FiLiA Podcasts
246 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsFiLiA is a UK-based feminist charity, platforming and connecting women through our annual conference, blog posts, and podcasts. Listen to women sharing stories, wisdom, experience, feminism, sisterhood and solidarity. Find us at: www.filia.org.uk
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#096 FiLiA meets: Harriet Wistrich
August 26, 2020 08:40 - 49 minutes - 42.2 MBHarriet Wistrich is founder and director of the Centre for Womens Justice 2016, a multi partner organisation aimed at bringing cases holding the state to account in relation to violence against women and girls. She is also a solicitor of many years experience, winner of the Liberty Human Rights Lawyer of the Year award 2014 and Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year 2018. She also a founder of the campaign group Justice for Women and trustee of the charity, the Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize. She has a...
FiLiA meets: Audrey Ludwig - Sex, Gender Identity and UK Equality law
August 17, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 33.3 MBAudrey Ludwig is a discrimination solicitor who, unusually, puts her head above the parapet on social media. She tweets openly as @AudreySuffolk about her subject. As part of Audrey’s commitment to public legal education, she gives her general opinion where she thinks people have got rights under Equality law. More recently, she has done so with regards to the heated gender identity/trans rights versus women’s rights conflict. She tweets politely and tries to assume interest and goodwill fro...
#095 FiLiA meets: Audrey Ludwig - Sex, Gender Identity and UK Equality law
August 17, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 33.3 MBAudrey Ludwig is a discrimination solicitor who, unusually, puts her head above the parapet on social media. She tweets openly as @AudreySuffolk about her subject. As part of Audrey’s commitment to public legal education, she gives her general opinion where she thinks people have got rights under Equality law. More recently, she has done so with regards to the heated gender identity/trans rights versus women’s rights conflict. She tweets politely and tries to assume interest and goodwill fro...
FiLiA Campaign: Support Lesbians in Kakuma Refugee Camp. We need your help.
August 12, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 61 MBWe spoke to lesbians living in block 13 of Kakuma refugee camp Kelly, Eva, Keryn, Juliet, Seema, Latifah, Ann-Marie, Brenda and Regina. Escaping violence and lesbophobia in their home country, these women are sent by UNHCR to Kakuma refugee camp. As they are seeking asylum due to their sexuality they are put in the LGBT Block 13. This identifies them to other refugees in the camp and they suffer ongoing violence and abuse as a result. The UNHCR and Police have been informed of these crimes ...
#094 FiLiA Campaign: Support Lesbians in Kakuma Refugee Camp. We need your help.
August 12, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 61 MBWe spoke to lesbians living in block 13 of Kakuma refugee camp Kelly, Eva, Keryn, Juliet, Seema, Latifah, Ann-Marie, Brenda and Regina. Escaping violence and lesbophobia in their home country, these women are sent by UNHCR to Kakuma refugee camp. As they are seeking asylum due to their sexuality they are put in the LGBT Block 13. This identifies them to other refugees in the camp and they suffer ongoing violence and abuse as a result. The UNHCR and Police have been informed of these crimes ...
#093 FiLiA meets: Serenity Rose
August 11, 2020 11:12 - 23 minutes - 11.7 MBSerenity Rose is heading a London-based survivor-led campaign, together with The Public Interest Law Centre, aimed at receiving justice, social change and acknowledgement of the harms done to women previously denied access to safety when applying for housing assistance after fleeing abuse and violence against women & girls. After the landmark amendment to the Domestic Abuse Bill, women now have a legislative right to help but historical systemic failures to safeguard often hold lifelong repe...
FiLiA meets: Serenity Rose
August 11, 2020 11:12 - 23 minutes - 11.7 MBSerenity Rose is heading a London-based survivor-led campaign, together with The Public Interest Law Centre, aimed at receiving justice, social change and acknowledgement of the harms done to women previously denied access to safety when applying for housing assistance after fleeing abuse and violence against women & girls. After the landmark amendment to the Domestic Abuse Bill, women now have a legislative right to help but historical systemic failures to safeguard often hold lifelong repe...
#092 FiLiA meets: Vaishnavi Sundar
July 31, 2020 17:22 - 58 minutes - 33.6 MBVaishnavi Sundar is a self-taught filmmaker, writer, and grassroots activist. She is from Chennai, in the south of India. Vaishnavi produced and directed India's first feature-length documentary, called But What Was She Wearing? She is the alumna of the prestigious International Visitor Leadership Program, a professional exchange program funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Vaishnavi is the founder of Women Making Films, which is known for its...
