Womanhood & International Relations
By Natalia Bonilla
Womanhood & International RelationsDec 13, 2022
180. Dr. L. Ayu Saraswati on Pain, Power & Transnational Feminism
Is it possible that world leaders today may be exhibiting, numbing or inflicting individual and/or collective pain in domestic or foreign policies?
What is the connection between pain, power and transnational feminism? What causes the disconnection of seeing pain only as a personal experience instead of it being, also, a collective one?
Have Individuals or States engaged in life-draining instead of life-sustaining decisions?
Which economic/cultural/religious systems weaponize pain and which others prioritize wellbeing for Humans & Earth sustainable evolution?
An interview with Dr. L. Ayu Saraswati, professor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Hawai`i and author of "Scarred: A Feminist Journey Through Pain" (2023), and "Seeing Beauty, Sensing Race in Transnational Indonesia" (2024).
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- 24. Kimberly Loh on Compassionate Conversations
- 40. Pauline Stoltz on Transnational Memories & Violent Conflicts in Indonesia
- 46. Hannah Ruth Dyson on the Deep Feminine
- 91. Dr. Paul Slovic & Dr. Scott Slovic on the Science Behind the Limits of Compassion
- 151. Dr. Luke Moffett on Reparations in Post-Conflict Societies
Recommended links
- Dr. Saraswati Official Website
- Scarred: A Feminist Journey Through Pain
- Seeing Beauty, Sensing Race in Transnational Indonesia
- Why Beauty Matters to the Postcolonial Nation's Masters: Reading Narratives of Female Beauty in Pramoedya's Buru Tetralogy
- Cosmopolitan Whiteness: The Effects and Affects of Skin-Whitening Advertisements in a Transnational Women’s Magazine in Indonesia
- How Emotion Rules Social Media
179. Marta Saiz on Human Rights Journalism & Foreign Affairs
Is the media coverage of foreign policy focusing on states’ behavior to, purposely, dehumanize people? How mainstream, traditional and social media coverages of international conflicts are influenced by and/or can influence too: People, States & Systems?
How complex is the experience of covering human rights violations, defense and protection? Can media coverages of human rights violations and mass crimes vary depending on the diplomatic, economic, religious and cultural ties of the countries’ news companies, journalists and editors are from, based on or respond to?
Are states foregoing Humanitarian Intervention and R2P mechanisms because economic, diplomatic and religious ties with private or third party actors triumph over, or come at the expense of, the suffering of “other” people?
Which human stories of conflict, justice, peace and memory become top news and why others aren’t? Where are these stories being told and who is paying attention, ridiculing, ignoring or censuring them?
A Spanish-language interview with Marta Saiz, freelance human rights journalist with more than a decade of experience covering conflict, migration and human rights stories in Iran, Greece, Palestine, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia and Paraguay; winner of the 2021 Premio de periodismo de migración laboral of the International Labour Organization.
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- 86. Chloé Meulewaeter on Global Military Spending & Demilitarization Efforts
- 165. Rachel Winny on the Rise of Disinformation & Conflict Escalation
- 174. Social Media Warfare Effects On Us
Recommended links
- Web Links https://linktr.ee/martasaiz
- IG: @marsaime
- TW: @martasaiz
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marta-saiz/
- Luana Malheiro: “En Brasil, la guerra contra las drogas es contra las personas pobres y negras”
- Chile: “El amor y la solidaridad entre mujeres fue clave para sobrevivir”
- Las rebeldes de Irán
- Lesbos, vivir en la desembocadura del horror y la guerra
- Casa Frida, un espacio seguro para migrantes LGBTIQ+ en México
- El teatro como herramienta de resistencia en Palestina
- Cuidar la tierra para cuidar la vida: la resistencia de las mujeres rurales en Palestina
- Cuando salir del armario (en Honduras) significa rechazo, violencia, ruptura con el hogar y muerte
- Victoria Sandino: "Toda mi vida he sido rebelde"
178. The World (Dis)Order
Have individuals and states outgrown the current international systems? Is the international political system not meant for states to grow unlimited within it or...to grow outside of it?
