Our Voices, Our Choices
22 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis series hands the microphone to people whose voices don’t often get heard - people now making choices which don’t conform to laws or customs - or whose views have long been disregarded, even censored. Its about communities fighting for basic human rights and its about the diverse tools of their struggles. We discover how women are securing their rights through political protest, we look in detail at women’s reproductive rights and we go into LGBT communities worldwide.
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Feminist Leadership: Leading with Courage and Compassion (3/3)
October 17, 2023 17:00 - 31 minutes - 26.3 MBJoin us for the grand finale of our 3-part series, where we shift our focus to feminist leadership on an individual level. This episode explores the personal challenges faced by those in leadership positions who strive to lead differently. Our journey begins with Helene, co-founder of Fair Share of Women Leaders, and continues with Vandita Morarka, CEO of One Future Collective. Vandita reveals the internal struggles and guilt that can accompany feminist leadership but offers a refreshing pers...
Feminist Leadership: Feminist Leadership in Action (2/3)
October 17, 2023 15:55 - 38 minutes - 31.4 MBIn episode two it’s all about feminist leadership in practice. We'll dive deep into organizations and institutions that embrace feminist leadership. And we find out that it's not a one-size-fits-all model but rather a dynamic, often context-specific approach. Our discussions feature insights from three remarkable women with extensive experience in feminist leadership on an institutional level: Lysa John, Secretary-General of CIVICUS; Leila Billing, a leading advocate for 'We Are Feminist Lead...
Feminist Leadership: Unveiling Feminist Leadership (1/3)
October 17, 2023 15:50 - 30 minutes - 25.4 MBIn the first episode of our 3-part series, we embark on an exploration of feminist leadership. What exactly is it, and what is it not? Join us as we uncover the beliefs and principles that underpin this transformative leadership approach. For this, we’ll hear from two remarkable women who've dedicated their lives to feminist causes. Srilatha Batliwala, a lifelong feminist activist and scholar from South India, shares her insights, emphasizing that feminist leadership goes beyond mere gender i...
A Feminist Development Policy: Beyond Representation (5/5)
January 26, 2023 09:25 - 47 minutes - 42.8 MBA Pathway Towards Feminist Global Collaboration What is the goal of representation and how can it be most meaningful within a process of Feminist Global Collaboration? In this final episode of the series, our host, Samie Blasingame, and three incredible guests discuss what representation is and what it is not, what it looks like to achieve representation in different spaces, and the dominant structures that start to shift when representation is done well. Tune in to hear thoughts and example...
A Feminist Development Policy: Funding beyond power differentials (4/5)
December 20, 2022 10:56 - 49 minutes - 44.6 MBFunds are constantly flowing but are they reaching the people and initiatives they should be? This episode we explore questions such as: how does funding reflect our priorities as a society; how can we build more trust between donor and grantees; and where do we need to be looking to ensure we are supporting feminist movements for social change? Tune in to hear some important critiques and valuable best practices to move the funding landscape toward more Feminist Global Collaboration. A po...
W7 – After the Summit: What have we achieved?
December 06, 2022 08:49 - 29 minutes - 28.4 MBW7 stands for Women 7 and is a global alliance of NGOs working for more gender justice at the G7. The Women 7 works every year in parallel with the G7. And because Germany holds the G7’s presidency for 2022, the Women 7 was organized this year by the National Council of German Women’s Organizations. For one year, 64 activists* from 24 countries considered the question: what must policymakers do to ensure greater gender justice worldwide? They then condensed their demands onto two pages before...
A Feminist Development Policy: Intersectionality, gender & the economy (3/5)
November 29, 2022 10:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBA Pathway Towards Feminist Global Collaboration In the third instalment of our five-episode series on feminist development policy we discuss how the tool of intersectionality can help us illuminate some of the root causes of inequality, which often go unquestioned. We discuss how the current and dominant economic system perpetuates gender, racial and many more injustices, while exploring alternatives that center human rights, gender justice and care. Join us as we hear what feminist developme...
