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FiLiA#209 Tackling Strangulation: Working Together to Save Lives We are increasingly hearing about cases of strangulation of women, both in relationships and, thanks to porn culture, increasingly in our sex lives. In this episode, Sally Jackson, FiLiA Trustee; Bernie Ryan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Institute for Addressing Strangulation (IFAS); and Marianne McGowan, Survivor Liaison and Research Worker for IFAS, discuss the dangers, who it affects, and what we can do to raise awareness of the realities of the danger it presents. Please note this podcast episode references a conference event with a date that has since passed. We apologise for any confusion this m...
2024-12-1043 min
FiLiA#208 Women's Wednesday "I don't feel that loneliness anymore. I feel part of something."After attending FiLiA in Portsmouth, one woman returned to her workplace determined to set up a women’s group. Two years later, the group has grown in size and confidence. In this interview, Kiri Tunks discusses with the women how they set up the group, what they do in their meetings, and how it has transformed their relationships and lives. Episode Note: When there is a large group in the room, issues with sound quality are inevitable. We’re sure you’ll agree t...
2024-11-0453 min
FiLiA#207 Alternatives to Prison for WomenDoes prison work for Women? What alternatives are being tried and how successful are they - what do we even mean by 'success'? "The short answer to How many Women are in prison, is far too many! The biggest challenges are funding and investment"In this episode FiLiA trustee Sally Jackson, Dr April Smith, a criminologist and psychologist, and Rhona Hotchkiss, ex-governor of Cornton Vale Women's prison, discuss the issues for Women caught up in the criminal justice system designed for men.
2024-10-0944 min
FiLiA#206 Introducing WAVEFiLiA is a member of Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE)In this podcast we find out more about WAVE's work. Sally Jackson interviews, Stephanie Futter Orel Executive Director WAVE, Branislava Aradjan Project and Youth ambassador Coordinator and Beverly Mtui, Communications Coordinator of WAVEWAVE is a network of over 170 European women’s NGOs working towards prevention and protection of women and children from violence. "We build the capacity of our members, advocate for better legislation, conduct research and raise awareness on violence against women and girls. Celebrating 30 years of activism this year." https://wa...
2024-09-3054 min
FiLiA#205 Huge Legal Victory for Feminists Over Pimps in FranceIn this episode Luba Fein, FiLiA volunteer, Alyssa Ahrabare, Advocacy Manager for European Network of Migrant Women and Hema Sibi, advocacy coordinator for The Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution discuss a huge legal victory in France.The European Court of Human Rights upholds France's right to ban the purchase of prostitution. France enforces a law that aims to abolish prostitution, while helping its victims exit. A group of individuals, supported by pro-prostitution organisations, appealed against this law to the ECHR. According to the appellants, this legislation radically damaged their right to dignity, private life, personal autonomy...
2024-08-2554 min
Mówią, że...Mówią, że kryzys zdrowia psychicznego nigdy nie był tak ogromnyRozmowa na temat pogłębiającego się kryzysu zdrowia psychicznego wśród dzieci i młodzieży z autorami „Żyję, czy to mało?” − Katarzyną Kachel, dziennikarką i pisarką oraz Marcinem Łokciewiczem, długoletnim pracownikiem Centrum Leczenia Dzieci i Młodzieży w Zaborze − największego tego typu samodzielnego ośrodka w Polsce.
Mówią, że Ci co czytają książki dłużej żyją. Czy to prawda? My wierzymy, że tak.
Nazywam się Magdalena Kuszewska - jestem dziennikarką, autorką książek i razem z Wydawnictwem Filia na Faktach zapraszam do oglądania i słuchania podcastu Mówią, że…
W k...
2024-05-2756 min
FiLiA#204 Beyond the Rhetoric: The European Council and the Misrepresentation of Sex Industry Exploitation"It is not our job to question individual choices of women in prostitution. We must examine the system and the context in which women's choices take place" Anna ZobninaIn February 2024, Dunja Mijatović, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, published a statement entitled "Protecting the human rights of sex workers". It was a problematic statement that undermined the efforts of hundreds of feminist organisations and dozens of prostitution survivor organisations to eradicate the sex industry. In this podcast, Luba Fein, a FiLiA volunteer, discusses this statement and its consequences for women i...
2024-05-171h 13
Mówią, że...Mówią, że człowiek jest zdolny do wszystkiegoCzym jest zło? Czy w ogóle istnieje?
Co tkwi w umyśle zbrodniarza? Dlaczego seryjni mordercy mają często szerokie grono fanów?
Rozmowa z Maksem Czornyjem, autorem bestsellerowych kryminałów i thrillerów
psychologicznych oraz Łukaszem Wrońskim, psychologiem śledczym i sądowym.
Mówią, że Ci co czytają książki dłużej
żyją. Czy to prawda? My wierzymy, że tak.
Nazywam się Magdalena Kuszewska -
jestem dziennikarką, autorką książek i razem z Wydawnictwem Filia na Faktach
zapraszam do oglądania i słuchania podcastu Mówią, że…
2024-05-0941 min
Mówią, że...Mówią, że traumy dzieciństwa wpływają na całe nasze dorosłe życie.Czy traumy dzieciństwa mają znaczący wpływ na dorosłe życie?
Czy każde przykre doświadczenie to już trauma?
Czy traumy są przenoszone
z pokolenia na pokolenie a nawet dziedziczone?
Jak schematy z dzieciństwa wpływają
na nasze związki i rodzicielstwo?
Przy okazji premiery książki pod tytułem „Traumy
dzieciństwa” Vienny Pharaon na wiele trudnych pytań w rozmowie z Magdaleną Kruszewską próbują w tym odcinku odpowiedzieć: Prof. Tomasz Sobierajski – socjolog Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego oraz Zuzanna Butryn - psycholożka i psychoterapeutka.
Mówią, że Ci co czy...
2024-04-0855 min
Mówią, że...Mówią, że historie naszych przodków budują naszą tożsamość. Rozmowa z Anną Rybakiewicz – autorką książki „Do końca moich dni” oraz Jakubem Andrzejczakiem - propagatorem historii, IG: @histomaniak.Opowieści przekazywane nam przez starsze pokolenia w gronie rodzinnym potrafią zmienić wiele w naszym życiu.
Nierzadko mają wpływ na nasz los, nawet jeśli ich nie znamy. Czy mamy potrzebę poznawania swoich korzeni?Na bazie wspomnień prababci i dziadka, pod przykrywką
opowieści miłosnej autorka przedstawia historie Polaków zesłanych na Syberię w czasach okupacji sowieckiej.
Rozmowa z Anną Rybakiewicz – autorką czwartej książki „Do końca moich dni” oraz Jakubem Andrzejczakiem - propagatorem historii i autorem kanału na Youtube i profilu na Instagramie @histomaniak.
