Episodes

  • Feminist Leadership: Leading with Courage and Compassion (3/3)

    Feminist Leadership: Leading with Courage and Compassion (3/3)
    Oct 17 2023
    Join us for the grand finale of our 3-part series, where we shift our focus to feminist leadership on an individual level. This episode explores the personal challenges faced by those in leadership positions who strive to lead differently. Our journey begins with Helene, co-founder of Fair Share of Women Leaders, and continues with Vandita Morarka, CEO of One Future Collective. Vandita reveals the internal struggles and guilt that can accompany feminist leadership but offers a refreshing perspective on how to navigate them. Their stories showcase the incredible courage and compassion it takes to be a feminist leader, illuminating the path towards a more equitable future for all. A podcast with: • Helene Wolf, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Fair Share of Women Leaders • Vandita Morarka, Founder and CEO of One Future Collective Links:Video with Vandita Morarka talking about Feminist Leadership More about “Fair Share of Women Leaders”Downloads and more info about Feminist LeadershipArticle about Collective Feminist LeadershipVideos and Materials about Feminist Leadership More About the organisation We Are Feminist Leaders and its Feminist Leadership Programme More about the Feminist Hiking Collective
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    32 mins
  • Feminist Leadership: Feminist Leadership in Action (2/3)

    Feminist Leadership: Feminist Leadership in Action (2/3)
    Oct 17 2023
    In episode two it’s all about feminist leadership in practice. We'll dive deep into organizations and institutions that embrace feminist leadership. And we find out that it's not a one-size-fits-all model but rather a dynamic, often context-specific approach. Our discussions feature insights from three remarkable women with extensive experience in feminist leadership on an institutional level: Lysa John, Secretary-General of CIVICUS; Leila Billing, a leading advocate for 'We Are Feminist Leaders'; and Serap Altinisik, CEO of Oxfam Germany. They share their wisdom, experiences, and thoughts on feminist leadership in practice, showcasing its transformative power to shape a more equitable and just world. A podcast with: • Lysa John, Secretary General of CIVICUS • Leila Billing, Co-Founder and Senior Advisor on Gender, Youth and Movement Building at We Are Feminist Leaders • Serap Altinisik, CEO of Oxfam Germany Links: “Celebrating our #1 position on the FAIR SHARE of Women Leaders Monitor” by Lysa JohnVideo with Lysa John talking about Feminist Leadership Ressources from “We are Feminist Leaders”Feminist Leaders for Feminist Goals - An agenda for change for the social impact sector (in German) by Aissata Lam, Anusha Bharadwaj, Emily Bove, Helene Wolf, Serap Altinisik, Zakiya Carr JohnsonDownloads and more info about Feminist LeadershipArticle about Collective Feminist LeadershipVideos and Materials about Feminist Leadership More About the organisation We Are Feminist Leaders and its Feminist Leadership Programme More about the Feminist Hiking Collective
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    38 mins
  • Feminist Leadership: Unveiling Feminist Leadership (1/3)

    Feminist Leadership: Unveiling Feminist Leadership (1/3)
    Oct 17 2023
    In the first episode of our 3-part series, we embark on an exploration of feminist leadership. What exactly is it, and what is it not? Join us as we uncover the beliefs and principles that underpin this transformative leadership approach. For this, we’ll hear from two remarkable women who've dedicated their lives to feminist causes. Srilatha Batliwala, a lifelong feminist activist and scholar from South India, shares her insights, emphasizing that feminist leadership goes beyond mere gender identity. Elena Ghizzo, co-founder of the Feminist Hiking Collective, reveals how feminist leadership challenges existing power structures and offers a fresh perspective on leadership. A podcast with: • Srilatha Batliwala, Senior Advisor of Knowledge Building with CREA (Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action) and Senior Associate at Gender at Work • Elena Ghizzo, Co-Founder and Co-Coordinator of Feminist Hiking Collective Links: “Conversations with Women on Leadership and Social Transformation” by Srilatha Batliwala and Aruna Rao “Feminist Leadership Practice: Reflections from the South African gender@work experience” by Michel Friedman with Nosipho Twala “Collective Feminist Leadership: Unlearning the Me, Me, Me” by Elena Ghizzo Downloads and more info about Feminist LeadershipArticle about Collective Feminist LeadershipVideos and Materials about Feminist Leadership More About the organisation We Are Feminist Leaders and its Feminist Leadership Programme More about the Feminist Hiking Collective
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    31 mins
  • A Feminist Development Policy: Beyond Representation (5/5)

