Beste FiLiA podcasts (2024)

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#203 #HerNameWasChloeHolland - A Mother’s campaign following her daughter’s suicide 40:56

14d ago40:56

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Tragically Chloe felt her only escape from the coercive and controlling behaviour she was subjected to was to end her own life. Her Mum Sharon wants the perpetrator held to account for her death and so is campaigning for a change in the law so that he could be charged with manslaughter by coercive or controlling behaviour. Hear about how they have …

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#202 Women's Ways, Women's Plays - A story of working class women's theatre 1:09:12

26d ago1:09:12

1:09:12

"I just hope that in capturing these stories that we've done something to archive working class, women's experience and that it'll be there if people wanna watch it or read it. We've done our bit and we can use the methods to look at any issue we want" - Paula Boulton This podcast is about working class women and the theatre women make. It is a dis…

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#201 Sarah Ditum Exposes the ‘TOXIC’ Nature of Pop Culture and Charts A Way Forward 1:20:57

2M ago1:20:57

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Raquel Rosario Sanchez and Sarah Ditum discuss the tropes and stereotypes about women in the public eye and how they reflect on the wider struggles women face in society. Ditum's clever analysis dissects how patriarchy operates to ensure that women, including those who are extremely privileged, are used as examples to venerate and later on to destr…

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#200 Palestine and Israel: Women and the movement for peace 1:09:36

2M ago1:09:36

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This interview took place on January 25th 2024 and permission was given to share this week. "We don't want to live in this violence, in this conflict anymore. We want to end it. And as Yael always said, we shouldn't, you know, keep managing the conflict. We should resolve it. And this is why we are raising our voice and we want the international su…

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#199 Widows for Peace with Margaret Owen OBE 1:01:57

4M ago1:01:57

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In this episode, Margaret Owen OBE founder of Widows for Peace (WPD) highlights the plight of the world’s dark secret of marginalised ‘invisible’ widows: a vast and growing number of women of all ages living in extreme poverty, forgotten, abused and neglected internationally, nationally at grassroots levels. Featuring: Lily Thapa, Founder of WHR/SW…

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#198 Speak Out Survivors 52:22

6M ago52:22

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"It's not rocket science... you investigate the suspect, not the victim," – Harriet Wistrich. In this episode, Suzy Angus and Emma Bryson, survivors of sexual violence and founders of Speak Out Survivors, meet Dr Oona Brooks-Hay (Reader in Criminology at the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research at the University of Glasgow) and Harriet Wi…

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#197 Live From FiLiA 2023 Glasgow 50:09

6M ago50:09

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"One of the things I love about the feminist movement is that we're each other's catalysts. We are always pushing each other to go for our dreams and to maybe try that project that we're thinking of, make it a reality somehow." Dr Bec Wonders reports from FiLiA 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland. Listen to interviews with an array of attendees and participa…

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#196 Hadley Freeman On Life Beyond Anorexia 56:15

7M ago56:15

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Hadley Freeman On Life Beyond Anorexia and Breaking Out of the Good Girl Socialisation In this episode, Hadley Freeman discusses her latest book 'Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia' with FiLiA spokeswoman Raquel Rosario Sánchez, in which she shares a harrowing first-person account of her decades-long struggle with mental illness. She address…

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#195 Consuelo Rivera Fuentes at FiLiA 2019 19:01

8M ago19:01

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"When they arrested me, I thought it was because I was protesting with other teachers, and students. But later, I realized that they targeted me and other women because I am a lesbian." We are paying tribute to Consuelo Rivera-Fuentes, who has passed away, by sharing her talk at FiLiA 2019 on her experiences of pain through torture and imprisonment…

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#194 Own My Life - a feminist recovery programme for domestic abuse survivors 48:46

9M ago48:46

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"Creating this women only space, we're creating a journey for women to be honouring each other, celebrating each other, and that's something that women haven't had much time with." Sally Jackson leads a discussion between Natalie Collins, creator of the Own My Life Course, Catherine Mc Quarrie from Border Women's Aid, and Danielle, survivor and fac…

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#193 Laetitia Ky Revolutionises the Feminist Politics of Afro Hair and Art 1:38:18