Mówią, że Ci co czytają ksi...
2024-03-1853 min
FiLiA#201 Sarah Ditum Exposes the ‘TOXIC’ Nature of Pop Culture and Charts A Way ForwardRaquel 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 destroy in order to appease a misogynist system.Buy Sarah Ditum's Toxic from the FiLiA Book Shop
2024-03-151h 20
FiLiA#200 Palestine and Israel: Women and the movement for peaceThis 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 support for this [and we are raising] our voices to stop what is going on."Women have always been at the forefront of the peace movement. FiLiA reached out to two remarkable...
2024-03-081h 09
Mówią, że...Mówią, że nadchodzi hormonalna rewolucja. Rozmowa z Sylwią Bogdan – doktorantką na Wydziale Chemii, autorką bloga Chemia zdrowa i Michałem Sawickim – psychologiem, seksuologiem, terapeutą, edukatorem.Mówią, że nadchodzi hormonalna rewolucja.
Mówią, że hormony rządzą związkami.
Mówią, że hormony rządzą światem.
Czy tak rzeczywiście jest i o co chodzi z tymi hormonami?
O hormonach mówimy, kiedy próbujemy zdiagnozować chorobę lub coś nam nie gra ze zdrowiem. David JP Phillips autor książki „Hormonalna rewolucja” dowodzi, że hormony mają wpływ na wszystkie obszary naszego życia. Wyjaśnia, jak chemia naszego organizmu może na nas wpływać i co my możemy zrobić, aby wpłynąć na nią.
Rozmowa z Sylwią Bogdan – doktorantk...
2024-02-2649 min
Mówią, że...Mówią, że polaryzacja społeczeństwa jest faktem. Jesteś z nami albo przeciwko nam. Rozmowa z Tomaszem Stawiszyńskim i Jarosławem Kuiszem.Mówią, że nie potrafimy już ze sobą rozmawiać. Zanika umiejętność prowadzenia spokojnych, rzeczowych, sensownych rozmów. Dzieje się to nie tylko w mediach, gdzie warunki coraz częściej dyktują: czas, klikalność i zyski, ale również w skali mikro. Przy wigilijnym stole prędzej pokłócimy się o politykę, światopogląd, życiowe wybory, niż spojrzymy z empatią na drugiego bliskiego nam człowieka. Dzielimy się na obozy, strony.
Mówią, że polaryzacja społeczeństwa jest faktem. Jesteś z nami albo przeciwko nam, myślisz tak jak ja albo zupełnie inaczej. Trudno przy takich postawach znaleźć przestrzeń na dialog i...
2023-11-1347 min
FiLiA#197 Live From FiLiA 2023 Glasgow"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 participants at the largest grassroots feminist conference in Europe. Over 1000 women, including 150 speakers from 32 different countries, gathered to talk about women’s rights, to reconnect and laugh with friends, to learn, listen and strategise for a feminist fu...
2023-10-2350 min
Mówią, że...Mówią, że na dobry sen najlepszy jest orgazm. Rozmowa z Piotrem Mosakiem - psychologiem i terapeutą oraz dr n. med. Wojciechem Kuczyńskim - lekarzem specjalistą medycyny snu.Mówią, że długotrwały brak snu może zabić…
Jak to możliwe?
Po co nam sen? Co nam daje? Co się z nami dzieje, kiedy nie możemy spać?
Czy sen może nam się „popsuć”, a bezsenność u każdego ma takie same przyczyny?
Coraz częściej słyszymy o niej w mediach, czytamy w książkach.
„Hello sleep. Jak nauka i nastawienie pomagają pokonać bezsenność” dr Jade Wu – psycholożki klinicznej i specjalistki medycyny snu to doskonały poradnik dla tych, którzy chcą mieć – jak pisze autorka – przyjacielską r...
2023-10-021h 25
FiLiA#196 Hadley Freeman On Life Beyond AnorexiaHadley Freeman On Life Beyond Anorexia and Breaking Out of the Good Girl SocialisationIn 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 addresses the broader, structural issues driving disordered eating among girls and young women and what society can do to improve the situation. Freeman also discusses her writing career and offers advice to young women struggling with anorexia and mental illness in sim...
2023-09-2856 min
FiLiA#195 Consuelo Rivera Fuentes at FiLiA 2019"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 in Dictatorial Chile. "Very little of feminist scholarship on the body addresses torture of women, and still less, torture of lesbians. The deafening silence in fiction written about this topic has finally been broken with Susan H...
2023-09-0519 min
FiLiA#193 Laetitia Ky Revolutionises the Feminist Politics of Afro Hair and ArtWe 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 Coast. Laetitia taught herself how to use dreads and wire to challenge the way afro hair is portrayed culturally in patriarchy and how it can be used as a tool of feminist solidarity. Her unique sculptures, created using her afro hair a...
2023-08-061h 38
FiLiA#192 Faika El-Nagashi's Intersectional Politics are Here to StayAustrian 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 political scientist by vocation, political activist by passion and politician by profession. Her expertise is on women’s and human rights, women’s migration, development cooperation, integration and diversity politics, intersectionality and LGBT rights. On 24 November 2015, she became a Green Party councillor in Vienna and a member...
2023-07-051h 35
Mówią, że...Mówią, że… jedna na pięć polskich par doświadcza problemu z poczęciem dziecka. Rozmowa o niepłodności z Anną Wietrzykowską ─ psycholożką i psychoterapeutką oraz z Bovską ─ wokalistką, kompozytorką.Mówią, że jedna na pięć polskich par doświadcza problemu z
poczęciem dziecka.
Skoro niepłodność jest tak częsta, dlaczego to nadal temat tabu? Osoby chorujące na niepłodność czują się wykluczone, a ich bliscy nie wiedzą, jak z nimi rozmawiać. Anna Wietrzykowska ─ psycholożka i psychoterapeutka, którą w Internecie można znaleźć pod hasłem Psycholog niepłodności (www.psycholognieplodnosci.pl) od lat towarzyszy pacjentom w leczeniu tej choroby. Efektem jej wiedzy i doświadczenia jest książka "Niewidzialni rodzice. Jak rozmawiać o niepłodności" A jak o niej zaśpiewać? Wie to dobrze ceniona wokalistk...
2023-07-031h 02
FiLiA#190 A Revindication of Middle-Aged Women with Victoria Smith, author of ‘HAGS’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 designed to further vilify this cohort of women. A thoughtful thinker and compassionate writer, this book represents an enraging call to action for everyone, to revindicate our past and create a better future for all women, throughout middle-age and beyond.Victoria Smith is a writer and creat...
