For most of us who end up in feminism, who end up actively fighting for women’s rights - the consciousness that brought us here - came at a steep price.

Some of us got shocked into it, some of us went through a series of painful awakenings that forced us to search for an explanation, a framework by which to analyze the violations we had been subjected to or witnessed.

Our guest on this episode, Brazilian journalist Andreia Nobre, tells the story of her own harrowing awakenings, starting at the age of 8, that put her on a lifelong quest to make sense of the lack of safety, autonomy, and dignity she experienced as a girl, as a young woman, as a mother - in Brazil, in Portugal, and in the UK.

A passionate journalist and researcher, Andreia channeled her journey from silenced victim to outspoken survivor to wide awake activist, to report on the very dire reality women of the world still face - in the West, in so-called developing countries, and around the globe.