    A Feminist Development Policy: Beyond Representation (5/5)
    Jan 26 2023
    A Pathway Towards Feminist Global Collaboration What is the goal of representation and how can it be most meaningful within a process of Feminist Global Collaboration? In this final episode of the series, our host, Samie Blasingame, and three incredible guests discuss what representation is and what it is not, what it looks like to achieve representation in different spaces, and the dominant structures that start to shift when representation is done well.  Tune in to hear thoughts and examples as to why representation can’t just be about how things look; it must move beyond that by allowing new perspectives to help shift the collective worldview and bring positive changes for the whole of society. A podcast with: • Pema Wangmo Lama, Mugum Indigenous youth activist, feminist, and climate activist • Jovan Džoli Ulićević, activist and founder of the feminist organisation Spektra • Roula Seghaier, Strategic Program Coordinator for the International Domestic Workers Federation • Samie Blasingame, Host and environmental justice activist, researcher and facilitator This series was initiated  by an emerging network of practitioners aiming to re-think development policy from a feminist perspective; FAIR SHARE of Women Leaders, a feminist non-profit initiative to advance gender equity in the in civil society sector; and the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Audio production by Grettch. Download the transcript here. Shownotes: 1. Arezoo Najibzadeh “For women to be better represented in Canadian politics, they first have to feel safe”: https://www.arezoonz.ca/insights/for-women-to-be-better-represented-in-…  2. Care and GDP: Report by Roula Seghaier, IDWF Strategic Program Coordinator “Following the Money: The Kafala system and chain of domestic worker’s migration”: https://idwfed.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/following_the_money_en.pdf  3. Cathleen Clerkin “Why defining BIPOC-led is harder than you think”: https://blog.candid.org/post/the-importance-of-talking-about-and-collec…  4. FAIR SHARE Monitor by FAIR SHARE of Women Leaders 5. “Gender composition and progress on implementation” Report by the UNFCCC secretariat 2022: https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/cp2022_3_adv.pdf 6. Maria Tanyag “We need more female leaders in the fight against climate change”: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/11/female-leaders-cl…  7. Olúfémi O. Táíwò “Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)” 8. Dr. Sherily MacGregor “A stranger silence still: the need for feminist social research on climate change”: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-954X.2010.01889.x  9. Taqadum Al-Khatib “Greenwashing Tyranny at COP 27”: https://www.boell.de/en/2022/11/14/greenwashing-tyranny-at-cop27
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    47 mins
  • A Feminist Development Policy: Funding beyond power differentials (4/5)

    A Feminist Development Policy: Funding beyond power differentials (4/5)
    Dec 20 2022
    Funds are constantly flowing but are they reaching the people and initiatives they should be? This episode we explore questions such as: how does funding reflect our priorities as a society; how can we build more trust between donor and grantees; and where do we need to be looking to ensure we are supporting feminist movements for social change? Tune in to hear some important critiques and valuable best practices to move the funding landscape toward more Feminist Global Collaboration.    A podcast with: • Angelika Arutyunova, Feminist thinker, strategist, advocate and consultant  • Chantelle de Nobrega, Grants Manager at Mama Cash • Samie Blasingame, Host and environmental justice activist, researcher and facilitator This series was initiated by an emerging network of practitioners aiming to re-think development policy from a feminist perspective; FAIR SHARE of Women Leaders, a feminist non-profit initiative to advance gender equity in the in civil society sector; and the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Audio production by Grettch. Download the transcript here. Shownotes: 1. Arutyunova A. & Hessini L.: To Accelerate Social Change, Approach Philanthropy with a Feminist Lens.  https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/08/accelerate-social-change-approach-phila… 2. Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice: Feminist Funding Principles. https://astraeafoundation.org/microsites/feminist-funding-principles/ 3. Dolker T. et al.: Where is the money for Feminist Organizing? AWID https://www.awid.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/AWID_Research_WITM_Bri… 4. Equality Fund https://equalityfund.ca/ 5. FRIDA: No Straight Lines, Transformations with Young Feminist Organiser, A resource for INGOS and Funders.  http://nostraightlines.youngfeministfund.org/section.html#background 6. CIVICUS: Grassroots Solidarity Revolution https://civicus.org/grassrootsrevolution/ 7. Investigate Europe: Europe’s love affair with fossil fuels https://www.investigate-europe.eu/en/2020/europes-love-affair-with-foss… 8. Leading from the South https://www.leadingfromthesouth.org/about-us 9. Lever, E., Miller, K. and Staszewska, K.: Moving More Money to the Drivers of Change: How Bilateral and Multilateral Funders Can Resource Feminist Movements. AWID and Mama Cash with support from the Count Me In! Consortium https://www.mamacash.org/media/publications/movingmoremoney_mama_cash_a… 10. Staszewska, K. et al.: Only 1% of gender equality funding is going to women’s organisations – why? AWID https://www.awid.org/news-and-analysis/only-1-gender-equality-funding-g… 11. Transnational Institute: Climate Collateral: How military spending accelerates climate breakdown https://www.tni.org/en/publication/climate-collateral
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    50 mins
  • W7 – After the Summit: What have we achieved?