2023-05-171h 13
FiLiA#183 Coercive Control in Children's and Mothers' Lives with Emma KatzDr 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 impact and their recovery. Dr Emma Katz is Senior Lecturer in Childhood & Youth at Liverpool Hope University and is the author of the much-anticipated monograph Coercive Control in Children’s and Mothers’ Lives (Oxford University Press, June 2022). She...
2022-09-152h 02
FiLiA#181 “Deep Deception”: When the Police Targets Women"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 time while doing it."FiLiA Spokeswoman Raquel Rosario Sánchez speaks with Belinda, Alison and Helen Steel - co-authors of Deep Deception: The story of the Spycops n...
2022-08-231h 39
FiLiA#179 “He Chose Porn Over Me” with author Melinda Tankard ReistFiLiA 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 sexualised violence against women and girls.Melinda Tankard Reist is an author, speaker, campaigner, and advocate for women and girls. She is best known for her work addressing sexualisation, objectification, the harms of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking, and violence against wom...
2022-08-111h 07
FiLiA#178 Understanding and Responding to Economic Abuse"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 led the way in understanding its impact but also importantly working alongside survivors, improving the responses to the many women who are subjected to it. Her new book examines how far we have come, and t...
2022-07-3028 min
FiLiA#177 Protecting Children is Not Bigotry: Vindication for Stephanie Davis-Arai!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 were concerned about the current trend to diagnose ‘gender non-conforming’ children as transgender. On June 1st, 2022 she was included in the Queen’s Birthday Honours and received a British Empire Medal for “services to children” as a recognition of her vital work.Stephanie i...
2022-07-0653 min
FiLiA#171 Sex Trafficking in Spain: FiLiA Meets Alison WilsonDocumentary 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 devastating reality that many don’t make it to the end. (Transcript available at filia.org.uk)
2022-03-0753 min
FiLiA#170 Cathy Devine on Human Rights of Girls & Women in SportCathy 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 criteria which acknowledge human sexual dimorphism."(Transcript available on filia.org.uk)
2022-02-281h 25
FiLiA#167 Julie Bindel Leads the Feminism for Women Panel at FiLiA 2021This 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)
2022-01-241h 19
FiLiA#165 Vaishnavi Sundar looks back on FiLiA 2021Vaishnavi 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.
2021-12-0642 min
FiLiA#163 FiLiA Meets Zemzem MohamedWe 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 Spokeswoman Raquel Rosario Sánchez, the discussion covers the rights of women and children in Tigray, the political background to the war currently unfolding, the role of the international community and what justice may look like from a feminist perspective. (Transcript available on filia.o...
2021-11-171h 12
FiLiA#160 A Response to the University of Leicester's "Student Sex Worker Policy & Toolkit"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
2021-08-3024 min
FiLiA#154 FiLiA Legacy Project Meets Sharena Lee SattiIn 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 about.In January 2020 a literary agent (The Verve Poetry Press) saw her potential and that was the beginning of a new chapter of Sharena’s professional literary life. She published her book "She" in Autumn 2020.
2021-07-201h 01
FiLiA#153 Birthing Expert Milli Hill Will Not be Silenced by Misogynist BulliesBirthing 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 reproductive lives, found herself at the epicentre of a bullying and ostracism campaign last year that has spanned over eight months of her life. Recently, she published an essay titled ‘I will not be silenced’ where she details her experiences of ostracism and abuse in the birthing c...
2021-07-1554 min
FiLiA#144 Alice Sullivan: Why We Need Accurate Data on Sex in ScienceProfessor Alice Sullivan joins FiLiA volunteer Sara on the FiLiA podcast to explain why we need accurate data on sex in scientific research (and how it is especially important for women and girls), what happened regarding the sex question on the UK Census in 2021, institutional capture, and the chilling effect in universities on this topic.Alice Sullivan is a Professor of Sociology and Head of Research at the UCL Social Research Institute and was director of the 1970 British Cohort study. She is outspoken on the importance of sex as a variable in data collection, and concerns over...
2021-05-2451 min
FiLiA#129 Institutions are failing Women: Joan SmithOn this episode of the FiLiA Podcast, Joan Smith talks to FiLiA’s Sally Jackson about the many ways in which our patriarchal system fails Women who have been subjected to violence from men.Joan Smith is a novelist, journalist and human rights activist. She began writing about violence against women after covering the murders carried out by Peter Sutcliffe in the north of England, which she described in her book Misogynies. She is also the author of the Loretta Lawson crime novels, two of which were filmed by the BBC. She is a former Chair of th...
2021-02-1546 min
FiLiA#124 FiLiA meets Sall GroverSall Grover is the founder & CEO of Giggle, a social network & social medial platform for females. Prior to Giggle, Sall pursued her dream of screenwriting in Hollywood but retired after almost 10 years due to extreme sexual assault and harassment. While she sold screenplays, her movies were never made, probably because they were all about strong women who come to realise that they don’t need a man. Sall currently lives in Australia. She is very happily eternally single and is the proud single-dog-mum to a 10-year-old, 20% evil and slightly misogynistic Pekingese-pomeranian named Puck. In this episode of th...
2021-01-2350 min
FiLiA#122 Legal Advocacy for Rape Survivors with Dr Olivia SmithDr Olivia Smith is calling for a national system of legal advocacy, after publishing a report that aims to improve sexual offence victims’ experiences of the criminal justice system. In this episode of the FiLiA podcast, Dr Smith, a lecturer in criminology & social policy at Loughborough University talks to FiLiA volunteer Gemma Aitchison about her campaign for independent legal representation for survivors of all serious sexual offences in England and Wales so that all victims of rape and sexual offences are given free access to a lawyer who can advise and represent them at important points in the...
2021-01-1819 min
FiLiA#100 Celebrating 100 FiLiA PodcastsWe’ve reached a small milestone in our team: 100 episodes of the FiLiA podcast. To celebrate this very special episode, I spoke with a few of the amazing women who bring life and magic to FiLiA - Lisa-Marie, Julian, Sally, Kruti and Raquel. Their reflections, insights and discussion can be heard here, covering the three charitable aims of FiLiA: building sisterhood and solidarity, amplifying the voices of women and defending women’s human rights. The team discuss highlights and challenges of the journey this brilliant feminist charity has been on so far, the importance of organising an annual gathering for...
2020-10-011h 38
FiLiA#99 FiLiA meets: Angelika Chaffey - You My SisterAngelika Chaffey discusses You My Sister, new charity set up to support survivors of the sex trade - whose work is heavily informed by exited women. You My Sister’s first project was to create a unique mental health recovery programme specifically tailored for women who have exited any branch of the porn/sex trade. This has been created and will be delivered with survivors and is a hugely powerful form of peer-led guided recovery. It is run online so, in theory, women from anywhere in the world could take part! The course takes women through their journey, from un...