FiLiA meets: Vaishnavi Sundar
July 31, 2020 17:22 - 58 minutes - 33.6 MBVaishnavi Sundar is a self-taught filmmaker, writer, and grassroots activist. She is from Chennai, in the south of India. Vaishnavi produced and directed India's first feature-length documentary, called But What Was She Wearing? She is the alumna of the prestigious International Visitor Leadership Program, a professional exchange program funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Vaishnavi is the founder of Women Making Films, which is known for its...
FiLiA meets: Tegan Larin
July 17, 2020 08:21 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBTegan Larin is a member of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Australia (CATWA), a feminist organisation that works to end all forms of sexual exploitation of women. She has several years experience volunteering at front-line organisations in Melbourne that support women in prostitution as well as women who have been trafficked. Tegan completed a Masters of International Relations at the University of Melbourne including a semester at Humboldt University in Berlin where she focused o...
#091 FiLiA meets: Tegan Larin
July 17, 2020 08:21 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBTegan Larin is a member of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Australia (CATWA), a feminist organisation that works to end all forms of sexual exploitation of women. She has several years experience volunteering at front-line organisations in Melbourne that support women in prostitution as well as women who have been trafficked. Tegan completed a Masters of International Relations at the University of Melbourne including a semester at Humboldt University in Berlin where she focused o...
FiLiA discusses: Transgendering Children with Heather Brunskell-Evans
July 16, 2020 18:35 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBDr Heather Brunskell-Evans is an academic, philosopher, social theorist and feminist activist. She specialises in analysing the politics of the body. Heather’s most recent book Transgender and Body Politics is published by Spinifex Press later in 2020. Heather is a passionate advocate for women’s sex based rights and co-writer of the Women’s Declaration of Human Rights. Heather has co-edited two books on the subject of transgender children and young people together with Professor Michele Moo...
#090 FiLiA discusses: Transgendering Children with Heather Brunskell-Evans
July 16, 2020 18:35 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBDr Heather Brunskell-Evans is an academic, philosopher, social theorist and feminist activist. She specialises in analysing the politics of the body. Heather’s most recent book Transgender and Body Politics is published by Spinifex Press later in 2020. Heather is a passionate advocate for women’s sex based rights and co-writer of the Women’s Declaration of Human Rights. Heather has co-edited two books on the subject of transgender children and young people together with Professor Michele Moo...
#089 FiLiA meets: Kathomi Gatwiri
June 30, 2020 09:00 - 47 minutes - 25 MBDr Kathomi Gatwiri is an award-winning researcher and teacher. She is based at Southern Cross University on the Gold Coast Queensland where she teaches in the School of Arts and Social Science across a range of subjects. She completed her PhD with a thesis (and subsequent book) on ‘African womanhood, health, sexuality and incontinent bodies: A case of Kenyan Women living with vaginal fistula’. She has a Master of counselling and psychotherapy, and a Bachelor of Social Work with first class h...
FiLiA meets: Kathomi Gatwiri
June 30, 2020 09:00 - 47 minutes - 25 MBDr Kathomi Gatwiri is an award-winning researcher and teacher. She is based at Southern Cross University on the Gold Coast Queensland where she teaches in the School of Arts and Social Science across a range of subjects. She completed her PhD with a thesis (and subsequent book) on ‘African womanhood, health, sexuality and incontinent bodies: A case of Kenyan Women living with vaginal fistula’. She has a Master of counselling and psychotherapy, and a Bachelor of Social Work with first class h...