Feminist Development Policy: Knowledge as Power (2/5)
October 20, 2022 09:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBA Pathway Towards Feminist Global Collaboration In the second instalment of our five-episode series on feminist development policy we discuss four aspects of Knowledge as Power that we believe need to be addressed in order to achieve more Feminist Global Collaboration: the different knowledge paradigms we value, the knowledge we exclude by prioritizing some over others, the phenomenon of knowledge extraction and reflecting on the knowledge held by who is actually doing development, and to wha...
Feminist Development Policy: An Introduction (1/5)
September 22, 2022 09:00 - 33 minutes - 32.2 MBA Pathway Towards Feminist Global Collaboration A debate is brewing in Germany concerning the implementation of a feminist development policy, but what will this look like in practice? How can feminist approaches challenge the current development narrative and pave the way towards a collaborative practice based on gender, racial, environmental and economic justice and solidarity? In this first instalment of a five-episode series on feminist development policy, we set the scene for debates to...
The Binary Narrative - Intersex (3/3) | Our Voices, Our Choices
June 08, 2022 09:00 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBWhat does it mean to have a body that the majority of society believes does not exist or should not exist? A body that exposes as a matter of opinion what many believe to be a fact? A body that goes beyond the narrow categories of man or woman? Julius Kaggwa from Uganda, Eliana Rubashkyn from New Zealand, and Irene Kuzemko from Moscow are intersex, or inter*. Actually, in all modern countries and societies, a binary understanding of gender dominates - allowing only two options: Man or Woman. ...
The Binary Narrative - Intergenderness (3/3) | Our Voices, Our Choices
June 08, 2022 09:00 - 36 minutesWhat does it mean to have a body that the majority of society believes does not exist or should not exist? A body that exposes as a matter of opinion what many believe to be a fact? A body that goes beyond the narrow categories of man or woman? Julius Kaggwa from Uganda, Eliana Rubashkyn from New Zealand, and Irene Kuzemko from Moscow are intersex, or inter*. Actually, in all modern countries and societies, a binary understanding of gender dominates - allowing only two options: Man or Woman....
The Binary Narrative - Transgenderness (2/3) | Our Voices, Our Choices
June 08, 2022 08:00 - 40 minutesThe binary gender narrative speaks of men and women. Those who in the course of their lives, do not identify with the gender assigned to them at birth are called transgender. What they are allowed to call themselves, what gender is written in their passport, who they are allowed to marry - all this is often not their decision or can only be fought for through expensive and humiliating procedures. Argentina is often cited as a role model when it comes to the rights of trans* people. But what ...
The Binary Narrative - Transgender (2/3) | Our Voices, Our Choices
June 08, 2022 08:00 - 40 minutes - 37.7 MBThe binary gender narrative speaks of men and women. Those who in the course of their lives, do not identify with the gender assigned to them at birth are called transgender. What they are allowed to call themselves, what gender is written in their passport, who they are allowed to marry - all this is often not their decision or can only be fought for through expensive and humiliating procedures. Argentina is often cited as a role model when it comes to the rights of trans* people. But what s...
The Binary Narrative – Why is it so prevalent? (1/3) | Our Voices, Our Choices
March 17, 2022 09:26 - 38 minutes - 35.9 MBThe Binary gender narrative is one which speaks strictly in terms of men and women. This division was strongly influenced by European Christian colonialism and is neither natural nor without alternatives. Yet each and every day, people all over the world either classify themselves within the binary narrative, or are classified by others: be it in conversations through the use of pronouns, or by going to a public restroom, which in so many cases, forces one to choose between these two poles. H...
Ecofeminism, social media & the Climate Crisis | Our Voices, Our Choices
January 15, 2021 07:08 - 21 minutes - 16.9 MBIn this episode, we talk to environmental activistsfrom Colombia, Pakistan and Zimbabwe about why the climate crisis is a feministissue and why the climate justice movement must embrace intersectionality inorder to affect more equitable change. We hear why we must do more than justlisten to climate activists calling out the lack of political will to keepfossil fuels in the ground, and instead listen to those on the ground who bring extensive knowledge and experience ofclimate change first han...