9M ago1:38:18

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We are delighted to interview Ivorian artist, social commentator and author Laetitia Ky on the FiLiA Podcast. She is a political artist known for her hair sculptures, which she uses to raise awareness about the structural inequality and oppression of women and girls. She is a one-of-a-kind artist, activist and creative voice based in the Ivory Coas…

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#192 Faika El-Nagashi's Intersectional Politics are Here to Stay 1:35:23

10M ago1:35:23

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Austrian Parliamentarian Faika El-Nagashi joins FiLiA Spokeswoman Raquel Rosario Sánchez to discuss the intersectional nature of her multi-faceted work as a feminist politician, her defence of lesbian rights and her background as a campaigner for social justice. Faika El-Nagashi is a long-time feminist & lesbian human rights advocate. She is a poli…

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#191 Discussion about the book Women Unsilenced: Our Refusal To Let Torturer-Traffickers Win 1:02:02

10M ago1:02:02

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Lisa-Marie Taylor and Yagmur Uygarkizi interview authors Jeanne Sarson and Linda MacDonald about their best-selling book, Women Unsilenced Our Refusal To Let Torturer-Traffickers Win. This episode welcomes Jeanette Westbrook and Elizabeth Gordon, who both survived family and non-family-based non-State torture (NST) crimes, and join authors Jeanne a…

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#190 A Revindication of Middle-Aged Women with Victoria Smith, author of ‘HAGS’ 1:13:34

12M ago1:13:34

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Feminist author Victoria Smith discusses her first book, ‘Hags’, about the demonisation of middle-aged women with FiLiA Spokeswoman Raquel Rosario Sánchez. Smith discusses the experiences which raised her awareness to the way middle-aged women are invisibilised and dismissed under patriarchy around the world, as well her understanding of the tropes…

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#189 Sex Trade Survivor's Fight to Shut Down an Escort Website 48:48

1y ago48:48

48:48

"We all understand what unwanted sex is; another word for that is rape. We all understand that, but when there's money involved, people suddenly don't seem to make that connection of what unwanted sex is bad for you. But if you're getting paid for it, then suddenly it's okay." When Mia Doring was in the sex trade, she convinced herself it was just …

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#188 Woman! Life! Freedom! The Women-led Revolution 1:02:34

1y ago1:02:34

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Maryam Namazie is an Iranian-born campaigner and writer living in the UK. Since the Islamic regime of Iran’s killing of Mahsa Amini on 16 September 2022 for ‘improper veiling,’ Maryam has been speaking on and organising protests in solidarity with the women’s revolution in Iran. FiLiA have joined Maryam launching the Hair4Freedom campaign and are c…

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#187 Julie Bindel and Jalna Hanmer: "Men need to be held accountable for violence against women" 35:33

1y ago35:33

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Jalna Hanmer is a feminist of 70 years. She was responsible for bringing women's studies to UK academia and was a founder of the National Women's Aid Federation. Jalna talks with Julie Bindel about her life's work and the forthcoming exhibition at FiLiA 2023 on the renowned Brighton 1996 ‘International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Women's Citi…

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#186 The Sex Buyers' Secrets Revealed 1:15:26

1+ y ago1:15:26

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"When you normalize paid rape in prostitution, it becomes confusing to an entire culture, even for [the] government, to define what consent is and what isn't, what rape is and what isn't. " In this episode, FiLiA Volunteer Luba Fein talks to Dr Melissa Farley and Dr Inge Kleine about the results of their latest research (also co-authored by Kerstin…

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#185 Parenting After Coercive Control - an American Perspective 50:10

1+ y ago50:10

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Dr Christine Cocchiola talks to FiLiA Trustee Sally Jackson about the impact of coercive control on children and the Mother-Child relationship and how to heal together after abuse. Dr. Christine Marie Cocchiola, DSW, LCSW is a Coercive Control Advocate, Educator, Researcher & Survivor. She is a college professor teaching social work in the CT Colle…

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#184 Sex Robots and Woman Hating with Caitlin Roper 1:23:32