FiLiA meets: Daisy Haynes
June 18, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 127 MBDaisy is a perpetually exhausted autist and chronically ill home-educating mother of seven. She is an English literature student and a working-class radical feminist. She can sometimes be found writing things on Medium, but most of her activism takes place on social media platforms. Daisy joins FiLiA’s spokeswoman Gemma Aitchison for a discussion about class, how women are kept in poverty and impacted by the welfare state. Read Daisy’s essays on Medium Follow Daisy on Twitter
#088 FiLiA meets: Daisy Haynes
June 18, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 127 MBDaisy is a perpetually exhausted autist and chronically ill home-educating mother of seven. She is an English literature student and a working-class radical feminist. She can sometimes be found writing things on Medium, but most of her activism takes place on social media platforms. Daisy joins FiLiA’s spokeswoman Gemma Aitchison for a discussion about class, how women are kept in poverty and impacted by the welfare state. Read Daisy’s essays on Medium Follow Daisy on Twitter
#087 FiLiA meets: Zara
June 14, 2020 13:28 - 18 minutes - 7 MBZara is a survivor of childhood sexual exploitation and abuse, trafficking and domestic violence. After experiencing twelve years of systematic sanctioned homelessness she turned her passions towards campaigning for better safeguarding, housing and equality for survivors of abuse. Zara is an advocate for women’s independence, freedom and personal empowerment of choice through the means of fundamental rights to safety and exiting from persecution. On this podcast, Zara spoke to Sadia Hameed ...
FiLiA meets: Zara
June 14, 2020 13:28 - 18 minutes - 7 MBZara is a survivor of childhood sexual exploitation and abuse, trafficking and domestic violence. After experiencing twelve years of systematic sanctioned homelessness she turned her passions towards campaigning for better safeguarding, housing and equality for survivors of abuse. Zara is an advocate for women’s independence, freedom and personal empowerment of choice through the means of fundamental rights to safety and exiting from persecution. On this podcast, Zara spoke to Sadia Hameed ...
FiLiA meets: Robyn Boosey
June 13, 2020 08:02 - 36 minutes - 14.4 MBOn the 8th anniversary of the UK signing the Istanbul Convention, Director of IC Change Robyn Boosey talks to FiLiA’s Policy Assistant, Adeline, about why ratifying the Convention could be so life-changing for many women in the UK. Robyn Boosey is the co-director of the IC Change campaign, and Manager of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne's Preventing Violence Against Women Program. She was previously the policy lead on West and Central Africa at Tearfund. Useful links Sign and share the I...
FiLiA meets: Robin Boosey
June 13, 2020 08:02 - 36 minutes - 14.4 MBOn the 8th anniversary of the UK signing the Istanbul Convention, Director of IC Change Robyn Boosey talks to FiLiA’s Policy Assistant, Adeline, about why ratifying the Convention could be so life-changing for many women in the UK. Robyn Boosey is the co-director of the IC Change campaign, and Manager of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne's Preventing Violence Against Women Program. She was previously the policy lead on West and Central Africa at Tearfund. Useful links Sign and share the I...
#086 FiLiA meets: Robyn Boosey
June 13, 2020 08:02 - 36 minutes - 14.4 MBOn the 8th anniversary of the UK signing the Istanbul Convention, Director of IC Change Robyn Boosey talks to FiLiA’s Policy Assistant, Adeline, about why ratifying the Convention could be so life-changing for many women in the UK. Robyn Boosey is the co-director of the IC Change campaign, and Manager of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne's Preventing Violence Against Women Program. She was previously the policy lead on West and Central Africa at Tearfund. Useful links Sign and share the I...
FiLiA meets: Wanda Wyporska
June 10, 2020 07:00 - 33 minutes - 21 MBDr Wanda Wyporska, Executive Director of the Equality Trust, talks to FiLiA’s Public Policy Assistant Adeline about the 50th Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, and why more work needs to be done to ensure women are being given a fair deal. Dr Wanda Wyporska, FRSA, is Executive Director at The Equality Trust, the national charity that campaigns to reduce social and economic inequality. She is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of York, a trustee of ACEVO (Association of Chief Execut...
#085 FiLiA meets: Wanda Wyporska
June 10, 2020 07:00 - 33 minutes - 21 MBDr Wanda Wyporska, Executive Director of the Equality Trust, talks to FiLiA’s Public Policy Assistant Adeline about the 50th Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, and why more work needs to be done to ensure women are being given a fair deal. Dr Wanda Wyporska, FRSA, is Executive Director at The Equality Trust, the national charity that campaigns to reduce social and economic inequality. She is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of York, a trustee of ACEVO (Association of Chief Execut...
FiLiA meets: Rebecca Mordan
June 09, 2020 19:01 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MBRebecca Mordan spoke with Sally Jackson prior to the FiLiA Conference in 2019 about her work and the amazing Greenham Women Everywhere project, which was shown at FiLiA in Bradford. After graduating from Bristol Old Vic and working in film, theatre and television, Rebecca became disillusioned by the dearth of roles and opportunities for women. A dynamic and enterprising artist, she created her own company Scary Little Girls to try and ‘level the playing field’, populating stories with fasc...
