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The Echoes PodcastGrace and Grit | With Ashley ClevelandGrammy-winning musical artist and author Ashley Cleveland joins The Echoes Podcast to talk about grit. Through addiction and recovery, heartbreak and healing, Ashley invites us into a story where surrender becomes strength, vulnerability becomes vision, and brokenness gives way to beauty. This is a conversation about faith forged in fire, and the quiet, astonishing power of telling the whole, unvarnished truth. 🔗 Subscribe to Echoes Magazine for free: EchoesMagazine.org 🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. Episode Notes: Little Black Sheep: A Memoir by Ashley Cleveland. Ashley Cleveland’s extensive discography includes three Grammy...2025-04-2935 min
The Rights of OthersCircular Textiles Greenwich Project - ReflectionsAbout the Circular Textiles Greenwich HubOur goal is to create a space in the minds of people in the Greenwich community and beyond by creating a physical space in the University of Greenwich and a virtual platform. A place where sustainable consumption practices and knowledge is shared and promoted with a view to providing solutions which can be easily replicated and actioned at collective and individual level.Our first step is to promote sustainable consumption in the Greenwich community by creating a hub at the University of Greenwich for swapping clothes, organising styling and repair...2021-09-0833 min
The Rights of OthersHeather White-Complicit. Making an impact and reaching furtherIn the photo: Yi Yeting, who is battling to survive occupation leukemia, holds a protest are part of his campaign to help other workers in similar situations, poisoned by benzene and n-hexane. Footage from the Documentary 'COMPLICIT': http://www.complicitfilm.orgHeather White is the documentary Co-Director and Producer of ‘ COMPLICIT’ - recipient of nine international film festival awards, news broadcasts worldwide. (2013-2018).Network Fellow, Harvard University, Edmond B. Safra Center for Ethics (2011-2014). Researched social auditing’s failure to protect workers in global apparel and tech manufacturers. Press interviews and coverage in over 300 news outlet...2021-09-081h 03
The Rights of OthersMauricio Lazala- Strategising the future of corporate justiceMauricio Lazala, Deputy Director & Head of Europe Office (based in Frankfurt) of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre Mauricio Lazala, Deputy Director & Head of Europe Office (based in Frankfurt) of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. Mauricio joined the Resource Centre in 2006. As part of the senior management team, he is involved in strategic, operational and financial decisions at the organization. Mauricio manages various regions and programmes. Since 2014, Mauricio is also a member of the Board of the EIRIS Foundation – Empowering Responsible Investment. In 2018 he was invited to join the Advisory Committee of the Investor Alliance for...2021-06-081h 01
The Rights of OthersSalil Tripathi - Power, Accountability and Impact of your VoicesExpertiseSalil is a writer and policy adviser with experience in researching corporate activities in diverse environments and applying international human rights standards to identify human rights abuses and and working with all sectors and stakeholders to build accountability and advocate positive change. Current WorkSalil works on human rights themes such as discrimination, protection of human rights defenders, and emerging issues for business and human rights. He is also engaged in researching potential impacts of investments in countries opening up for investment after a long period of political or economic isolation. He a...2021-05-041h 00
The Rights of OthersSheung So-Protecting workers' rights in ChinaSheung so is a labour activist and Chief Executive of Labour Education Services Network in Hong Kong, where she is also the Senior Trainer. Sheung has extensive experience working on labour issues in China. Her expertise includes labor dispute hotlines and support services, empowerment programme design and execution, labour rights and worker representation training for workers, student worker rights, vocational school curriculum development and teacher trainings, and Corporate Social Responsibility projects with companies and multi-stakeholder initiatives. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of Electronics Watch, and has been its first President (2015-2020). 2021-02-181h 16
Fundación Conservación MarinaMarea Alta - Cap. 1La llegada de Lía
Inspirada en la novela de Marcela Serrano:
“El Albergue de las Mujeres Tristes”.
Lía, una periodista famosa, llega a Curaco de Vélez, desde Santiago al albergue “Gabriela Mistral”, un centro para mujeres que padecen depresión, perteneciente a Vanesa Pinto, una abogada chilena que lleva 18 años apoyando a mujeres de todas las regiones de Chile.
