Liz Cabrel, Manager/Goddess of MUSAS Peru, is the founder of www.vulvalucion.org, a sustainable development project that supports women artisans from the Andean region and works for their empowerment and economic independence. She works in a senior volunteer job based NGO in Lima, and she is also an activist supporting different groups for Gender issues, she is a member ILGA LAC. She has a Diploma in Sexual and Reproductive Health studies from INPPARES and National University Federico Villarreal. Liz is co-author of “Yo Amo Mi Vulva” (“I Love My Vulva”), a book of 28 photographs of vulvas accompanied by the testimonies of these 28 women volunteers who share their experiences and relationships to their vulvas, sexuality, and sex. The book makes visible the vulva, a part of the body in Peru that is often cloaked in secrecy and shame, with the goal of showing a variety of vulvas, all beautiful and perfect in their own ways. In addition, the book recounts stories from women of various ages, sexualities, ethnicities, and class backgrounds that reveal a wide range of experiences, from sexual violence, shame, hate, pleasure, love, and empowerment. http://www.yoamomivulva.org/.