What if 20th century norms and rules created by international community institutions (and by certain state and non-state actors) were and are limiting humans and states' evolution?
What is the current World Order? Are we already in a "New" World Order? Or are we living through a... World Disorder?
Are modern states and non-state actors, leaders and institutions creating new forms of "order" without sharing values and interest in *agreed* relation?
How comfortable are we with uncertainty and disorder?
Do humans aspire for or resist order? Do humans actually, crave for or are preconditioned to desire, disorder to be the norm?
Join us in this new exploration (with practical exercise!) and follow us on social media @womanhood_ir in LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram.
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177. The Queenmaker
How free are Women in Politics? When does personal agency or identity can get lost in the launch and execution of political campaigns? What weighs more in the road to election: personal reasons, collective pressures/promises or a combination of both?
With the rise of female candidates running for presidential positions in different countries, what's the ratio of commitment to serve the people vs. the interests of corporations, donors and campaign backers?
Just as subjects can become political, what if staying too long in positions of political power strips elected officials from their own personal identity? Who are they or who they can be without... "Politics"? And is this possible crisis of personal identity a reason why they may "cling" to "power"?
A review of the TV series The Queenmaker.
Join the exploration, you can follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram @womanhood_ir
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Recommended links:
- The Queenmaker
- The Good, the Bad and the Different: Can Gender Quotas Raise the Quality of Politicians?
- Women Political Leaders: The Impact of Gender on Democracy
- Gender bias and women’s political performance
- Handbook on promoting women’s participation in political parties
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176. Alexandra Molina and Valerick Molinary on the Transformative Power of Belly Dance
What stories do our bodies tell? How can music and dance forms help people communicate with their inner selves and each other? How our body language may be signaling our oppression or liberation of mental, cultural or social conditionings?
Why is Belly Dancing seen as a popular and powerful dance style? How its evolution throughout time showcased the intersection between West and East gazes? In which ways mindful art performances educate audiences or societies to rethink prejudices and stereotypes on women's and people's bodies?
An interview with Alexandra Molina and Valerick Molinary, founders of the multimedia production and theater company Belly Dance Stories.
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- 161. Revaluing Our Bodies, Spaces and Behaviors
Recommended links to this episode:
- Belly Dance Stories Website
- Belly Dance Stories Podcast
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- Belly Dance Stories Youtube
- Alexandra Molina Instagram
- Valerick Molinary Instagram
- The Political Potential of Belly Dance
- Grandmother's Secrets: The Ancient Rituals and Healing Power of Belly Dancing
- Bellydancing, Activism and the Politics of Pleasure
- On the Identity Politics of Belly Dancing
175. The Loss of Meaning in the International System
Does the survival of states (and their relations) ultimately come at the expense of the survival of our (& other) people?
A practical exercise episode for Feminist Perspectives and IR Analysis for whoever is interested in understanding current world affairs.
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174. Social Media Warfare Effects On Us
How are we reacting to watching wars unfold on traditional news media and social media? What role does mis/dis/information play in our response or disregard of international conflicts?
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- The Social Media
- The Monarchy of Fear: A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis
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- Disinformation and Hate Speech on Social Media Contribute to Inciting War Crimes Against Gaza
- Changing Sources: Social Media Activity During Civil War
- Russia, Ukraine, and Social Media and Messaging Apps
- The fog of war envelops social media
- How Social Media Is Changing Conflict
- This War Shows Just How Broken Social Media Has Become
- Welcome to the Post-Truth Era
- Watching War Unfold on Social Media Affects Your Mental Health
173. Sylvie Tanflotien on STEAM Education for Girls in Ivory Coast
On International Day of the Girl, what are some of the key issues affecting girl’s education in Ivory Coast? Why Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) education is important for the current and next generation of young leaders in your country and region?
