This 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.
Latest episodes
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32 min
Feminist Leadership: Leading with Courage and Compassion (3/3)
Join 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 th…
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38 min
Feminist Leadership: Feminist Leadership in Action (2/3)
In 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…
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31 min
Feminist Leadership: Unveiling Feminist Leadership (1/3)
In 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 princip…
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47 min
A Feminist Development Policy: Beyond Representation (5/5)
A 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 fina…
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50 min
A Feminist Development Policy: Funding beyond power differentials (4/5)
Funds 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…
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29 min
W7 – After the Summit: What have we achieved?
W7 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 th…
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42 min
A Feminist Development Policy: Intersectionality, gender & the economy (3/5)
A 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 h…
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44 min
Feminist Development Policy: Knowledge as Power (2/5)
A 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 tha…
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34 min
Feminist Development Policy: An Introduction (1/5)
A 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 pract…
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36 min
The Binary Narrative - Intersex (3/3) | Our Voices, Our Choices
What 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…
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41 min
The Binary Narrative - Transgender (2/3) | Our Voices, Our Choices
The 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…
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39 min
The Binary Narrative – Why is it so prevalent? (1/3) | Our Voices, Our Choices
The 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 n…
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21 min
Ecofeminism, social media & the Climate Crisis | Our Voices, Our Choices
In 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 em…
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26 min
How do I prove I'm gay? Asylum hurdles for LGBT people | Our Voices, Our Choices
Deeply 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…
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21 min
Social Media Justice | Our Voices, Our Choices
In 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, focusin…
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18 min
Feminist Digital Disruption during the Covid-19 Pandemic | Our Voices, Our Choices
As 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 digi…
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18 min
Economic empowerment and gender justice in the MENA region | Our Voices, Our Choices
Can 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…
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19 min
My love, my right! LGBT lives on a knife-edge | Our Voices, Our Choices
LGBT 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…
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20 min
Women fight for reproductive rights | Our Voices, Our Choices
Women 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…
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16 min
The power of female protest | Our Voices, Our Choices
Global 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 a…