From classroom to courtroom, from policy rooms to protest lines, Dr. Socorro Reyes has spent decades fighting for women's rights across Asia and beyond. In this captivating conversation, she reveals how personal experiences – watching her mother navigate a patriarchal household and later becoming a solo parent herself – laid the foundation for her feminist journey.  Her insights challenge us to examine where our movements have flourished and fallen short - and how intergenerational feminism must continue, grounded in work with women at the grassroots, where real change happens at community level.

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