An interview with Sylvie Tanflotien, president of Ameri-STEAM.
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172. World Politics Today: BRICS Expansion
Part II- Power Revisited IG Limited Series
Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn @womanhood_ir and support our work on Patreon http://patreon.com/womanhoodir
- BRICS Information Portal
- Information of BRICS - Russia
- Infographics | Explaining the BRICS expansion
- BRICS Expansion: Challenging Western Dominance
- OPEC and maximum production: What is sustainable?
- Agreement on the Eastern Section of the Boundary between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the People's Republic of China (1991 Sino-Soviet Border Agreement)
- Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation Between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation
- Russia and China Unveil a Pact Against America and the West
- Russia-China ties enter ‘new era’ as Xi meets Putin in Moscow
- BRICS Expansion Could Help Egypt’s Ailing Economy
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171. Daniela Suárez Vargas on CRSV and 'Total Peace' Efforts in Colombia
How the political climate of countries can hinder or facilitate conflict resolution or peace efforts? When did the concept of "peace" become a political tool for winning or losing a presidential elections in Colombia? Can the new 'Total Peace' plan pave the way for transitional or transformational justice?
How have Conflict-Related Sexual Violence cases within rebel groups such as the FARC been addressed in transitional justice mechanisms? Who are the 'ideal victims' for the State or the special judicial systems? How can reparations for sexual violence victims include a gender perspective?
An interview with Daniela Suárez Vargas is a PhD student in Law at Queen’s University Belfast (UK), a scholar of the AHRC Northern Bridge Consortium’s doctoral training programme (UK), and a qualified lawyer in Colombia. Her PhD project analyses how legal narratives of the "ideal victim" of sexual violence impact the recognition of victim status for women fighters who experienced such violence within their own armed group.
Join us in this exploration, follow us on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn @womanhood_ir and support our work on Patreon http://patreon.com/womanhoodir
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Recommended links to this episode:
- Daniela Suarez QUB Profile
- Daniela Suarez Twitter
- The Role and Responsibilities of Non-State Actors in Transitional Justice
- Are girls under the age of 15, who are taken as wives or partners by members of an armed group participating in a non-international armed conflict, protected from sexual violence perpetrated against them by their partners or by other members of the armed group to which they belong?
- MÁS ALLÁ DEL SILENCIO Y EL ESTIGMA: reparaciones con perspectiva de género para víctimas de violencia sexual en programas domésticos de reparación (Daniela Suárez was a collaborator for the Spanish translation of this report)
- Daniela Suárez Vargas and Rachel Killean (2023) “Women’s Experiences of Environmental Harm in Colombia: Learning from Black, Decolonial and Indigenous Communitarian Feminisms” in Gendering Green Criminology.
- Lawpod PhD Series Episode. “Colombian transitional justice narratives of criminalisation and victimhood in the context of sexual violence within armed groups”
- Comisión de la Verdad de Colombia (2022), Mi cuerpo es la verdad (Reporte Final)
170. World Politics Today: UN's New Agenda for Peace
Part I - Power Revisited IG Limited Series
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Recommended links to this episode:
- Download UN New Agenda for Peace
- Download 1992 Agenda for Peace
- UN chief says the world is in a new era marked by the highest major power competition in decades
- ‘Reform or rupture’ says Guterres, calling for multilateralism to be remade for the 21st century
- Ten Challenges for the UN in 2023-2024
- SaferWorld Voices for Peace Podcast: What's Next for the New Agenda for Peace
- UN Security Council terminates Mali peacekeeping mission
- The Role of African Multilateralism in the New Agenda for Peace
- Congo’s president wants the large UN peacekeeping mission to start leaving the country this year
- What Future for UN Peacekeeping in Africa after Mali Shutters Its Mission?
