Carrie Shelver
January 28, 2026
TROUBLING THE SEXUAL RIGHTS AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SECTOR
My work has been to try to really force a different kind of conversation, a different kind of understanding and analysis of when we say sexual rights, what is that? For me, when I say sexual rights, it's impossible not to talk about economics. It's impossible not to talk about geopolitics. It's impossible not to talk about colonialism and imperialism and racism. It's absolutely impossible.
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Carrie Shelver
Carrie is a queer, feminist activist from South Africa, now living and working in Geneva. Carrie has degrees in political science and education, but most of what she has learned has been through almost three decades of activism. Since the late 90s, Carrie has been part of various social justice movements and activist groups— working on HIV and AIDS, sexuality, gender-based violence, forced migration, and economic justice. Carrie is devoted to direct action, popular education, and art-making for activism and movement building. Carrie was part of the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza in 2025.