1+ y ago1:23:32

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We are very pleased to share this interview by Raquel Rosario Sanchez with Caitlin Roper, author of “Sex Dolls, Robots and Woman Hating” which has just been published by Spinifex Press. “Sex Dolls, Robots and Woman Hating” exposes the inherent misogyny in the trade in sex dolls and robots modelled on the bodies of women and girls for men’s unlimite…

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#183 Coercive Control in Children's and Mothers' Lives with Emma Katz 2:02:31

1+ y ago2:02:31

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Dr Emma Katz, a leading expert in coercive control and its impact on children is interviewed by FiLiA Trustee Sally Jackson. A must for anyone working in the field or who cares about someone it has affected, Emma describes what coercive control is like for Mothers and their children and importantly how the Mother/child relationship affects its impa…

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#182 Mother's Rights: Challenging the Family Court 47:35

1+ y ago47:35

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"A lot of the messages around domestic abuse is that you just leave, right? So you just walk out that door and everything's fine. Well, that really couldn’t be further from the truth." FiLiA Trustee Sally Jackson talks to Natalie Page, founder of #thecourtsaid, a campaign to challenge the mishandling of domestic abuse within the family courts. Nata…

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#181 “Deep Deception”: When the Police Targets Women 1:39:06

1+ y ago1:39:06

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"It was shocking. I felt a great sense of betrayal by the Police. How could they possibly do that to me? What right have they got? I've paid my taxes all my life and they spent that paying a man to come to sleep with me and deceive me. They were playing with our lives because they thought they could get away with anything so they just had a good ti…

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#180 Rosie Kay Is Here To Stay 1:26:53

1+ y ago1:26:53

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"I didn't know what personal persecution felt like before. I could imagine, of course. But there is something very physical about those experiences of being hounded or being piled on by a mob that feels very visceral." Rosie Kay talks to FiLiA's Raquel Rosario Sánchez about how she came to be forced out of the dance company that she founded after b…

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#179 “He Chose Porn Over Me” with author Melinda Tankard Reist 1:07:27

1+ y ago1:07:27

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FiLiA Spokeswoman Raquel Rosario Sánchez speaks to author and activist Melinda Tankard Reist about pornography’s desensitisation of male sexuality and its traumatic effect on women and girls. Hear also about Melinda's work with children and teenagers in schools, her campaigning work with Collective Shout, and the way forward out of a culture of sex…

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#178 Understanding and Responding to Economic Abuse 28:49

2y ago28:49

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"It's a double taboo - as a society, we don't talk about money and we don't talk about abuse. So when we are talking about economic abuse, there are quite a few barriers." FiLiA Trustee Sally Jackson chats to Nicola Sharp-Jeffs OBE about Economic Abuse and why it has been recognised in the Domestic Abuse Act (2021) for the first time. Nicola has le…

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#177 Protecting Children is Not Bigotry: Vindication for Stephanie Davis-Arai! 53:11

2y ago53:11

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In this episode of the FiLiA Podcast, FiLiA spokeswoman, Raquel Rosario Sánchez, talks to Stephanie Davies-Arai, the Founder and Director of Transgender Trend about her campaigning work to protect children from unnecessary medicalisation and sexist stereotypes. She created the organisation after speaking with a group of parents based in the UK, who…

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#176 Jane Clare Jones Does Not Suffer Misogynist Fools Gladly 1:12:23

2y ago1:12:23

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In the latest episode of the FiLiA Podcast, Raquel Rosario Sanchez chats with the feminist philosopher and activist Jane Clare Jones who published her book ‘The Annals of the TERF war’ this month. They discuss feminism, sex-based rights, and the evolution of “gender identity” theory. Dr. Jones studied Social and Political Science at the University …

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#175 The Women Lost Everything: The Hague Convention in Australia 23:24

2y ago23:24

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Lawyer and academic Gina Masterton became an activist when her sister had a Hague case brought against her. That story has a (rare) happy ending but Gina continues to campaign to get the Convention amended. In this episode, she talks about the harshness of the Australian courts and the extent to which the law is failing both mothers and their child…

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#174 The Hague Convention & Domestic Violence: Fleeing to Safety – Returned to Abuse 25:17

