Our Team
Our team is driven by feminist values
Venny Ala-Siurua
Executive Director
North America
Venny holds a MSc in International Development and BA in Political Science. She brings almost 15 years of international experience in coordinating health and social protection programs in the non-profit sector. She has worked on multiple levels from multilateral organizations to international NGOs and grassroots organizations. She is active in the global digital rights movement and feels passionate about connecting digital and abortion rights.
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Veronica Fernandez Montes
Operations Manager
Europe
Veronica Fernandez Montes holds an MSc in Global Health from the Karolinska Institute. She has a strong background and extensive experience in the healthcare sector, particularly in supporting people with disabilities. Her professional and volunteer efforts have taken her across various countries in Europe, Africa, and Latin America. For over a decade, she has passionately advocated for sexual and reproductive health and rights. She is also dedicated to integrating feminism into management practices.
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Daniela Andreassi
Helpdesk Coordinator and LATAM Outreach Coordinator
Latin America
Daniela joined Women on Web in 2022. She has an extensive history of activism and has been a dedicated advocate for legal, free and safe abortion in Argentina for many years. Daniela is also an integral part of grassroots feminist accompaniment networks, that have contributed significantly to the advancement of reproductive rights in the region. She is a ceramist and has a Master’s degree in Aesthetics and Art Theory.
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Sangeetha Permalsamy
Outreach Coordinator
Asia
Sangeetha holds an MA in Gender and Women’s Studies and Sociology and a BSc in Nutrition and Community Health. She currently leads Women on Web’s outreach initiatives in the Asia and Pacific region. She brings over 9 years of experience managing multi-country sexual and reproductive health projects and sees project management as a space for creative problem-solving.
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Amalia Puri Handayani
Asia Outreach Coordinator
Asia
Amalia holds a MSi in Women Studies and MA in Development Studies. She has been working with Women on Web since 2015. Currently, she is one of the Helpdesk Coordinator as well as the Asia Outreach Coordinator. For more than 15 years, she has been engaging with NGOs. She is active as a social science researcher and involved in PurpleCode Collective who focus on feminist principles on the internet.
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Hazal Atay
Research Coordinator
Europe
Hazal Altay is Women on Web’s Research Coordinator and consultant to the WHO, where she works on their GAPD – The Global Abortion Policies Database. Ms. Altay holds a Master’s of Political Science, and has taught at the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). Her research focuses on the fields of Gender Studies and addresses the social impacts of abortions. You can find her articles on the platform “The Conversation”, or dive into her research in studies like “Why Women Choose At-Home Abortion via Teleconsultation in France”.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hazal-atay-60550367/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hazal-Atay-2
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RKJSZn8AAAAJ&hl=en
https://independent.academia.edu/HazalAtay
https://theconversation.com/profiles/hazal-atay-476947/articles
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Hannes-Jeremia Jaacks
Strategic Online Marketing
Europe
Hannes-Jeremia holds a Diploma in Sociology but works as an online marketing consultant, helping Women on Web reach people all over the world despite barriers like censorship or google algorithm updates. Hannes-Jeremia is passionate about making the world a better place and works mostly for non-profits and foundations, claiming to do online marketing with a difference. He does this by translating his clients’ political goals into marketing goals and the methods to achieve them. You can find out more about his work on https://whosearchesfinds.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannesjaacks/
https://seocommunity.social/@hannesjaacks
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Help desk team
Our help desk is central to our service, consisting of 28 members from 18 countries. They undergo rigorous training to ensure high-quality service and support. Available 24/7, 365 days in 16 languages, our help desk is the vital link between our care-seekers, medical team, and access to abortion information and pills.
Medical Team
Our medical team consists of 5 physicians with extensive knowledge and experience in remote abortion care. They review online consultations, answer medical questions and carry out training for our help desk. Our medical team recognizes self-management as a legitimate pathway to abortion and supports our care-seekers in their different self-care journeys.
Board of directors
Our Board of Directors comprises 4 Directors with combined backgrounds in abortion provision, research, non-profit management and law. They are responsible for the governance of Women on Web.
Contributors
Our contributors consist of authors, reviewers, and translators who together develop evidence-based, inclusive, and localized abortion information.
Contributors
