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The Africa the World Needs - Cristina Duarte - UN Under-Secretary-General & Special Adviser on Africa

Awake At Night - June 16, 2023 06:37 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Cristina Duarte always brings great passion to any task she takes on. Now Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa, she works tirelessly to help the continent imagine a better tomorrow, one which not only meets its people’s needs, but also fulfills their dreams. “The Africa we wan...

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S3, E4: Climate-related Displacement and International Protection

Refugee Realities - June 12, 2023 05:47 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
How can we best protect people displaced for environmental reasons? In this episode María José Maldonado and Natalie Jade Catanach interview Manuel Marques Pereira, Head of Division of Migration, Environment, and Climate Change and Risk Reduction, at the International Organisation for M...

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Kayra Niebur — Rolling Out the Red Carpet for Tel Aviv’s Underground Sex Industry

Justice Matters with Tim Buxton - June 12, 2023 01:31 - 1 hour
In this episode, we're joined by Kayra Niebur, an inspiring young woman who serves as an assistant director at The Red Carpet in Tel Aviv. Kayra opens up not just about her transformative work serving alongside women involved in the underground sex industry in Tel Aviv, but also about her own li...

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S3, E3: Empowering Migrant and Refugee Women to Thrive: The gendered experiences of forced migration

Refugee Realities - June 11, 2023 13:25 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
How are refugee experiences gendered, and what is the role of education in empowering female migrants and refugees? In this episode, Freya Thompson chats with Olivia Darby, Chief Programmes Officer at the WONDER Foundation. A women-led charity, WONDER seeks to support women and girls th...

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S3, E2: The Possibilities of Refugee-led Action: perspectives from Turkey

Refugee Realities - June 11, 2023 13:16 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
What role can refugees themselves play in responding to displacement, and how can we improve mechanisms that allow displaced communities to have an input into relief efforts? In this episode, Yanis Amirat and Maud Guibert sit down with Farida Abdulrahman, a Syrian refugee and former Hea...

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S3, E1: Trampoline, an inspiring London-based café supporting Refugees’ journeys

Refugee Realities - June 11, 2023 12:34 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Accessing employment is a challenge facing many refugees wanting to integrate in a new country. Trampoline is a London-based café that aims to tackle this by providing refugees in the city with meaningful employment opportunities. In this episode, Rebecca Huggett, Sales Manager at Tramp...

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The Light in Their Eyes - Najat Maalla M'jid - UN Special Representative on Violence against Children

Awake At Night - June 09, 2023 04:22 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
A pediatrician by training, Najat Maalla M'jid has always been dedicated to rescuing children from suffering. Now United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, she works tirelessly to protect young people around the world. “What I learned in my li...

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Mohamed Emmanuel Nabieu - "My Long Journey Back Home"

Think Global, Do Justice - June 06, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
This week we have the privilege of delving deeper into the remarkable life story of Mohamed Emmanuel Nabieu. In his captivating memoir, My Long Journey Back Home, Nabs shares his resilient spirit and unwavering determination to overcome the challenges that marked his childhood and youth. In his ...

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Bringing Health to the World - Dr. David Nabarro - Special Envoy of the WHO Director-General on COVID-19

Awake At Night - June 02, 2023 15:04 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Dr. David Nabarro has dedicated his life to global health. After a long career that’s taken him from the horrors of war torn Iraq, to the devastating aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami, he is still spurred to action by the tremendous inequalities in global access to medical care. “The thing...

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The Missiles Don’t Stop Us - Denise Brown - UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine

Awake At Night - May 26, 2023 07:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Denise Brown knows what it takes to work under the shadow of war. As UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, she and her team must brave considerable risks as they strive to meet the colossal humanitarian needs of the Ukrainian people in the midst of a brutal war. “The missiles sl...

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Tiffany Bluhm - Confronting Abuse of Power and the Silencing of Victims

Think Global, Do Justice - May 23, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
This week we are joined by Tiffany Bluhm, the author of Prey Tell and Never Alone. She speaks at conferences, companies, and churches, and her work has been featured in Publisher’s Weekly, Sojourners, Red Letter Christians, the YouVersion Bible app, Jenny McCarthy Show, and more. She serves at t...

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Jason Johnson - An Honest Conversation Around Church and Foster Care

Think Global, Do Justice - May 09, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
This week, Jason Johnson from Christian Alliance for Orphans returns to the show. Jason is a writer and speaker who encourages families and equips church and organizational leaders on their foster care and adoption journeys. In this episode, Jason names and shares many of the struggles and chal...

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Tabea Oppliger — How Upcycling Kitesurfing Material Is Restoring Survivors of Human Trafficking | Kitepride

Justice Matters with Tim Buxton - May 03, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour
Tabea Oppliger was born in 1977 to Swiss parents and raised in Papua New Guinea, spending her first 16 years of life speaking mainly Pidgin English and English. Tabea then lived in Switzerland for 20 years for education and professional reasons where she also got married and gave birth to her th...

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Tabea Oppliger — How the Eco-Business of 'Kitepride' Empowers Survivors of Human Trafficking

Justice Matters with Tim Buxton - May 03, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour
Tabea Oppliger was born in 1977 to Swiss parents and raised in Papua New Guinea, spending her first 16 years of life speaking mainly Pidgin English and English. Tabea then lived in Switzerland for 20 years for education and professional reasons where she also got married and gave birth to her th...

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Kim de Blecourt - War Relief, Deported Children and the Ukrainian Church

Think Global, Do Justice - April 25, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
This week we've got Kim de Blecourt from Nourished Hearts back on the show to talk with us about their ministry in Ukraine, the effects of the war on vulnerable children and the importance of coming alongside indigenous churches. Nourished Hearts is a ministry that encourages, inspires, and crea...