2y ago25:17

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In this episode of the FiLiA podcast, lawyer and activist Sudha Shetty talks to us about the often desperate consequences of The Hague Convention for mothers and their children who are fleeing domestic violence. Her response to this injustice has been inspirational: the Hague Domestic Violence Project which she founded is a beacon of hope which we …

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#173 Dr Alyson McGregor: Author of Sex Matters 1:01:44

2y ago1:01:44

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We are delighted to speak with Dr Alyson McGregor, a women’s health pioneer who has brought the concept of sex differences in the delivery of acute medical care to the national and international stage. She is also the author of: Sex Matters: How Male-Centric Medicine Endangers Women's Health and What We Can Do About It. Sex Matters represents a lan…

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#171 Sex Trafficking in Spain: FiLiA Meets Alison Wilson 53:00

2y ago53:00

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Documentary producer Alison Wilson joins FiLiA Volunteer Luba Fein to discuss her latest project ‘Exit’, a film about women who have been trafficked for sexual exploitation in Spain. Alison discusses the recruitment process, how any woman can fall victim to the sex traffickers, how hard the recovery is for survivors of human trafficking, and the de…

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#170 Cathy Devine on Human Rights of Girls & Women in Sport 1:25:15

2y ago1:25:15

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Cathy Devine, a researcher in the field of sports policy and equality, talks to FiLiA about how policies enabling male competitors to enter women's categories negatively impact female athletes and are detrimental to women's rights to fairness and inclusion in sport. She argues that "the human rights of females in sport depend on fair eligibility cr…

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#169 Making Feminist History Visible: Women’s Archives and Records 1:05:16

2y ago1:05:16

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In this pilot episode of FiLiA’s new women’s history podcast series, we bring together four feminists from around the world to have an international and intergenerational conversation about the importance of women’s archives. We speak to American historian Max Dashu, Indian artist and activist Aqui Thami, and Algerian archivists Lydia Saïdi and Awa…

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#168 Misogyny as a Hate Crime? 38:30

2y ago38:30

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The 'Newlove Amendment' in the Governments Police Crime, Courts and Sentencing Bill is hailed as making misogyny a hate crime, but is that really the case? Joan Smith discusses what the real consequences of this becoming law are, and how in fact, it could harmful to women and used against them.Door FiLiA Podcasts

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#167 Julie Bindel Leads the Feminism for Women Panel at FiLiA 2021 1:19:41

2+ y ago1:19:41

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This is a recording of the #FiLiA2021 panel discussion led by Julie Bindel. She discusses her book Feminism for Women, invites women from the audience to join the conversation about feminist issues across generational divides, and Zemzem Mohamed speaks about the unfolding crisis in Tigray. (Transcription available on filia.org.uk)…

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#166 Parental Alienation in the Spanish Family Courts, a Mother's Experience 43:55

2+ y ago43:55

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So-called 'Parental alienation' is spreading across the globe. We share one woman’s experience of the courts in Spain. It’s difficult to hear. Once again Mothers are not being believed when they are trying to protect their children from abusive parents.Door FiLiA Podcasts

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#165 Vaishnavi Sundar looks back on FiLiA 2021 42:38

2+ y ago42:38

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Vaishnavi Sundar reminisces with Sally Jackson about her trip to #FiLiA2021 this year. They discuss what she thought about her first FiLiA, some of the memorable moments and who she met. They discuss the rest of her trip to the UK and also look forward to her newest film project on the horizon.Door FiLiA Podcasts

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#164 Margaret Owen: On Hunger Strike for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe 50:18

2+ y ago50:18

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Margaret Owen, 89, began a hunger strike on November 16, 2021 to raise awareness to the imprisonment of Iranian-British charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. In early April 2016, Nazanin visited Iran to introduce her one-year-old daughter to her parents. She was accused by the Iranian government of being spy and “plotting to topple the governme…

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#163 FiLiA Meets Zemzem Mohamed 1:12:27

2+ y ago1:12:27

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We are honoured to speak with the campaigner Zemzem Mohamed who is working to support women and children affected by the hidden humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Tigray region. This crisis is considered by many to be a genocide, in which Ethiopian authorities are accused of carrying out ethnic cleansing against minorities. Speaking to FiLiA Spok…