2020-09-2825 min
FiLiA#098 FiLiA discusses: Sheila Jeffreys's autobiography - Trigger WarningLock up your boys, there's a new Sheila Jeffreys book in town: Trigger Warning. Her ideas are so triggering, we had to warn our listeners! Godlessness forbid you heard about women's liberation or other frivolous ideas without mental preparation. In this FiLiA podcast, you'll learn about Sheila Jeffreys's life as an activist and her opinions on religion (hint: it's a patriarchal institution), lesbianism, animal liberation and more. She is interviewed by Yağmur Uygarkızı.Sheila Jeffreys is a radical feminist activist who has worked mainly against male violence and for lesbian feminism. She joined her first Wom...
2020-09-2145 min
FiLiA#97 FiLiA meets: Louise GodboldLouise Godbold shares her experience and knowledge on how trauma can affect us, what happens in the brain and how that might show in our behaviour and body. Lou shares examples from her work with fellow trauma survivors, and personally as a Weinstein survivor to help us deal with our trauma or support those we care about. For this podcast, she joins FiLiA’s Sally Jackson in discussion.Lou is Director of Echo Training, which provides trauma & resilience training for families, communities, professionals and organizations. Echo Training draws on the latest scientific research on trauma as well as...
2020-09-141h 06
FiLiA#95 FiLiA meets: Audrey Ludwig - Sex, Gender Identity and UK Equality lawAudrey Ludwig is a discrimination solicitor who, unusually, puts her head above the parapet on social media. She tweets openly as @AudreySuffolk about her subject. As part of Audrey’s commitment to public legal education, she gives her general opinion where she thinks people have got rights under Equality law. More recently, she has done so with regards to the heated gender identity/trans rights versus women’s rights conflict. She tweets politely and tries to assume interest and goodwill from those who correspond with her. Sadly, this is seldom replicated by some who engage with her with hostile cond...
2020-08-171h 07
FiLiA#93 FiLiA meets: Serenity RoseSerenity Rose is heading a London-based survivor-led campaign, together with The Public Interest Law Centre, aimed at receiving justice, social change and acknowledgement of the harms done to women previously denied access to safety when applying for housing assistance after fleeing abuse and violence against women & girls. After the landmark amendment to the Domestic Abuse Bill, women now have a legislative right to help but historical systemic failures to safeguard often hold lifelong repercussions, impacting survivors in ways which have largely been unseen and unheard. Serenity joins FiLiA’s Sadia Hameed to discuss her experiences as a survivor, the pr...
2020-08-1123 min
FiLiA#91 FiLiA meets: Tegan Larin"I think decriminalization sounds good to some people because they only think about prostituted people. And of course, people in prostitution should never be criminalized. What they don't seem to realize is that full decriminalization also means decriminalizing sex buyers, pimps, brothel owners et cetera."Tegan Larin is a member of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Australia (CATWA), a feminist organisation that works to end all forms of sexual exploitation of women. She has several years experience volunteering at front-line organisations in Melbourne that support women in prostitution as well as women who have been trafficked...
2020-07-1739 min
FiLiA#88 FiLiA meets: Daisy HaynesDaisy is a perpetually exhausted autist and chronically ill home-educating mother of seven. She is an English literature student and a working-class radical feminist. She can sometimes be found writing things on Medium, but most of her activism takes place on social media platforms.Daisy joins FiLiA’s spokeswoman Gemma Aitchison for a discussion about class, how women are kept in poverty and impacted by the welfare state.Read Daisy’s essays on MediumFollow Daisy on Twitter
2020-06-181h 51
FiLiA#86 FiLiA meets: Robyn BooseyOn the 8th anniversary of the UK signing the Istanbul Convention, Director of IC Change Robyn Boosey talks to FiLiA’s Policy Assistant, Adeline, about why ratifying the Convention could be so life-changing for many women in the UK.Robyn Boosey is the co-director of the IC Change campaign, and Manager of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne's Preventing Violence Against Women Program. She was previously the policy lead on West and Central Africa at Tearfund.Useful linksSign and share the IC change petition.Read Robyn’s blog for FiLiAF...
2020-06-1336 min
FiLiA#85 FiLiA meets: Wanda WyporskaDr Wanda Wyporska, Executive Director of the Equality Trust, talks to FiLiA’s Public Policy Assistant Adeline about the 50th Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, and why more work needs to be done to ensure women are being given a fair deal.Dr Wanda Wyporska, FRSA, is Executive Director at The Equality Trust, the national charity that campaigns to reduce social and economic inequality. She is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of York, a trustee of ACEVO (Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations), Redthread Youth, and Equally Ours and Governor of a primary sc...
2020-06-1033 min
FiLiA#84 FiLiA meets: Rebecca MordanRebecca Mordan spoke with Sally Jackson prior to the FiLiA Conference in 2019 about her work and the amazing Greenham Women Everywhere project, which was shown at FiLiA in Bradford.After graduating from Bristol Old Vic and working in film, theatre and television, Rebecca became disillusioned by the dearth of roles and opportunities for women.A dynamic and enterprising artist, she created her own company Scary Little Girls to try and ‘level the playing field’, populating stories with fascinating, diverse female characters; and rescuing amazing women from the wastelands of history.Rebecca has been inti...
2020-06-0933 min
FiLiA#80 FiLiA meets: Marie LaguerreMarie Laguerre is a French feminist and author. She was assaulted on the street by a man during the summer of 2018. She posted the video of the attack online, which became viral and drew media attention. Marie used the opportunity to raise awareness about violence against women and sexism in general. The man who physically assaulted her was convicted to prison. The event also led to her being harassed online by hundreds of people, mostly men. On this podcast, Marie speaks to FiLiA spokeswoman Gemma Aitchison about her experiences.Marie Laguerre spoke at the FiLiA Conference in 2019...
2020-05-2652 min
FiLiA#77 FiLiA Meets: Jo Bartosch - Click OffJo Bartosch is a feminist writer and campaigner against the sex industry. She is the Founder and Director the of anti-pornography think tank Click Off. Click Off draws on feminist knowledge and aims to raise awareness about the harms of pornography, to share learning with legislators and to build a movement against pornography in the UK. Jo joins FiLiA’s Spokeswoman Gemma Aitchison in a discussion about why feminists should oppose pornography and its objectification of women, and how to get involved in the campaign against it.
2020-05-1543 min
FiLiA#76 FiLiA meets: Sam SmethersSam Smethers talks to FiLiA’s Policy Assistant, Alice, about the UK Government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and the unseen impact on some of the most vulnerable women in society.The Fawcett Society is the UK’s leading charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights. Sam Smethers is the Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society and took up her post in 2015. Prior to that she was the Chief Executive of Grandparents Plus for over six years. She had previously worked for the Equal Opportunities Commission as their Director of Public Affairs and also has nine ye...
