G@W-CREA Podcast Series, Episode 1: How are artists, women’s rights activists and movements on the margins responding to criminalization?
Various narratives, social norms and political agenda underlie the criminalisation of people based on their gender identities, sexual expression, reproductive choices or occupation (such as sex work). This podcast explores the impacts of this approach not only on these groups, but on societies as...
Episode 11: Post Beijing
It’s almost 25 years since the landmark women’s conference held in Beijing in 1995. What did women achieve at Beijing and what are some of the key new and unfinished feminist agendas? In this podcast, Joanne Sandler, the former Deputy Director of Unifem and current...
Episode 10: Art as Activism
There is no greater time than now, when we are experiencing a tremendous pushback against women’s rights and women’s rights defenders, to search for new and powerful ways to express ourselves and advocate for change. In this episode, we meet three powerhouse artists and activists:...
Episode 09: Gender at Work Theory and Practice for 21st Century Organizations
In 2015, Gender at Work founders and podcast hosts Aruna Rao and David Kelleher, along with Gender at Work Senior Associate, Joanne Sandler and Knowledge Strategist, Carol Miller, collaborated to write a book that has proven to be a must-read for feminists. In this ninth...
Episode 08: The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative
This week, David and Aruna speak with three powerful change makers collaborating to form the UN Girls' Education (UNGEI) initiative to end school-related gender-based violence in Sub-Saharan Africa. Leading the initiative is a trifecta of development practitioners, action-oriented researchers and behavior change experts – Nora...
Episode 07: Misconduct within Humanitarian Organizations
From Oxfam to the United Nations, allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct have rocked the humanitarian sector. In episode 07 we speak with Hendrica Okondo, who has 20 years of experience in humanitarian contexts within UN organizations; Robin Yaker, who has worked for the International...
Episode 06: Toxic Masculinity and Misogyny
How do you define toxic masculinity and misogyny, and how do they contribute the violence in our societies? That's the question we aim to answer in this episode. ...
Episode 05: #MeToo on College Campuses
In this episode, we examine the impact the #MeToo movement is making on college campuses. We take you directly where these activists are studying and working to explore the meaning of the hashtag, and its repercussions....
Episode 04: The Story of Letsema
In this episode, we travel to the Vaal---a semi-rural area in South Africa, whose violent past still haunts it. We take a look at "Letsema", an innovative community wide effort to combat gender based violence, and negative social norms around women and the LGBT community....
Episode 03: Evolutionary Organizations
In our third episode hosted by Aruna Rao and David Kelleher, we'd like to share a discussion on Fredric Laloux's popular book, Reinventing Organisations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage in Human Consciousness?, which was published in 2014. ...