    W7 – After the Summit: What have we achieved?
    Dec 6 2022
    W7 stands for Women 7 and is a global alliance of NGOs working for more gender justice at the G7. The Women 7 works every year in parallel with the G7. And because Germany holds the G7’s presidency for 2022, the Women 7 was organized this year by the National Council of German Women’s Organizations. For one year, 64 activists* from 24 countries considered the question: what must policymakers do to ensure greater gender justice worldwide? They then condensed their demands onto two pages before handing it over to this year's G7 President, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who accepted it on behalf of the heads of all the G7 countries. The question then is, did the G7 listen? And, if so, what did the W7 achieve with its work? A podcast with: • Caroline Ausserer, W7 Project Coordinator at the National Council of German Women’s Organizations • Khanyo Farisé, Outright Action International - Spogmay Ahmed, International Center for Research on Women and a W7 Advisor on Feminist Foreign Policy • Miwo Atsuko, executive director of the Human Rights Information Center in Osaka, Japan, and a W7 Advisor on gender-equal responses to the covid pandemic Shownotes: W7: https://women7.org/ W7 communiqué and implementation plan: https://women7.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/W7-Communique%CC%81.pdf W7 Summit: video stream of the two-day conference with the handover of the communiqué to this G7 President, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz: https://women7.org/w7summit2022/
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    29 mins
  • A Feminist Development Policy: Intersectionality, gender & the economy (3/5)

    A Feminist Development Policy: Intersectionality, gender & the economy (3/5)
    Nov 29 2022
    A Pathway Towards Feminist Global Collaboration In the third instalment of our five-episode series on feminist development policy we discuss how the tool of intersectionality can help us illuminate some of the root causes of inequality, which often go unquestioned. We discuss how the current and dominant economic system perpetuates gender, racial and many more injustices, while exploring alternatives that center human rights, gender justice and care. Join us as we hear what feminist development policy must keep in mind to ensure intersectionality is not just another buzzword applied loosely throughout the sector. A podcast with: • Veena Singh, Feminist Development Practitioner and Consultant • Sanyu Awori, Building Feminist Economies Manager at AWID • Natalia Carrau, Environmental justice and labour rights advocate • Samie Blasingame, Host and environmental justice activist, researcher and facilitator This series was initiated by an emerging network of practitioners aiming to re-think development policy from a feminist perspective; FAIR SHARE of Women Leaders, a feminist non-profit initiative to advance gender equity in the in civil society sector; and the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Audio production by Grettch. Download the transcript here. Shownotes: 1. Amaia Pérez Orozco, Care? A Word Under Political Dispute:https://capiremov.org/en/analysis/care-a-word-under-political-dispute/ 2. AWID, Building Feminist Economies:https://www.awid.org/priority-areas/building-feminist-economies 3. Bhumika Muchhala, For the South, all Roads in Global Economic Governance Lead to Inequality & Vulnerability:https://www.ipsnews.net/2021/10/south-roads-global-economic-governance-lead-inequality-vulnerability/ 4. Capire.org hosts several articles on various topics around feminist economies 5. Christian Dorninger et al., Imperialist appropriation in the world economy: Drain from the global South through unequal exchange, 1990–2015:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095937802200005X?ref=cra_js_challenge&fr=RR-1 6. Gender Development Network, Making trade work for gender equality:https://static1.squarespace.com/static/536c4ee8e4b0b60bc6ca7c74/t/595bc0383e00be98e37ea3dd/1499185211883/GADN+Making+trade+work+for+gender+equality+July+2017.pdf 7. Jayati Ghosh, Feminist Economies Series, Institute for New Economic Thinking:https://www.ineteconomics.org/research/experts/JayatiGhosh 8. Jason Hickel, Less is more, How Degrowth will save the World. 9. Johann Redl, Are the SDGs intersectional? ETH Zürich:https://wp-prd.let.ethz.ch/WP0-CIPRF91243/chapter/are-the-sdgs-intersectional/ 10. Nim Raph, Why Trans Liberation is a class issue:https://neweconomics.org/2021/08/why-trans-liberation-is-a-class-issue 11. Vandana Shiva, How economic growth has become anti-life:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/01/how-economic-growth-has-become-anti-life 12. Neha Kagal et al., Towards an intersectional praxis in international development: what can the sector learn from Black feminists located in the global North? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13552074.2020.1717179?journalCode=cgde20
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    42 mins
  • Feminist Development Policy: Knowledge as Power (2/5)