2020-05-0936 min
FiLiA#72 FiLiA introduces our Spokeswoman: Raquel Rosario SánchezRaquel Rosario Sánchez is a writer, campaigner and researcher from the Dominican Republic. She became Spokeswoman for FiLiA on 25 November 2019, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Today, we are delighted to broadcast our first podcast with her.Raquel specialises in ending male violence against girls and women. She is a featured writer at Dominican newspaper El Caribe and Spanish platform Tribuna Feminista. She was a contributor for Feminist Current and is the co-founder and editor of Women Talk Back! Her work has been translated into French, Portuguese, German, Spanish, Italian and Korean.
2020-04-151h 08
FiLiA#71 FiLiA meets: Simi KamalSimi Kamal is head of grants at the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund. She is a geographer, social development specialist, and women’s rights advocate with over 30 years’ experience in water sector, poverty alleviation, inclusive development, and gender equality. She is author or co-author of more than 400 papers, articles, book chapters, handbooks, and modules published and presented worldwide. Simi joins FiLiA to discuss her experience and work as part of the Every Woman Treaty - a campaign to end violence against women and girls worldwide.Sign the Every Woman Treaty
2020-04-1243 min
FiLiA#70 Violence Against Lesbians - FiLiA Conference 2019Recording from the Violence Against Lesbians Panel at the FiLiA Conference in 2019. Featuring:Susan Hawthorne - Unnoticed, Unrecorded, Unremembered: Inscribing the Torture of Lesbians Hilary McCollum - Voicing Violence Against LesbiansCounsuelo Rivera Fuentes - My Experiences of Pain in Torture and Imprisonment in Dictatorial ChileAngela C Wild - Lesbians at Ground Zero: Lesbians and the Cotton Ceiling
2020-04-091h 13
FiLiA#69 Sunday Closing Speeches - FiLiA Conference 2019Recording from the Sunday Closing Session of the FiLiA 2019 Conference. Featuring a number of women speaking, including:Sharena Lee Satti, author and passionate poet from Bradford, who speaks openly about her past and encourages others to find their voice through art and self-expression.Megan Armitage, 19-year old university student and great-granddaughter of Bradford suffragette Lilian Armitage.Dr Akima Thomas, Black feminist activist from a background in nursing, social work and psychotherapy. Founder and Clinical Director of Women and Girls Network which is a holistic therapeutic service working with women and girls surviving VAWG.
2020-04-051h 32
FiLiA#67 From Born in Your Own Body to the Invention of the Transgender Child - FiLiA Conference 2019"Gay conversion is still thriving in the 21st century. The conversion therapy of today is the prescription of cross-sex hormones, mastectomies, and hysterectomies as treatment for girls and women who do not conform."This is a recording of the panel on the invention of transgender children from the FiLiA Conference in October 2019. Featuring: Charlie Evans, who founded the Detransition Advocacy Network; a charity to support people who have desisted or reversed gender reassignment. Susan Matthews, who shows how the new genre of gender identity workbook effectively creates a new consciousness within its readers, creating anxiety and developing a...
2020-04-0348 min
FiLiA#65 FiLiA meets: Meera KhannaMeera Khanna is a feminist, social activist, writer, and poet, and the trustee and executive vice president of Guild for Service, an NGO focused on empowering marginalized women and children across India. She joins FiLiA in conversation as a member of the Every Woman Treaty Working Group, a campaign for a global treaty to end violence against women and girls. She has 20 years of experience working in development, including spearheading projects that build the economic, political, and legal capacities of underprivileged women and conflict-affected women and children in Kashmir. She has served as a consultant to the High Level...
2020-04-0125 min
FiLiA#63 FiLiA meets: Kathleen Barry"Consciousness-raising is enough to spark movements any place you do it. It’s the foundation of everything."Kathleen Barry is a feminist, sociologist and internationally recognised human rights activist. She is a Professor Emerita and the author of five books, including the landmark work Female Sexual Slavery published in 1979. Kathleen has been a close friend of FiLiA for a number of years and we are honoured to be speaking with her on this podcast. She joined a FiLiA weekend by Skype to handhold the team through our first Consciousness Raising session. Her book Susan B Anthony: A Bi...
2020-03-2229 min
FiLiA#62 FiLiA meets: Sam WalsheSam Walshe speaks about the impact of being exploited into street prostitution as a teenager and having disclosable criminal records. She participated in a legal case brought by three women (including Fiona Broadfoot) formerly involved in prostitution, which challenged the Government’s Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Regulations. After an unhappy childhood marred with violence and sexual abuse, Sam was exploited into prostitution at the age of 14. She was trafficked between Bristol and London on the streets, in brothels, massage parlours and escort agencies. By the time she escaped her pimp she was hooked on crack and heroin and rem...
2020-03-1830 min
FiLiA#61 FiLiA meets: Bev Jackson - LGB AllianceBev Jackson set up the LGB Alliance together with Kate Harris in October 2019. LGB Alliance is a lesbian-led organization for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals that emphasizes the importance of biological sex, not gender identity, when talking about sexual orientation. The best ways to support LGB Alliance are to follow it on Twitter at @AllianceLGB (and get all your friends to follow it as well!), find it on Facebook and to donate at: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lgb-allianceThose who want to get involved can use the contact form on the website lgballiance.org.uk
2020-03-1338 min
FiLiA#60 FiLiA meets: Manu SchonManu Schon is a sociologist and radical feminist blogger for the Blog “Die Störenfriedas.” She is an anti-prostitution activist, co-founder of Abolition 2014 and LINKE – for a world without prostitution. Manu runs (together with others) SEX INDUSTRY KILLS – documenting homicides and attempted homicides in prostitution. In this podcast, she is joined in conversation with Heather Brunskell-Evans to discuss the subject of prostitution, the experience of German women and the sex industry and why feminists ought to support the Nordic Model. This podcast was recorded prior to the FiLiA Conference in 2019, where Manu spoke on Feminist Perspectives on the Sex Tra...
2020-03-1145 min
FiLiA#59 FiLiA meets: Susan HawthorneIn this podcast, Susan Hawthorne speaks to FiLiA about her work in researching violence against lesbians. Susan joined the Women's Liberation Movement in 1973, the Collective of Melbourne's Rape Crisis Centre in 1974 and has been involved in many different areas including as an aerialist in the Performing Older Women's Circus, organising writers festivals and feminist conferences. She is the author of fifteen books: three fiction, nine poetry and three non-fiction. In Uganda in 2002, a woman said to her, "Be careful, in Uganda lesbians are tortured." This set her on the path to researching why she had not heard this before. F...
