The War Women Must Wage

Ingrid Rojas Contreras is a Colombian writer best known for her 2022 memoir The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir, which was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize for Memoir and the National Book Award for Nonfiction, as well as the National Book Critics Circle Award. She also won a Medal in Nonfiction from the California Book Awards for that work and was long-listed for a Carnegie Medal in Excellence in Nonfiction. Her first novel, Fruit of the Drunken Tree, won the California Book Award. Her essays and short stories have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, and The Paris Review, among others. Rojas was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, and immigrated to the United States at the age of 14. She teaches fiction at the University of San Francisco and is a visiting professor at Saint Mary's College of California.

Ingrid Rojas Contreras adalah penulis asal Kolombia yang dikenal lewat memoarnya tahun 2022, The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir. Buku ini menjadi finalis Pulitzer Prize untuk kategori Memoir, National Book Award untuk Nonfiksi, dan National Book Critics Circle Award. Ia juga meraih Medali Nonfiksi dari California Book Awards untuk karya tersebut, serta masuk daftar panjang Carnegie Medal in Excellence in Nonfiction. Novel pertamanya, Fruit of the Drunken Tree, memenangkan California Book Award. Esai dan cerita pendeknya telah terbit di The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, dan The Paris Review, di antara publikasi lainnya. Rojas lahir dan besar di Bogotá, Kolombia, lalu pindah ke Amerika Serikat pada usia 14 tahun. Ia mengajar fiksi di University of San Francisco dan menjadi profesor tamu di Saint Mary’s College of California.

Shiori Itō is a Japanese writer, journalist, and public speaker whose work focuses on gender equality and human rights issues. She gained international attention after speaking out about her experience of rape, a case that became a landmark for the MeToo movement in Japan. In 2017, Itō published her memoir Black Box, detailing her experience as a survivor of sexual violence. The book has been translated into eleven languages and received the Free Press Association of Japan’s Best Journalism Award. In 2024, her documentary Black Box Diaries premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was released to critical acclaim, garnering a Peabody Award and a nomination for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. Itō’s latest book, Swim Naked, published in 2024, explores vulnerability and healing. Named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in 2020, she lectures internationally on media ethics and survivors’ rights.

Shiori Itō adalah penulis, jurnalis, dan pembicara publik asal Jepang yang dikenal karena karyanya yang berfokus pada isu kesetaraan gender dan hak asasi manusia. Namanya mendapat perhatian internasional setelah secara terbuka mengungkapkan pengalamannya sebagai penyintas pemerkosaan, yang menjadi tonggak penting bagi gerakan MeToo di Jepang. Pada tahun 2017, Itō menerbitkan memoar berjudul Black Box yang menceritakan kisahnya sebagai penyintas kekerasan seksual. Buku ini telah diterjemahkan ke dalam sebelas bahasa dan meraih Penghargaan Jurnalisme Terbaik dari Free Press Association, Jepang. Pada 2024, film dokumenternya Black Box Diaries tayang perdana di Festival Film Sundance dan mendapat sambutan luar biasa. Film ini meraih Penghargaan Peabody dan masuk nominasi Film Dokumenter Terbaik di Academy Awards ke-97. Di tahun yang sama, Itō juga menerbitkan buku Swim Naked yang mengeksplorasi tema kerentanan dan proses penyembuhan. Pada 2020, ia terpilih sebagai salah satu dari 100 Tokoh Paling Berpengaruh versi TIME. Ia aktif berbicara di berbagai negara mengenai etika media dan hak-hak penyintas kekerasan seksual.

Virginia Haussegger is an Australian award-winning TV journalist and gender equity advocate who leads powerful conversations with leading thinkers. She has reported around the world for primetime Australian news programs and was lead anchor of ABC TV News Canberra for 15 years. Virginia’s commentary has been widely published, including in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Canberra Times. She is a Member of the Order of Australia and was named the 2019 ACT Australian of the Year. Virginia is Deputy Chair of the media think tank PIJI, the Public Interest Journalism Initiative. Her second book is Unfinished Revolution: The Feminist Fightback.

Virginia Haussegger adalah jurnalis televisi Australia peraih berbagai penghargaan dan advokat kesetaraan gender yang memandu diskusi penting dengan para pemikir terkenal. Ia telah melaporkan berita di seluruh dunia untuk program berita utama di Australia dan berperan sebagai pembawa berita utama di ABC TV News Canberra selama 15 tahun. Komentarnya banyak diterbitkan, termasuk di Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, dan The Canberra Times. Ia merupakan Anggota Order of Australia dan dinobatkan sebagai Australian of the Year wilayah ACT pada 2019. Virginia juga menjabat sebagai Wakil Ketua think tank media PIJI (Public Interest Journalism Initiative). Buku keduanya berjudul Unfinished Revolution: The Feminist Fightback.