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#162 Feminist Academic Jo Phoenix is Standing Her Ground and Moving Forward 1:31:50

2+ y ago1:31:50

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Professor Jo Phoenix, Chair in Criminology at The Open University, a Trustee of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies and the Co-Convenor of the Gender Critical Research Network at the Open University, joins Raquel Rosario Sanchez to discuss the rights of women in prison, her decades-long work in Criminology and her personal experience being in …

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#161 Women Leaving Faith 2:12:51

2+ y ago2:12:51

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Three women from three different Abrahamic religions talk with host Gita Sahgal about their experiences growing up in and leaving fundamentalist expressions of faith. Yasmine Mohammed, an ex-Muslim; Frimet Goldberger, formerly an ultra-Orthodox Jew; and Alice Greczyn, an ex-evangelical Christian, share how their different stories overlap with commo…

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#160 A Response to the University of Leicester's "Student Sex Worker Policy & Toolkit" 24:31

2+ y ago24:31

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In this episode, FiLiA volunteer Luba Fein meets Nicole, a sex trade survivor to discuss the University of Leicester’s recent publication, the “Student Sex Worker Policy and Toolkit” which details how best to support those who may turn to prostitution, online services and stripping. Transcript available on filia.org.uk…

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#159 Julie Macfarlane: A Force of Nature Against Patriarchal Abuse 1:17:47

2+ y ago1:17:47

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We are delighted to speak with a remarkable force of nature called Julie Macfarlane. A fierce advocate for survivors of sexual violence as well as survivors of institutional abuse, Dr Julie Macfarlane has spent her adult life teaching in law schools in four continents, researching and working on progressive causes that she feels passionately about.…

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#158 Ann Henderson on Recording the Contribution that Women Make in Academia 1:28:49

2+ y ago1:28:49

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Ann Henderson was the second female Rector at the University of Edinburgh. During her three-year tenure, she experienced sustained targeting by trans activist students and staff members, while receiving minimal institutional support. In this episode, she speaks about her background as a campaigner in the labour movement, her work in the railway ind…

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#157 Combatting Rape Culture and Sexism in Schools 24:54

2+ y ago24:54

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We speak to Gemma Aitchison from Yes Matters about the Yes Matters Commitment, an initiative to tackle rape culture in schools. Helping schools to show pupils and parents alike that they are taking rape culture seriously and that they are taking the well being, safety and social development of their child seriously, the project teaches educators ab…

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#156 Ban Virginity Testing and Hymenoplasty 46:24

2+ y ago46:24

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We talk to Halaleh Taheri, Founder & Executive Director of MEWSo, who is campaigning to ban Virginity testing and Hymenoplasty (hymen repair) and to expose it as the misogynistic practice that it is, which has no place in society today. In this episode, Halaleh talks about her life as an activist, the brilliant work of MEWSo and explains more about…

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#155 Women Unsilenced: Feminists speak out against torture 1:16:10

3y ago1:16:10

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We listen to stories of survivors of prostitution/pornography, female sexual mutilation, rape... It is now time we confronted the reality of torture. Jeanne Sarson and Linda MacDonald have compiled decades of activism against torture and testimonies of survivors in their forthcoming book Women Unsilenced: Our Refusal To Let Torturers-Traffickers Wi…

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#154 FiLiA Legacy Project Meets Sharena Lee Satti 1:01:23

3y ago1:01:23

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In this episode of the FiLiA podcast, we speak to poet Sharena Lee Satti about her work and inspiration. Writing has never been optional for Sharena Lee Satti. Like eating and breathing, it’s something integral to her existence. Every day she is thankful to be able to make a small difference to society, sharing something she is deeply passionate ab…

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#153 Birthing Expert Milli Hill Will Not be Silenced by Misogynist Bullies 54:34

3y ago54:34

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Birthing expert Milli Hill who was “cancelled” for suggesting violence in childbirth was committed against women rather than against “birthing people” talks to FiLiA Spokeswoman Raquel Rosario Sanchez in this episode of the FiLiA podcast. Milli Hill, a bestselling author and an expert in women’s rights in childbirth and throughout their reproductiv…

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