2020-03-061h 03
FiLiA#58 FiLiA meets: CAME Women and GirlsCame Women and Girls Development Organisation (CAWOGIDO) is a community based diaspora organisation dedicated to improving the health and well-being of a variety of people from disadvantaged communities, Black and Minority Ethnic groups, develop their potential and mobilise them to engage effectively in community development and regeneration activities and build their capacities. For this podcast, Margaret, Bernadette and Geraldine join FiLiA in a discussion on breast ironing. From the CAME Website: “Breast ironing is a traditional practice that many Cameroonians do not talk about and nobody wants to work on it but it is secretly taking place. Acc...
2020-02-1229 min
FiLiA#56 FiLiA discusses: Rape Case in Cyprus with Bracha BaradFiLiA has covered the case of a young British woman who reported being gang raped while staying at a resort in Cyprus. FiLiA called on the UK Government to take action: read our piece Cyprus: trial by porn cultureIn this podcast, FiLiA speaks with feminist activist Bracha Barad, who flew from Israel to Cyprus to show support for the victim. Bracha Barad is a Co-founder and Executive Director of Kulan, an Israeli feminist NGO. She began producing the Tel Aviv Slut Walk in 2016, administration that is part of an international movement against sexual violence and victim...
2020-02-1015 min
FiLiA#54 FiLiA meets: Consuelo Rivera-FuentesConsuelo Rivera-Fuentes spoke at the FiLiA Conference in 2019:I am an activist, EFL teacher, sociologist, feminist Lesbian, writer and publisher.As a feminist Lesbian writer and reader, I practise Sym/biography and Flourishing (two concepts I have coined and developed throughout the years).As a publisher I give huge importance to the enmeshing of both concepts above in a wider system called Bibliodiversity.As a writer, I love to ‘memory’ in company, so I form part of Las Juanas (feminist literary collective of women), SLAP (Latin-American poets and...
2020-01-2922 min
FiLiA#53 FiLiA Meets: Jalna HanmerJalna Hanmer is a Professor of Women’s Studies who has been influential in developing our theory and understanding of male violence against women and established early Women’s Studies courses at the University of Bradford. In 1974 Jalna was involved in setting up the National Women’s Aid Federation (NWAF) and later the Women’s Aid Federation England (WAFE). She also was part of the organising group for the international conference on multiple forms of violence against women (WOVA) held in Brighton in 1996. She was a founder member of the radical feminist journal, Trouble & Strife, and is a founder member of...
2020-01-281h 22
FiLiA#52 FiLiA meets: Hala AldosariHala Aldosari, PhD, Saudi Arabia/USA, is a scholar-activist best known for advocating for women’s rights and protection from violence in Saudi Arabia. Her writing, speaking, and activism focuses on ending the country’s oppressive male-guardianship law and reforming family law. She was part of the protest to end the driving ban in Saudi Arabia; founded Aminah, an online resource center to promote full citizenship rights of Saudi women; and hosted a radio show for women’s rights. Hala’s activism and extensive writing for international media draw from her research on women’s health, women’s rights, an...
2019-12-1549 min
FiLiA#51 FiLiA meets: Sian NorrisSian Norris is a feminist activist, writer, poet, journalist, copywriter and producer. She is the founder and director of the Bristol Women’s Literature festival. In her journalism she specialises in feminism, LGBT rights and the rise of the Far Right. For this podcast, Sian is joined in conversation by FiLiA volunteer Alice to discuss her work, including Sian’s piece Revealed: controversial plan to boost religious lobby in Brussels as far right pledges to fight for Christian Europe. (Please note, this discussion was recorded before the changes in abortion legislation in Northern Ireland!)LINKS:...
2019-12-1440 min
FiLiA#50 FiLiA meets: Angela C WildAngela C. Wild is a lesbian feminist activist, writer, researcher and a political artist. Her work focuses on promoting uncompromising lesbian visibility, building lesbian culture, fighting for women-only-spaces as well as challenging compulsory heterosexuality, institutionalised femininity, motherhood and pornography.She is a founding member of Get The L Out lesbian activist group and author of Lesbians At Ground Zero the first research on the cotton ceiling.She is a contributor to the radical feminist journal 'Rain and Thunder'. Her work is featured in the 'Archives Recherche Culture Lesbiennes' in Paris. She is currently...
2019-11-1338 min
FiLiA#49 Surrogacy: A Human Rights Violation - FiLiA Conference 2019Panel discussion on surrogacy - a human rights violation, recorded at the FiLiA Conference 2019.Do we need a feminist analysis of surrogacy? the law commission of England and Wales and the Scottish law commission have been conducting a public consultation on provisional proposals for reform of the laws governing surrogacy in the UK. the closing date for the consultation is October 11, 2019. after reviewing all responses, they will decide on their final recommendations for law reform, accompanied by a draft bill (legislation) in 2021.Their project does not seek to examine whether or not surrogacy should be...
2019-11-081h 09
FiLiA#47 Pragna Patel - FiLiA Conference 2019SOUTHALL BLACK SISTERS’ ‘BRADFORD CONNECTION’ AND THE POLITICS OF SIMULTANEOUS RESISTANCE: LESSONS FOR CONTEMPORARY FEMINISMSouthall Black Sisters is 40 this year and FiLiA is organising its 6th feminist conference in Bradford. Against this backdrop, Pragna Patel, director of SBS, explores BME women’s experiences and political activism in the context of austerity, rising racism and religious fundamentalism and the attendant patriarchal agenda. She explores the ways in which SBS’s 'Bradford connection' has shaped the organisation's brand of secular, anti-racist and anti-fundamentalist feminism and draws out lessons for contemporary feminism.LINKSSOUTH...
2019-11-0629 min
FiLiA#46 FiLiA meets: Women Defend RojavaNote: the questions and answers for this podcast had to be recorded separately as we were unable to continue the conversation over the internet due to Rojava being an active war zone. FiLiA is grateful to the Women Defend Rojava team for speaking with us.About Women Defend Rojava, in their own words from their homepage:“We, the women of Kongra Star, began the campaign Women Defend Rojava to co-ordinate international resistance in solidarity with the women of Northern and Eastern Syria and the Rojava revolution against the occupation war of the...
2019-11-0434 min
FiLiA#45 FiLiA meets: Huschke MauHuschke Mau is a German woman who was in prostitution for a long time. She´s a writer, an activist and doing her PhD. Her biography in her own words:- Was born- Experienced heavy violence in childhood- Ran away at 17- Has been in prostitution for many years- Survived rape, prostitution, drug and alcohol abuse and suicide attempts- Attended university- Writing her PhD right now- Founder of Netzwerk Ella, the only prostitution survivors group in Germany - Activist for the Nor...