#084 FiLiA meets: Rebecca Mordan
June 09, 2020 19:01 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MBRebecca Mordan spoke with Sally Jackson prior to the FiLiA Conference in 2019 about her work and the amazing Greenham Women Everywhere project, which was shown at FiLiA in Bradford. After graduating from Bristol Old Vic and working in film, theatre and television, Rebecca became disillusioned by the dearth of roles and opportunities for women. A dynamic and enterprising artist, she created her own company Scary Little Girls to try and ‘level the playing field’, populating stories with fasc...
FiLiA meets: Esua Jane Goldsmith
June 09, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 40.9 MBEsuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith is a writer, feminist activist and development consultant of English – Ghanaian heritage. In 1975 she was the first woman of colour to be elected President of Leicester University Student’s Union, in 2001 she became the first woman of colour to be elected Chair of the Fawcett Society. In 1977-9 Esua served as one of the first black volunteers to be sent on Voluntary Service Overseas in Tanzania. She is a woman of firsts. This podcast talks with Esua about her first ...
#083 FiLiA meets: Esua Jane Goldsmith
June 09, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 40.9 MBEsuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith is a writer, feminist activist and development consultant of English – Ghanaian heritage. In 1975 she was the first woman of colour to be elected President of Leicester University Student’s Union, in 2001 she became the first woman of colour to be elected Chair of the Fawcett Society. In 1977-9 Esua served as one of the first black volunteers to be sent on Voluntary Service Overseas in Tanzania. She is a woman of firsts. This podcast talks with Esua about her first ...
FiLiA meets: Laura Richards
June 08, 2020 08:13 - 1 hour - 24.4 MBLaura Richards BSc, MSc. MBPsS is an award winning and world-renowned criminal behavioural analyst, investigator and advocate. On this podcast, Laura joins Gemma Aitchison in conversation about her current vital campaign to protect women and girls from male violence and abuse: that serial stalkers and domestic violence offenders will be included on a Serial Perpetrator Register. Laura explains why “A cultural shift is urgently needed, one where we prioritise and focus on the perpetrator, ask...
#082 FiLiA meets: Laura Richards
June 08, 2020 08:13 - 1 hour - 24.4 MBLaura Richards BSc, MSc. MBPsS is an award winning and world-renowned criminal behavioural analyst, investigator and advocate. On this podcast, Laura joins Gemma Aitchison in conversation about her current vital campaign to protect women and girls from male violence and abuse: that serial stalkers and domestic violence offenders will be included on a Serial Perpetrator Register. Laura explains why “A cultural shift is urgently needed, one where we prioritise and focus on the perpetrator, ask...
FiLiA meets: Mia
June 02, 2020 08:55 - 40 minutes - 36.4 MBMia is a radical feminist, mother and leftist and kickboxer. She was born in Sarajevo and moved with her family to Slovenija in summer of 1994, after the war ended in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Her family was communist leaning atheists, and Muslims by heritage. Mia is an anti-theist. Mia cares deeply about the rights of women and girls, and the harms they suffer under patriarchy including religious oppression, commodification of women’s bodies (such as in prostitution and pornography), domestic...
#081 FiLiA meets: Mia
June 02, 2020 08:55 - 40 minutes - 36.4 MBMia is a radical feminist, mother and leftist and kickboxer. She was born in Sarajevo and moved with her family to Slovenija in summer of 1994, after the war ended in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Her family was communist leaning atheists, and Muslims by heritage. Mia is an anti-theist. Mia cares deeply about the rights of women and girls, and the harms they suffer under patriarchy including religious oppression, commodification of women’s bodies (such as in prostitution and pornography), domestic...
FiLiA meets: Marie Laguerre
May 26, 2020 15:10 - 52 minutes - 19.2 MBMarie Laguerre is a French feminist and author. She was assaulted on the street by a man during the summer of 2018. She posted the video of the attack online, which became viral and drew media attention. Marie used the opportunity to raise awareness about violence against women and sexism in general. The man who physically assaulted her was convicted to prison. The event also led to her being harassed online by hundreds of people, mostly men. On this podcast, Marie speaks to FiLiA spokeswoma...
