Posts Tagged Fire in the Belly Series

By Courtney • 15 years ago

Fire in the Belly IV: Ayesha Chatterjee


Ayesha Chatterjee works at the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, publisher of the legendary Our Bodies Ourselves. She is a board member of the Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund, and has also consulted with Care International on a pilot project to address violence against women in Tajikistan , a country in Central Asia that suffered a devastating civil war in the 1990s.
1. What kind of work do you do regarding reproductive justice?
At the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, I assist women around the world to develop health information that addresses the needs of women and girls in their countries, within the cultural, social, political, and religious contexts that shape their lives. As a board member ...


Ayesha Chatterjee works at the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, publisher of the legendary Our Bodies Ourselves. She is a board member of the Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund, and has also consulted with

By Courtney • 15 years ago

Fire in the Belly III: Lindsey Oliver

We bring you another awesome young woman working in reproductive justice…
Lindsey Oliver is a sassy queer dyke living in Richmond, Virginia, who started her first abortion fund at the age of 19 and has remained on the board ever since. Last year she joined the board of the National Network of Abortion Funds and is interested in working on a grassroots strategy to repeal the Hyde Amendment as well as working on access to reproductive health services in the South. By day she is a HIV/STD Health Educator and just finished her first doula training.
1. What kind of work do you do regarding reproductive justice?
I co-founded the Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project when I was 19, which ...

We bring you another awesome young woman working in reproductive justice…
Lindsey Oliver is a sassy queer dyke living in Richmond, Virginia, who started her first abortion fund at the age of 19 and has remained on ...
By Courtney • 15 years ago

Fire in the Belly II: Alma Avila Pilchman

We bring you another awesome young woman working in reproductive justice…

Alma Avila Pilchman participates regularly in a progressive radio show, “La onda bajita” (“The Flowing Wave”) at KPFA in Berkeley , CA . She also contributes to “La voz” (“The Voice”) in San Francisco , CA . This program covers a variety of political issues important to Latino communities in the Bay Area, and Alma was responsible for the creation of several segments on women’s issues relating to abortion, sexuality, and self-esteem.
1. What kind of work do you do regarding reproductive justice?
Starting during my law study at the Universidad Autonoma de Nayarit, Mexico (Facultad de Derecho), I helped and supported women as they looked ...

We bring you another awesome young woman working in reproductive justice…

Alma Avila Pilchman participates regularly in a progressive radio show, “La onda bajita” (“The Flowing Wave”) at KPFA in Berkeley , CA . She ...
By Courtney • 15 years ago

Fire in the Belly: Liza Fuentes

Remember how there was all that talk last week about passing the reproductive rights torch? It started with Michael Winerip’s New York Times piece, where Sally Burgess, executive director of the Hope clinic, who is also chairwoman of the National Abortion Federation, said: “What I observe for women in their 20s and 30s — there are fewer who really have the fire in the belly for this.” Then it devolved from there with Debra Dickersen over at MotherJones.com, demanding “Tell me exactly what today’s feminists are doing for the struggle.”
Well, feministing has teamed up with the National Network of Abortion Funds to answer that question in a very tangible way, bringing you the real stories/insights/lives ...

Remember how there was all that talk last week about passing the reproductive rights torch? It started with Michael Winerip’s New York Times piece, where Sally Burgess, executive director of the Hope clinic, who is ...