2019-10-1340 min
FiLiA#44 FiLiA meets: Houzan MahmoudHOUZAN MAHMOUD is feminist activist, public lecturer and co-founder of Culture Project, a project formed to raise awareness about feminism and gender in Kurdistan and diaspora. She is also editorial board member of Culture Magazine, a quarterly publication published in Kurdistan/Iraq. She has an MA in Gender Studies from SOAS, London University. She was born in Iraqi Kurdistan in 1973 and currently resides and works in London. She is the winner of 2016 Emma Humphrey’s Memorial Award and One Law for All’s Secularism Award for 2018 for her tireless work in defense of women’s rights and...
2019-10-1228 min
FiLiA#42 FiLiA meets: Jennifer LahlMs. Lahl is founder and president of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network. Lahl couples her 25 years of experience as a pediatric critical care nurse, a hospital administrator, and a senior-level nursing manager with a deep passion to speak for those who have no voice. Lahl’s writings have appeared in various publications including Cambridge University Press, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Dallas Morning News, and the American Journal of Bioethics. Lahl made her writing and directing debut producing the documentary film Eggsploitation. Her other films include Breeders: A Subclass of Women?, which focuses on surrogacy, Magg...
2019-09-3025 min
FiLiA#41 FiLiA meets: Fiona BroadfootFiona Broadfoot is a sex trade survivor, having been trafficked into prostitution at the age of 15. Fiona spent 11 years entrenched in the violent world of prostitution. she has since worked to raise awareness of the harm it causes to young people and their families. She was a close friend and fellow campaigner of Irene Ivison, the founder of PACE (formerly known as CROP), and was instrumental in the setting up of CROP in 1996, alongside her own organisation, EXIT, which was formed offer support to women exiting prostitution. Fiona travelled the country with Irene, campaigning, speaking about her own experiences...
2019-09-2722 min
FiLiA#40 FiLiA meets: Louise TickleAn award-winning freelance journalist, Louise specialises in education and social affairs. She has written extensively on domestic abuse, the effects of poverty on children’s education and child protection.She has a particular interest in family courts and the care system, and is a member of The Transparency Project which aims to promote greater understanding of family law. In 2017, Louise was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain's Social Evils for her work on the BBC One film Behind Closed Doors and her Guardian reporting on domestic abuse. In 2016 she was also shortlisted for the...
2019-09-2630 min
FiLiA#38 FiLiA meets: Nicole JacobsNicole Jacobs has been named as government’s designate Domestic Abuse Commissioner.Nicole has been the CEO of charity Standing Together Against Domestic Violence for the last 6 years and has more than 25 years’ experience supporting women subjected to abuse. During her career, Nicole has worked in a number of roles, including a frontline practitioner, in senior operational and management roles, and as a trainer and strategic leader.The role of Domestic Abuse Commissioner will lead on driving improvements on the response to domestic abuse in the UK, championing victims and making recommendations on what more shoul...
2019-09-2021 min
FiLiA#37 FiLiA meets: RinaThis podcast contains sensitive information, which some listeners may find distressing.FiLiA is honoured and humbled to be able to share this important, brave and honest conversation with Rina. She introduces herself like this:“I am Rina. I am a public speaker, advocate and campaigner for Domestic and Honour Abuse and the impact abuse has on our mental health.Having been on the receiving end of physical, emotional, sexual, financial, psychological and honour abuse.... and surviving, and having my own struggles with mental health, as a direct impact of trauma. I no...
2019-09-1333 min
FiLiA#36 FiLiA meets: NancyFiLiA is honoured and humbled to be able to share this important, brave and honest conversation with Nancy. She introduces herself like this:“Hi, my name is Nancy I am 63 years old and I've been abused since I was 8 years old. I have gone through many bad times, until I found out that there were people that could help and believe in me. I am now 3 years free of any abuse xxx”Contact information for help or advice can be found from the following national agencies/charities:Women’s Aid (Domestic Abuse...
2019-09-1222 min
FiLiA#35 FiLiA meets: Daniela NadjDaniela Nadj, LLB, LLM, PhD is a graduate of Queen Mary, University of London, Cornell University and the University of Westminster. She has been a lecturer in Public Law at Queen Mary. Daniela’s research interests are in the fields of international criminal law and human rights, feminist legal theory and housing. She is the author of the recently published book Women, Wartime Sexual Violence and Interpretation of Gender in the Contemporary International Criminal Trial, published by Routledge in 2018. FiLiA’s Julian Norman joins Daniela in conversation for this podcast.E-mail Daniela: D.nadj@qmul.ac.ukS...
2019-09-0620 min
FiLiA#33 FiLiA meets: Renate KleinDr Renate Klein is a Swiss-Australian biologist and social scientist. She has been a feminist health activist and academic since the 1980s and was a founder of FINRRAGE (Feminist International Network of Resistance to Reproductive and Genetic Engineering). She is the (co)author and (co)editor of 15 books on radical feminist theory and critiques of biotechnological procedures. Her most recent books are Surrogacy. A Human Rights Violation (Spinifex Press, 2017, translated into German as Mietmutterschaft. Eine Menschenrechtsverletzung; Marta Press, 2018) and Broken Bonds. Surrogate Mothers Speak Out (Spinifex Press, 2019, co-edited with Jennifer Lahl and Melinda Tankard Reist). She is also an or...
2019-08-2530 min
FiLiA#31 FiLiA Meets: Merly ÅsbogårdMerly Åsbogård is a wonderful feminist who will be speaking at the FiLiA conference in 2019. She describes herself like this:”I administrate a support group online for women with experience of different kinds of abuse.“I'm the woman behind the account Viskans Viol on Instagram. The account is used to raise awareness of prostitution, men's violence against women and body positivity. I hold lectures about the same and write on my first book as we speak.“I believe in changing the attitude and general discourse when it comes to how we perceive the peop...
2019-07-2822 min
FiLiA#30 FiLiA Meets: Julie FurlongJulie Furlong is a lesbian feminist activist, who is part of a group of proud lesbian women organising the Lesbian Strength March in Leeds on 7th September. The day will include a march for lesbian women from 2pm, followed by a rally for lesbian women and all female supporters. She speaks to FiLiA volunteer Zoï Hélène in this podcast about topics including what lesbian feminism means, why supporting this event is so important, and Anne Lister.Julie would like to share the following links:Lesbian Strength March GoFundMeEventbrite page: Lesbian Str...
2019-07-1846 min
FiLiA#27 FiLiA meets: Maryam NamazieMaryam Namazie is a political activist, campaigner and blogger. She is the Spokesperson for Fitnah - Movement for Women's Liberation, Equal Rights Now, One Law for All Campaign against Sharia Law in Britain and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB). Maryam is an inveterate commentator and broadcaster on rights, cultural relativism, secularism, religion, political Islam and many other related topics. She is the producer and host of Bread and Roses TV broadcast in English and Persian via New Channel TV and deemed ‘immoral’ and ‘corrupt’ by the Islamic regime of Iran. She is joined in conversation by Sadia Hameed...