#080 FiLiA meets: Marie Laguerre
May 26, 2020 15:10 - 52 minutes - 19.2 MBMarie Laguerre is a French feminist and author. She was assaulted on the street by a man during the summer of 2018. She posted the video of the attack online, which became viral and drew media attention. Marie used the opportunity to raise awareness about violence against women and sexism in general. The man who physically assaulted her was convicted to prison. The event also led to her being harassed online by hundreds of people, mostly men. On this podcast, Marie speaks to FiLiA spokeswoma...
#079 FiLiA Meets: Women Talk Back!
May 22, 2020 16:49 - 1 hour - 139 MBThe Feminist Student Society at the University of Bristol, Women Talk Back! provides a space for women to engage in lively discussion and debate. They are in pursuit of global liberation from all forms of patriarchy. They therefore centre all women who experience misogyny, but who may also face racism, anti-lesbianism, classism and other forms of structural discrimination that arise from male domination. Women Talk Back! are committed to the power of sisterhood and believe that it is only t...
FiLiA Meets: Women Talk Back!
May 22, 2020 16:49 - 1 hour - 139 MBThe Feminist Student Society at the University of Bristol, Women Talk Back! provides a space for women to engage in lively discussion and debate. They are in pursuit of global liberation from all forms of patriarchy. They therefore centre all women who experience misogyny, but who may also face racism, anti-lesbianism, classism and other forms of structural discrimination that arise from male domination. Women Talk Back! are committed to the power of sisterhood and believe that it is only t...
FiLiA meets: Rahila Gupta
May 21, 2020 11:09 - 47 minutes - 31.2 MBRahila Gupta is a writer, journalist and activist. She has published a number of books, short stories and poems, including Don’t Wake Me: The Ballad of Nihal Armstrong and Enslaved: The New British Slavery. Rahila has been involved with Southall Black Sisters for many years. She joins Sally Jackson in conversation about her work, the importance of stories, the significance of women organising in Rojava and exploring themes such as disability, inclusion, displacement and survival. Rahila’s w...
#078 FiLiA meets: Rahila Gupta
May 21, 2020 11:09 - 47 minutes - 31.2 MBRahila Gupta is a writer, journalist and activist. She has published a number of books, short stories and poems, including Don’t Wake Me: The Ballad of Nihal Armstrong and Enslaved: The New British Slavery. Rahila has been involved with Southall Black Sisters for many years. She joins Sally Jackson in conversation about her work, the importance of stories, the significance of women organising in Rojava and exploring themes such as disability, inclusion, displacement and survival. Rahila’s w...
FiLiA Meets: Jo Bartosch - Click Off
May 14, 2020 22:46 - 43 minutes - 16.5 MBJo Bartosch is a feminist writer and campaigner against the sex industry. She is the Founder and Director the of anti-pornography think tank Click Off. Click Off draws on feminist knowledge and aims to raise awareness about the harms of pornography, to share learning with legislators and to build a movement against pornography in the UK. Jo joins FiLiA’s Spokeswoman Gemma Aitchison in a discussion about why feminists should oppose pornography and its objectification of women, and how to get ...
#077 FiLiA Meets: Jo Bartosch - Click Off
May 14, 2020 22:46 - 43 minutes - 16.5 MBJo Bartosch is a feminist writer and campaigner against the sex industry. She is the Founder and Director the of anti-pornography think tank Click Off. Click Off draws on feminist knowledge and aims to raise awareness about the harms of pornography, to share learning with legislators and to build a movement against pornography in the UK. Jo joins FiLiA’s Spokeswoman Gemma Aitchison in a discussion about why feminists should oppose pornography and its objectification of women, and how to get ...
FiLiA meets: Sam Smethers
May 09, 2020 15:40 - 36 minutes - 14.8 MBSam Smethers talks to FiLiA’s Policy Assistant, Alice, about the UK Government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and the unseen impact on some of the most vulnerable women in society. The Fawcett Society is the UK’s leading charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights. Sam Smethers is the Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society and took up her post in 2015. Prior to that she was the Chief Executive of Grandparents Plus for over six years. She had previously worked for the E...
#076 FiLiA meets: Sam Smethers
May 09, 2020 15:40 - 36 minutes - 14.8 MBSam Smethers talks to FiLiA’s Policy Assistant, Alice, about the UK Government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and the unseen impact on some of the most vulnerable women in society. The Fawcett Society is the UK’s leading charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights. Sam Smethers is the Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society and took up her post in 2015. Prior to that she was the Chief Executive of Grandparents Plus for over six years. She had previously worked for the E...
