Camila Cavalcante is a researcher, educator, and an award-winning visual artist, from the north-east coast of Brazil, settled in Scotland. Camila combines her passion for photography, feminism, and activism in her PhD at University of St Andrews, where she researches visual activism and sexual violence. With a background in journalism, she has completed an MA Photojournalism and MSc Applied Gender Studies. Camila is also committed to educating young people about gender-based violence and photography. Her artistic work explores empathy, social issues, and the status of women in society. She has taken part in three art residencies and over 30 exhibitions in Brazil, Mexico, France, The Netherlands, the US and the UK. More recently, she has published the bilingual book For the Lives of All Women, with Break the Habit Press, about the experiences of women who have gone through illegal abortions in Brazil.