2019-07-0150 min
FiLiA#26 FiLiA Meets: Louise Winstanley - ABColombiaLouise Winstanley has been working with ABColombia since 2010. As Programme and Advocacy Manager, Louise’s role is to manage and co-ordinate the work of ABColombia - the joint advocacy project of five leading British and Irish organisations with programmes in Colombia: CAFOD, Christian Aid UKI, Oxfam GB, SCIAF and Trócaire. Amnesty International and PBI are observers. ABColombia members work with over one hundred partner organisations in Colombia. Many of ABColombia partners are local and national women organisations and human rights defenders working specifically on issues impacting Indigenous, Afro-Descendant and peasant farmer communities. ABColombia has been working with women's org...
2019-06-3035 min
FiLiA#25 FiLiA meets: Eleanor Nwadinobi - Every Woman TreatyEleanor Nwadinobi, MBBS, EMA, FAAC, Nigeria, is an independent gender, health, women’s rights, and women, peace, and security consultant. She has worked on a wide range of issues including child trafficking, girls education, peace building, and violence prevention with the African Union, ECOWAS, UNICEF, the World Bank and others. Eleanor oversaw the women, peace and security networks that conducted advocacy on the Nigerian National Action plan, including special initiatives around widows and persons with disabilities in conflict-prone environments. The network actively advocated for the release of the 200 Chibok girls abducted by insurgents. More recently, Eleanor facilitated support for pa...
2019-06-1231 min
FiLiA#24 FiLiA meets: Karen DobresKaren Dobres, Equality FC Campaign Manager for Lewes Football Club, talks about why and how Lewes became the first football club in the world to achieve pay parity for its male and female players, and why - shockingly but brilliantly - it is still the ONLY club in the world to do it. Karen is interviewed by Jacqueline Winstanley, Global Disruptor, Founder, CEO Universal Inclusion and our FiLiA lead on Diversity and Inclusion.Want to help reverse the years of injustice in women's football? Become a co-owner of Lewes FC's 100% community-owned club. Use this link for a...
2019-06-0753 min
FiLiA#22 FiLiA meets: Dr Ava KanyeredziDr Ava Kanyeredzi is a lecturer on the Forensic, Clinical and Community Psychology programmes at the University of East London. Her book Race Culture and Gender: Black Female Experiences of Violence and Abuse (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) presents an in-depth account of nine Black British women’s experiences of violence and abuse, and their feelings of being silenced as children, women, Black women and as victims/survivors. She speaks here with FiLiA volunteer Sally Jackson.Read Ava’s Book: RACE, CULTURE AND GENDER(Apologies for the poor sound quality - this was an onli...
2019-06-0541 min
FiLiA#018 FiLiA meets: Meghan Murphy - Feminist CurrentMeghan Murphy is a freelance journalist and writer, who uncompromisingly highlights women’s rights issues. She is the founder and editor of Feminist Current, Canada’s leading feminist website. Meghan is visiting the United Kingdom in May 2019, where she will be appearing at a number of events. She speaks to FiLiA’s Heather Brunskell-Evans about international issues facing feminists, silencing, social media bans, and women’s sex-based rights.Feminist CurrentFeminist Current Podcasts
2019-05-1531 min
FiLiA#017 FiLiA meets: Mine Atli - KAYADMine Atli: Lawyer and activist from THE ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN TO SUPPORT LIVING, or KAYAD as its known in Cyprus, speaks with FiLiA volunteer Sally Jackson. KAYAD was established in 1998 with the aim of eliminating all forms of discrimination against women and contributing to gender equality by strengthening the profile of women in the community. As the first and only of its kind in the northern part of Cyprus, KAYAD has carried out various awareness raising activities to prevent domestic violence and has made an effort to ensure that all steps it has taken for co...
2019-05-0920 min
FiLiA#016 FiLiA meets: Sabiha Temizkan - Speak Up For LeylaUPDATE 26th May 2019“I end my hunger strike but continue my fight against isolation”Leyla GüvenArticle in the Morning Star HERESabiha Temizkan is the daughter of Leyla Güven. Leyla is a Kurdish member of parliament from the Peoples’ Democratic Party in Turkey and co-chair of the Democratic Society Congress. Leyla has been on hunger strike since November 8th 2018 to protest the conditions of isolation in which PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan has been kept. Sabiha and Güzide Diker (interpreting) speak with Sally Jackson from FiLiA about Leyla’s re...
2019-04-1625 min
FiLiA#015 FiLiA meets: Dr Sasha Rakoff - Not Buying ItDr Sasha Rakoff is the CEO of Not Buying It, a UK-based feminist group who challenge the sexual exploitation of porn and the sex trade. She is joined by Sally Jackson from FiLiA in a discussion on strip clubs, including the recent exposure by Not Buying It of the sexual acts expected of performers at Spearmint Rhino in Sheffield. Sasha explains why the lap dancing industry is a problem for all women, especially the women working within it. Website: www.notbuyingit.org.ukSign the petition: www.notbuyingit.org.uk/PetitionE...
2019-03-3115 min
FiLiA#11 FiLiA meets: Hibo Wardere - FGM Activist & SpeakerHibo Wardere is a survivor of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) who spends her time working to ensure that no other girl will be subjected to the pain and long term physical and emotional damage it causes. She works in the UK and all over the world advising governments and teaching schools and health professionals about FGM.In Somalia, where Hibo was born, 98% of women have been cut; it is most commonly practised in west, east and north Africa. It is also practised in parts of the Middle East and Asia, particularly Indonesia, but, with migration, girls in...
2018-10-1313 min
FiLiA#7 FiLiA meets: Huda Ammori - Palestinian Solidarity CampaignHuda Ammori an activist and Campaign Officer from the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign talks to us about her family history in Palestine and why she got involved as an activist in this issue. She discusses the campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions and how you can get involved. Huda will be speaking on our Panel - Justice for Palestine: Women’s Perspective on Saturday morning of the conference 2018.Huda Ammori - Palestinian Solidarity CampaignFiLiA Podcasts
2018-10-0218 min
FiLiA#6 FiLiA meets: Working Class Movement LibraryWorking people have always struggled to get their voices heard. The Working Class Movement Library in Salford records over 200 years of organising and campaigning by ordinary men and women. Our collection provides a rich insight into working people's daily lives as well as their thoughts, hopes, fears and the roles they played in the significant events of their time. And it’s free for everyone to come and use…The Library couldn’t function without its amazing team of volunteers, who undertake tasks such as welcoming visitors; cataloguing books, photographs, posters, badges etc; and looking after the Library...
2018-09-0233 min