Frescia Carrasco, Peru

Photo by Madeline Djerejian

"Those of us in the women's movement have to open a space for dialogue with younger women, and be receptive to what they bring. A young leader said to me, 'I don't want to feel like a replacement.' We need to build the possibility of working together respectfully. Otherwise, we're in the difficult position of just trying to give advice to the young ones. They have different ideas. And maybe we can learn from them, and we might find answers to questions or issues that we couldn't find in the ways we have been thinking until now."

About Frescia

Frescia Carrasco is a psychologist, feminist activist, and member of the governing body of the Movimiento Manuela Ramos, a leading women's health and rights organization in Peru. She has provided a strong voice in the Latina American and Caribbean Women's Health Network and the Latin American Women's Movement, and has played an important role in regional organizing for the Cairo and Beijing conferences.

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