    Feminist Development Policy: Knowledge as Power (2/5)
    Oct 20 2022
    A Pathway Towards Feminist Global Collaboration In the second instalment of our five-episode series on feminist development policy we discuss four aspects of Knowledge as Power that we believe need to be addressed in order to achieve more Feminist Global Collaboration: the different knowledge paradigms we value, the knowledge we exclude by prioritizing some over others, the phenomenon of knowledge extraction and reflecting on the knowledge held by who is actually doing development, and to what end. The hierarchical flow of developmental knowledge highlights the problem of whose knowledge is recognized, but also what kind. We must remember that there is power in deciding which type of data is collected, how it’s analysed and what it is used for – and also in the knowledge we choose to ignore. As our guests this episode show, all of this is reflected in the power dynamics that continue to perpetuate inequalities in the development sector. A podcast with: • Desiree Acholla, Social Impact Consultant (Inararibonye Advisors), and founder of decolonizedevelopment.org • Ayisha Siddiqa, human and environmental rights advocate active with the youth-led coalition Polluter’s Out • Elvira Pablo, lawyer, activist and Policy Member Engagement Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean at Girls Not Brides • Samie Blasingame, Host and environmental justice activist, researcher and facilitator This series was initiated by an emerging network of practitioners aiming to re-think development policy from a feminist perspective; FAIR SHARE of Women Leaders, a feminist non-profit initiative to advance gender equity in the in civil society sector; and the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Audio production by Grettch. Download the transcript here.  Shownotes: 1. Analyse Power: www.powercube.net/analyse-power/ 2. Aram Ziai. Development Discourse and Global History, From colonialism to the sustainable development goals: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa- mono/10.4324/9781315753782/development-discourse-global-history-aram-ziai?refId=0b89cdd4-ab1d-4be2-8c6d-1f603ffddcda&context=ubx 3. Claudia Horn and Isadora Cardoso. COP26 Was a Flop, but the Climate Justice Movement Is Still Growing:jacobin.com/2021/11/cop26-clima…ement-latin-america 4. www.decolonizedevelopment.org 5. Grada Kilomba. Plantation Memories, Epsiodes of Everday Racism. 6. Keya Khandaker and Lata Narayanaswamy. The unbearable whiteness of international development:www.globalstudies.ugent.be/the-unbeara…elopment/2/ 7. Miriam Lang, Lyda Fernando, Nick Buxton. Beyond Development: Alternative Visions from Latin America:www.tni.org/files/download/beyo…opment_complete.pdf 8. Professor Sylvia Tamale. Re-Routing Knowledge Production in Africa: In Search of Our Roots. Start from 6:30min: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L5fbQH5mR0 9. Tim Kornprobst et al. Postcolonialism & Post-Development: Practical Perspectives for Development Cooperation:www.researchgate.net/publication/34…nt_Cooperation 10. White Dominance and Inclusion: Spectrums of Organizational Characteristics. This work is adapted largely from the works of Tema Okun, Kenneth Jones, and Partners for Collaborative Change found at Changeelemental.org:changeelemental.org/resources/kicki…premacy-culture
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    44 mins