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Kelly Forbes — Will AI Create a Better Future or Destroy the World As We Know It?

Justice Matters with Tim Buxton - April 13, 2023 19:45 - 1 hour
Kelly Forbes is the CEO and founder of the AI Asia Pacific Institute, a think tank and research organization that focuses on the impact of artificial intelligence on society. She has a deep understanding of both its potential and its pitfalls. Kelly is a frequent speaker at conferences and event...

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Kimberly Quinley - Family Care Through Collective Impact

Think Global, Do Justice - April 11, 2023 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
Kimberly Quinley, a pioneer of family-based care, has spent nearly 40 years serving in Thailand. She is the co-founder and Executive Director of Step Ahead, an organization committed to see all children in Thailand grow up in safe and nurturing families. Kimberly is a founding leader for Strong ...

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Lindsay Hadley - The "Uncharitable" Truth About Nonprofits

Think Global, Do Justice - March 28, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
In episode 219, Lindsay Hadley is on to discuss the upcoming release of the documentary "Uncharitable". After many years in the nonprofit sector, Lindsay has become one of the most sought-after consultants and producers. This conversation challenges us to envision an unconstrained nonprofit sect...

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Nick Ruiz — Discover the Organisation Flying Refugees to Safety Using Donated Airline Miles

Justice Matters with Tim Buxton - March 27, 2023 21:11 - 59 minutes
Nick serves as a co-founder at Miles4Migrants, supporting the technology development that powers our mission. Nick also piloted the original idea of using points and miles to reunite families by flying the family of a Pakistani Christian personal friend in Europe. He later shared this idea on wi...

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Maryna's Journey

Refugees at Work - March 22, 2023 18:36 - 15 minutes
In this episode, we speak to Maryna, a Ukrainian woman whose life was indelibly changed on February 24, 2022, when Russian forces invaded her hometown of Kharviv, in the east of the country. Though she happened to be outside of the country on holiday when the war initially broke out, she’s since...

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Oceans of Law

Migration Conversations - March 22, 2023 10:00 - 48 minutes
Meet Renisa Mawani, Canada Research Chair in Colonial Legal Histories at the University of British Columbia. She is the author of Across Oceans of Law published by Duke University Press. I speak with Renisa about her research tracing the currents and counter-currents of British / colonial law and...

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Elizabeth Kirk - Infant Adoption in a Post-Roe World

Think Global, Do Justice - March 14, 2023 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
In episode 218, we hear from lawyer and professor, Elizabeth Kirk. Elizabeth is the Director of the Center for Law and the Human Person, as well as a research associate at The Catholic University of America. Her work spans a variety of law in child welfare, parental rights, and adoption policy. ...

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Amanda Gorman — How DISTRACTD is Empowering the ADHD Community & More ADHD Superpowers

Justice Matters with Tim Buxton - March 13, 2023 21:11 - 1 hour
Amanda is the founder of DISTRACTD, a brand new Gold Coast organisation connecting communities, delivering information, education, panel discussions, mingles and advocacy, all about ADHD. Diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, she became hyper-focused on ensuring that there was a local organisation w...

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Amanda Gorman — How DISTRACTD is Empowering ADHD Superpowers

Justice Matters with Tim Buxton - March 13, 2023 21:11 - 1 hour
Amanda is the founder of DISTRACTD, a brand new Gold Coast organisation connecting communities, delivering information, education, panel discussions, mingles and advocacy, all about ADHD. Diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, she became hyper-focused on ensuring that there was a local organisation w...

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On The Ground in Lesotho - The Power of Family Reunification

Think Global, Do Justice - February 28, 2023 12:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
In episode 217, we have a special on the ground episode to share how one organization's journey and commitment to reunifying families has inspired others. Trust for Africa's work in Lesotho has gone beyond their own organization and now supports other organizations to transition to family-based ...

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Jon Owen — Creating Community With No Us & Them

Justice Matters with Tim Buxton - February 27, 2023 21:11 - 58 minutes
Jon Owen is the Pastor and CEO at Wayside Chapel, leading an incredible team of 140 staff and some 600 volunteers each week.   Jon has dedicated his life to closing the gap on inequality, both living and working amongst some of the most disadvantaged communities in Sydney and Melbourne. Jon is ...

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Sarah Winograd - Poverty and Family Separation in Child Welfare

Think Global, Do Justice - February 14, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
In episode 216, we hear from US care reform leader, Sarah Winograd from Together for Families. Sarah speaks passionately about the complexities in child welfare and foster care as a system, how poverty contributes to family separation, and the problematic ways we've seen and judged birth familie...

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Nicole Lamoureux — Why Quality & Affordable Healthcare is a Human Right

Justice Matters with Tim Buxton - February 13, 2023 21:11 - 54 minutes
In this episode of Justice Matters, I speak with Nicole Lamoureux, who is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NAFC). She works with the NAFC and its 1,200 member organizations, its Board of Directors and its partners to advance the mission of e...

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Blaise Itabelo — How You Can Sponsor a Refugee Family to Settle in Australia

You Belong Presents: Your Story First - February 05, 2023 21:11 - 51 minutes
Meet our friend and neighbour Blaise Itabelo for the launch of Season 3 of the Who Is My Neighbour? podcast.   Blaise grew up in Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania where he describe life in the camp like trying to walk in the dark. The day always felt like a year. You are lucky when you have 2 m...

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Blaise Itabelo — How You Can Sponsor a Refugee Family to Settle in Australia

You Belong Presents: Your Story First - February 05, 2023 21:11 - 51 minutes
Meet our friend and neighbour Blaise Itabelo for the launch of Season 3 of the Who Is My Neighbour? podcast.   Blaise grew up in Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania where he describe life in the camp like trying to walk in the dark. The day always felt like a year. You are lucky when you have 2 m...