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By Masum Momaya

“In our struggle for equality, we tend to forget that women are also mothers (if they chose to be). The rights of mothers are also women's rights” says Aleksandra Miletić-Šantić, a lawyer and single mother of three children.

The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) - advocating for free, safe, and legal abortion in Ireland - has been an AWID member since May 2015. It is a grassroots, non-hierarchical, all-volunteer organization and is autonomous in its pro-choice activism.

Iniobong, an AWID member since January 2015, is an Irish citizen with Nigerian roots. She was forced to leave Nigeria after experiencing domestic, abuse.

Marianna Karakoulaki is an AWID member since January. Living in a village at the Greek-Macedonian border, she has been covering the refugee crisis as a freelance journalist. In her work, Marianna tries to focus on feminist subjects aiming to give voice to those on the margins.

Since 1975, the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) has worked nationally and internationally for the decriminalisation of sex work and towards safer working conditions for sex workers.