How do I prove I'm gay? Asylum hurdles for LGBT people | Our Voices, Our Choices
December 15, 2020 07:08 - 26 minutes - 21.2 MBDeeply intimate questions are often asked of people seeking asylum on the basis of their sexual orientation. Yet, few have ever dared live out their sexuality. This podcast listens to the global experiences of LGBT asylum applicants. Not only do fewer States grant asylum on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity but LGBT applicants struggle with issues of proof and credibility. Mohamed tells how German asylum officials overly rely on the narrow stereotype of the promiscuous gay m...
Social Media Justice | Our Voices, Our Choices
November 19, 2020 07:08 - 21 minutes - 17 MBIn this episode, we hear from feminist activists on three continents who, because of the coronavirus pandemic, are relying on social media to push equal rights legislation, focusing on issues that have been exacerbated by SARS-CoV-2. We hear about reduced abortion access from an American reproductive rights organisation that was launched unintentionally by a single tweet. We also talk about how the pandemic has stripped female Indian garment workers of hard-earned rights, hearing from a trade...
Feminist Digital Disruption during the Covid-19 Pandemic | Our Voices, Our Choices
August 27, 2020 07:08 - 18 minutes - 14.7 MBAs Covid-19 disrupts lives and societies across the globe, we talk to feminist activists about its intersection with gender and race. We hear how they’ve quickly adapted their digital practices, not only to circumvent the limitations of stay-at-home measures, but also as a means to tackle the virus’s impact on existing gender and racial inequalities. We hear how a Lebanese digital security expert has created a safe space for women and trans folks by ditching new technology for old and launchi...
Economic empowerment and gender justice in the MENA region | Our Voices, Our Choices
November 15, 2019 07:08 - 17 minutes - 14.3 MBCan economic rights alone bring radical change for women? In this podcast we go to the Middle East and north Africa to discover that real economic empowerment is about so much more than just jobs. It’s about dignity, power and daring to imagine. On a trip across the region we hear from Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia and Jordan. From sextortion to discriminatory laws, we learn about what’s holding women back and we discover how sustainable economic empowerment is tightly interwoven with gend...
My love, my right! LGBT lives on a knife-edge | Our Voices, Our Choices
May 03, 2019 07:07 - 19 minutes - 15.3 MBLGBT rights worldwide are on a knife-edge. This podcast probes the states taking progressive leaps in LGBT rights alongside the many places where homosexuality is still illegal and transgender people are forced to lead double lives. We go to Brazil for a mass gay wedding hosted in response to the election of President Jair Bolsonaro. We talk to the Indian man who helped topple a 160-year ban on homosexuality and we listen to political protest pop from Uganda from an activist risking her life ...
Women fight for reproductive rights | Our Voices, Our Choices
April 04, 2019 07:07 - 19 minutes - 15.9 MBWomen and girls just want to have fundamental human rights! That’s what we hear in this podcast. Yet many states restrict their reproductive rights and regulate abortion alongside murder in their criminal codes. This podcast takes us to Ireland to find out how they managed to liberalise a very strict 8th amendment. We learn about 11-year old Lucia, an Argentine denied her right to abortion, and about how Malawi is dragging its abortion laws out of the 1800s. Final stop is China where despite...
The power of female protest | Our Voices, Our Choices
March 07, 2019 07:07 - 15 minutes - 12.8 MBGlobal female protest is rocking the status quo. Unusually, it's mothers, daughters, even grandmothers coming together and discovering the power of protest, taking to the streets and to social media in unprecedented numbers. This is a podcast about women and their diverse tools of protest which are shifting mindsets and changing laws. We meet an American mum part of a quiet local movement which went unnoticed until it changed the face of US politics. We meet a Pakistani social media star who ...