Irene //Garoës is a feminist activist from Namibia. Irene is working with women’s rights organisations (indigenous women, women who live under customary law, lesbian women and rural women) on training young people on issues of human rights, Sexual Reproductive and Human Rights (SRHR), conflict resolution and healing from violence, as well as organizing and coordinating training's with life skills teachers and religious leaders, training young women in self-defense and feminist leadership and movement building. Irene is passionate about poetry, storytelling and film-making.