from Belgium who helps with English translations and wrote a book for young people about the trans issue.
In memoriam (6-5-1959 – 27-5-2025). Part of the Gender Rebel think tank from the very start.