#075 FiLiA meets: Saba Ismail
May 04, 2020 12:00 - 55 minutes - 21 MBSaba Ismail has been advocating for women’s rights since she was a teenager, co-founding the organisation Aware Girls with her sister Gulalai. Gulalai’s work focuses on sexual violence in armed conflict, the dangers of radicalisation and the abuse of women: “We cannot have peace without gender equality, and without gender equality we cannot have peace. These two things are linked.” Because of this activism, the family has been attacked and Gulalai forced to flee Pakistan. Since Saba’s discus...
FiLiA meets: Saba Ismail
May 04, 2020 12:00 - 55 minutes - 21 MBSaba Ismail has been advocating for women’s rights since she was a teenager, co-founding the organisation Aware Girls with her sister Gulalai. Gulalai’s work focuses on sexual violence in armed conflict, the dangers of radicalisation and the abuse of women: “We cannot have peace without gender equality, and without gender equality we cannot have peace. These two things are linked.” Because of this activism, the family has been attacked and Gulalai forced to flee Pakistan. Since Saba’s discus...
FiLiA meets: Hilla Kerner
April 30, 2020 15:20 - 38 minutes - 25 MBHilla Kerner is a feminist who works with Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter, the longest standing rape crisis centre in Canada. She joins Sadia Hameed in a conversation about Cindy Gladue, a mother and Indigenous woman involved in prostitution who was killed at the age of 36. In a shocking and disturbing trial, her accused killer was acquitted of murder. Cindy Gladue's case has become emblematic of the abuse and injustice faced by Indigenous women and girls in Canada, and the lack of...
#074 FiLiA meets: Hilla Kerner
April 30, 2020 15:20 - 38 minutes - 25 MBHilla Kerner is a feminist who works with Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter, the longest standing rape crisis centre in Canada. She joins Sadia Hameed in a conversation about Cindy Gladue, a mother and Indigenous woman involved in prostitution who was killed at the age of 36. In a shocking and disturbing trial, her accused killer was acquitted of murder. Cindy Gladue's case has become emblematic of the abuse and injustice faced by Indigenous women and girls in Canada, and the lack of...
FiLiA discusses: Government consultation on pre-charge bail with Sarah Learmonth
April 17, 2020 10:37 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBSarah and Alice discuss the current Government consultation on pre-charge bail, and why a change in police practice is needed to protect victims-survivors of rape, domestic abuse and stalking. Sarah Learmonth is a committed advocate for women and girls. She worked for 8 years as the Communications Officer for a Rape Crisis Centre and holds an MA in Woman and Child Abuse. Her dissertation study, which focused on the use of bail in rape cases, has been referenced by such institutions as HMICF...
#073 FiLiA discusses: Government consultation on pre-charge bail with Sarah Learmonth
April 17, 2020 10:37 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBSarah and Alice discuss the current Government consultation on pre-charge bail, and why a change in police practice is needed to protect victims-survivors of rape, domestic abuse and stalking. Sarah Learmonth is a committed advocate for women and girls. She worked for 8 years as the Communications Officer for a Rape Crisis Centre and holds an MA in Woman and Child Abuse. Her dissertation study, which focused on the use of bail in rape cases, has been referenced by such institutions as HMICF...
FiLiA introduces our Spokeswoman: Raquel Rosario Sánchez
April 15, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 24 MBRaquel Rosario Sánchez is a writer, campaigner and researcher from the Dominican Republic. She became Spokeswoman for FiLiA on 25 November 2019, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Today, we are delighted to broadcast our first podcast with her. Raquel specialises in ending male violence against girls and women. She is a featured writer at Dominican newspaper El Caribe and Spanish platform Tribuna Feminista. She was a contributor for Feminist Current and is ...
#072 FiLiA introduces our Spokeswoman: Raquel Rosario Sánchez
April 15, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 24 MBRaquel Rosario Sánchez is a writer, campaigner and researcher from the Dominican Republic. She became Spokeswoman for FiLiA on 25 November 2019, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Today, we are delighted to broadcast our first podcast with her. Raquel specialises in ending male violence against girls and women. She is a featured writer at Dominican newspaper El Caribe and Spanish platform Tribuna Feminista. She was a contributor for Feminist Current and is ...