Lía decide tomar un tiempo en la Casa Mistral, después de entrar en un cuadro depresivo, el cual tiene como causa, el mal rumbo que lleva su relación act...2021-01-0517 min
The Rights of OthersMakmid Kamara-Leading justice and human rights from AfricaMakmid is a human rights campaigner, researcher and development communications practitioner, with almost twenty years experience working with national and international development and human rights organisations in Africa and the United Kingdom.See some of his work: Here2020-12-141h 03
The Rights of OthersOlga, Seema & Raza-Reflections on the Path towards the Rights of OthersIn this episode, the final one of Season 1, Olga, Seema & Raza reflect on the journey of the Rights of Others Podcast and what we have learnt during this season. We conclude we need to hear the voices of those on the ground, doing the work that ultimately leads to the protection and promotion of the rights of others. Season 2 is coming very soon! 2020-11-2250 min
The Rights of OthersCeylan Akbas & Dilara Altun-Next Generation and the Future of Fighting for the Rights of OthersCeylan Akbas and Dilara Altun are graduates of the School of Law and Criminology of the University of Greenwich and have co-lead the Greenwich Amnesty International Society and the Eco-team. They have interned at the Business, Human Rights and the Environment Research Group (www.bhre.org) working with Olga In corporate accountability projects. Dilara is currently studying her LLM at King’s Colleague London and Ceylan is working at BHRE on the DATUM project to promote sustainable consumption through technology. In this fascinating episode, we about their activism, educating ourselves and influencing others, social media, the climate emergency, fa...2020-10-301h 01
The Rights of OthersDan Leader-Activist Lawyers in the midst of GoliathsIn this episode we talk to Dan Leader, partner in the British law firm LeighDay. Daniel specialises in international human rights and environmental law, with a particular focus on business and human rights. He has extensive experience of cases against parent companies, complex group actions and mass tort claims, as well as cross-border disputes and jurisdictional issues. He has was external expert member of the UK Government Steering Board which oversees the implementation of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (2014-17). Since 2018 he has been a Board Member of the Corporate Responsibility Coalition (CORE) and is currently a member of...2020-09-1747 min
The Rights of OthersGemma Freedman-Rebalancing relations in the workplace to claim human rightsGemma works as Assistant International Officer at Unison and she is responsible for Business and Human Rights as well as Unison's relationships with Asian trade unions. This includes coordinating UK civil society UN Binding Treaty Group; working through CORE Coalition on a duty to prevent corporate abuse of human and environmental rights and for remedy to be provided should harm occurs.IMG Credit - Terence Faircloth / Flickr2020-09-031h 03
The Rights of OthersAmol Mehra-Philanthropy: Deciding who gets to sit at the tableAmol Mehra, Esq. is the Director of Industry Transformation at the Laudes Foundation where he oversees programmes relating to transformation of the fashion and built environment sectors to address the dual crises of inequality and climate change.Previously, Amol served as Managing Director of the Freedom Fund, a leader in the global movement to end modern slavery, and as Executive Director of the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR), a leading human rights organisation(Illustration by Kimberly Salt.) 2020-07-1044 min
The Rights of OthersMeghna Abraham-Covid-19, global inequalities and companiesMeghna Abraham is a lawyer who worked on human rights issues for close to two decades. She is an accomplished investigator, policy expert, advocate, campaigner, and trainer. She currently works as an international human rights consultant and as an Interim Asia-Pacific Director at the Natural Resource Governance Institute. Meghna Abraham is a lawyer who worked on human rights issues for close to two decades. She is an accomplished investigator, policy expert, advocate, campaigner, and trainer. We talked to Meghna during lockdown and discussed her work in human rights and development, the inequalities the pandemic has highlighted and increased and...2020-06-2343 min
The Rights of OthersMarilyn Croser-Putting People and Planet at the Core of BusinessMarilyn had served as Director of CORE, She led the UK Refugee Council’s parliamentary advocacy and campaigning prior to joining CORE, and worked for Oxfam GB on the Make Poverty History and Control Arms campaigns firstly as a campaigner and then as policy advisor.2020-03-1345 min
The Rights of OthersWilliam Rook-Human Rights and Sports- Centre for Sports and Human Rights - William’s experience includes leading initiatives to promote responsible business practices and human rights in emerging sectors and geographies. William established IHRB’s presence in the Middle East in 2015, liaising closely with governments, embassies, state entities and major companies across the region, facilitating corporate engagement with issues such as worker welfare and risks around human trafficking and forced labour.2020-02-2454 min
The Rights of OthersOlga, Seema & Raza-Mirror of Our Clean Energy RevolutionSeema have 20 years of professional experience working globally in law, policy and human rights. Most recently, she was Programme Director of Global Thematic Issues at Amnesty international. For many years, as Head of Business and Human Rights, she has led the organisation's investigative and advocacy work on corporate accountability. She is specialised in areas ranging from: combating abuses in global supply chains, environmental justice and corporate crimes.IMG: yuumeiart.com2020-02-1439 min
The Rights of OthersPilot - Discovering a Pathway to Human RightsExploring the motivations which lead to care about human rights and then what kind of compassionate paths these individuals took in their life.2020-01-1749 min