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In Focus by The HinduSlavery in the modern world, and who is most vulnerable to itThe United Nations recently released a new report by Tomoya Obokata, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences. The report will be part of the agenda at the next session of the Human Rights Council in September. It focuses on one particular aspect of contemporary slavery -- how minorities are especially vulnerable to it, and what can be done to protect them from falling prey to slavery.To better understand the implications and recommendations of this report, and why slavery continues to persist, we speak with Dr Prabha Kotiswaran, Professor of...2022-08-2927 min
The Anti-Girlboss Socialist ClubThe Anti-Girlboss Socialist Club (Victor's Children ep16)On this episode of Victor's Children Anti-Girlboss Socialist Club hosts Paniz Khosroshahy and Tamsyn Riddle join the show to discuss topics covered in two previous episodes of AGSC: the “Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Industry” and sexual violence programs at universities.The podcast is named after Victor Serge, a Russian revolutionary Marxist, novelist and historian and critic of the Stalinist regime. The show's Winnipeg-based host David Camfield is a member of the editorial board at socialist online magazine Midnight Sun. Find out more at https://www.midnightsunmag.ca/hatching-plans-for-daybreak/ and subscribe to Victor's Children wherever you get your podcasts.2022-04-151h 20
Victor's Children#16: The Anti-Girlboss Socialist ClubThe Anti-Girlboss Socialist Club
This episode is an interview with Paniz and Tamsyn, the hosts of the socialist-feminist podcast The Anti-Girlboss Socialist Club (https://harbingermedianetwork.com/show/the-anti-girlboss-socialist-club/). They discuss topics covered in two episodes of AGSC: the “Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Industry” and sexual violence programs at universities.
Sources mentioned by Paniz and Tamsyn or suggested for people who want to learn more:
Jack Fiorito, "Human Resource Management Practices and Worker Desires for Union Representation" (2001) Journal of Labour Research 22:2.
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The Longest Constitution with Priya MirzaJaved Akhtar and The Copyright LawWhat do the Urdu lyricist Javed Akhtar and his speech in the parliament have to do with the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959? Nothing, really! But on what grounds can a poet or writer claim ownership over her work. And why have beggars, surrogates, and sex workers been criminalized for decades, being denied the right to sing and dance in public spaces? This episode of The Longest Constitution examines, through the lens of The Copyright Law, the kind of work which is ‘visible’ and that which is ‘invisible’ and the overwhelming burden of invisible work on women.**Read...2022-03-0210 min
The Longest Constitution with Priya MirzaWhat is the Worth of Your Labour?What is the measure of a person’s labour? And why is creativity valued more than physical labour? This episode of The Longest Constitution wades into intellectual property rights and the sexual reproductive autonomy of women, to examine the making of the Copyright Act, 1957 and the beginnings of the commercial surrogacy industry in the early 2000s. We also look at how women’s domestic labour, invisible and unrecognized, was finally evaluated following pleas for compensation following accidents and deaths in road accidents, under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. Reading material: Reddy, Prashant, T. and Sumathi Chandrashekaran, 2017, Create, Copy...2022-02-2310 min
Research RadioIndian Courts and the Politics of Recognising Women’s Unpaid Care WorkWomen spend more than three times as much time performing unpaid domestic work than men in India based on 2019 NSSO data. This means women get less time to pursue paid work, learn new skills, get rest, and more. This disproportionate division of labour remains unrecognised. Indian courts, however, have attempted to value women’s unpaid domestic work in cases where women have died or become disabled in motor accidents.Dr Prabha Kotiswaran has analysed hundreds of such cases since the 1960s. She joins us on the podcast to discuss her findings. Dr Kotiswaran is a Professor of La...2022-01-1732 min
Völkerrechtspodcast#10 Kritische Perspektiven auf das Völkerrecht: Was nicht in euren Lehrbüchern stehtWarum ist unser (Völker-)Recht so, wie es ist? Welche Machtverhältnisse begünstigen bestimmte Auslegungen einzelner Normen? Kritische Perspektiven auf das Völkerrecht hinterfragen den Kontext von Normen und ihre Entstehungsgeschichte.
Weil diese Theorien im Studium leider oft etwas zu kurz kommen, behandeln wir sie heute in unserer zehnten Folge, pünktlich zum Semesterstart. Isabel Lischewski gibt eine kurze Einführung zu spezifisch feministischen Herangehensweisen, Erik Tuchtfeld spricht mit Sigrid Boysen über postkoloniale Kritik am Völkerrecht. Insbesondere geht es dabei um die Rolle des Umweltrechts, das oft als „gutes Geschwisterkind“ des Investitionsschutzrechts wahrgenommen wird, aber auch be...2021-10-0137 min
The Longest Constitution with Priya MirzaThe Right to Prostitute?If you can make money with the application of your mind, why not your body? Anti-prostitution laws are a problem. In India, that is the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1986. Not only because this law criminalizes sex workers and pimps, but not the men who visit sex workers. But also because our Constitution grants us the right to practice our trade. So how come, sex workers, cant work? And how was this challenged in court?For a general understanding of sex work in India, see Prabha Kotiswaran, 2011, Dangerous Sex, Invisible Labor: Sex Work and the Law in India, Princeton...2021-09-2908 min
WorklifeIndiaShould women be paid for housework?Unpaid domestic work in India is nearly 40% of the country’s GDP, according to recent estimates. India’s homemakers, like many in different parts of the world, clean, cook and care for their families, accounting for nearly 300 minutes a day. Globally too, women still do the lion’s share of housework.Should this work – largely seen as thankless household chores – be monetized? Or would it prevent women from stepping out of their homes and taking up formal professions? What could be the unintended consequences of guaranteed income for housewives?In this edition of WorklifeIndia, we discuss wh...2021-04-0226 min
The Frontline ClubModern Day Slavery: How to Tackle Human Traffickingesperate for a better life, men, women and children risk perilous journeys for the promise of prosperity in the UK, Europe or America. Those who manage to reach their destination will often find themselves sold into a life of sexual exploitation, forced labour, street crime and domestic servitude.
Trafficking affects every continent and every country, and yet we are often unaware that it is happening all around us.
Ahead of the Thomson Reuters Foundation Trust Women conference, at which this subject will be discussed extensively, we will be bringing together a panel of experts to examine how we can tackle...2014-10-281h 20
Thinking AllowedRaoul Moat - the media story; Indian sex workersThe sad story of the hunt for the lone gunman Raoul Moat had many of the ingredients of classic crime fiction: a countryside location; an outsider against the law and an extraordinary set of tragic circumstances that unfolded over time. In this edition of Thinking Allowed Laurie Taylor speaks to Michael Rowe, a criminologist at the centre of the crisis. He gave countless media interviews at the time and has now conducted a study of how 24 hour news media used the rubric of crime fiction to present events in a gripping way. He argues, however, that it was a...2012-04-2528 min