On Deck for Abortion Rights: Women on Waves Sails to Portugal

Susan Davies studied sociology in St. Paul, MN, where she also worked as a Spanish language interpreter and at a shelter for homeless youth. More recently, she was co-anchor of the feminist radio program Rebeldes Sin Sombra, Barcelona, where she also participated in campaigns for housing rights and immigrants rights. She has been working with Women on Waves since 2006.

Rebecca Gomperts studied medicine and visual arts in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She founded Women on Waves in 1999. Rebecca Gomperts received the Ms. magazine Women on the Year award (2001), the Women Making History award from Planned Parenthood of New York City, the Clara Meijer-Wichmann Penning (2002) from the Liga voor de rechten van de mens, and the Margaret Sanger Woman of Valor award from Planned Parenthood of New York City (2004).