Our bodies belong to us! Exploring female power and autonomy with activist Mara Olariaga

In this episode I talk to Mara Ricoy Olariaga also known as Matriactivista, a birth educator, activist, radical feminist, poet, writer and medical interpreter.

Mara founded the global movement against obstetric violence known as The Roses Revolution, and has published 3 books in Spanish about feminism, birth and its representation in media and movies. She is also a mother of three children, and the lead in Sexual and Reproductive Rights for the feminist organisation FiLiA.

To find out more about Mara go to: https://www.matriactivista.com/

Information about FiLiA can be found at: https://www.filia.org.uk/

You can get a copy of Give Birth like a Feminist from any good bookshop: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Give-Birth-Like-Feminist-choices/dp/000831313X/