- A corporate takeover of the UN must be stopped
- Global south thwarts UN future summit plans
- The Future of Multilateralism
169. Jeff Hardy on The Care for Peace and Our Second Human Evolution
Are we stuck in a Suspended Human Evolution? Is it preventing us to develop a process to "Care for Peace" at a global scale? What can we learn from healthcare professionals to understand this concept from an individual to a systemic level?
Why the Mutual Assured Destruction in the early 1960s meant the end of the First Human Evolution? And how can we launch the Second one in this decade?
On International Peace Day 2023, the call to rethink the international system to prevent or intervene in growing conflicts and insecurity challenges is expanding in different power circles from governments, IR and Peace fields to feminist, environmental, societal and spiritual ones.
How are we each contributing to our race or Planet extinction or... to the quest for long lasting peace?
An interview with Jeff Hardy, International Healthcare Facility Futurist and Planner and Author of "To Care for Peace: A Global Mandate to Secure the Second Human Evolution in Perpetuity."
Join us in this exploration, follow us on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn @womanhood_ir and support our work on Patreon http://patreon.com/womanhoodir
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Recommended links to this episode:
- To Care for Peace: A Global Mandate to Secure the Second Human Evolution in Perpetuity (Book)
- Care for Peace Website
- The Heart of Care for Peace
168. Ereshnee Naidu on Women's Role in the TRRC in The Gambia
How cultures of fear and silence may affect the way post-conflict societies relate to transitional justice and peace processes? What's been the role women have played in the TRRC in The Gambia?
How has the implementation of women-only listening circles and safe spaces helped build trust, support and justice to those who have been excluded, abused or silenced for so long?
An interview with Ereshnee Naidu-Silverman, Senior Director for the Global Transitional Justice Initiative.
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- Inclusive Justice in The Gambia
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167. Christina Dhanuja on Social Justice for Caste-Marginalized Women in India
What is the caste system and why it still continues nowadays in India?Dalit women and girls are placed at the bottom of the caste system, why is it so? What are some cultural or religious norms negatively affecting Dalit and Adivasis women and girls? How do they differ from castes in Northern India?
Despite all the domestic and international human rights laws focusing on protecting caste marginalized communities, why structural violence and sexual violence persists against them? How can States work through "reforming" centuries old societal/economic/religious organization systems to "fit" current times?
Are there limits to what "States" can do to ensure inter communal violence doesn't occur? What if there are "non-negotiables" for societal and ethnic organizations, different than states structures, depending on a country's history?
An interview with Christina Dhanuja, Convenor of the Global Campaign for Dalit Women and co-founder of the #DalitHistoryMonth project.
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- 159. Dr. Shraddha Kale Kapile on Menstrual Health, Hygiene & Education in Mumbai Slums
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- Global Campaign for Dalit Women Official Website
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- GCDW Instagram
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166. Hypermasculinity & Hyperfemininity on States
We may have been taught the study of International Relations in a logical way as if there were no underlying energies, emotions and desires in the behaviors and relations between states but, that time, has come to an end.
What kind of energies lie beneath domestic and foreign policies? Are states striving for balance or moving towards the extremes of hypermasculinity or hyperfemininity? How are these two concepts influencing their decision-making? How is the intersection between individual thought/emotion/will, social/racial/gender/environmental movements, nations and cultures affecting the structures of States and their relations with others?
Why some domestic or foreign policies thrive or fall because of their excess or lack of "energy" behind them?
Join us in this exploration, follow us on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn @womanhood_ir.
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Recommended readings of this episode:
- Measuring a macho personality constellation
- Women's Intentions Regarding, and Acceptance of, Self-Sexualizing Behavior
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- Characteristics of the Hyper-masculine Culture
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165. Rachel Winny on the Rise of Disinformation & Conflict Escalation
How can we build information resilience amidst so many digital battlegrounds, misinformation and gendered disinformation campaigns influencing political, social and armed conflicts around the world?
Why have digital battlegrounds and disinformation campaigns particularly targeted female activists in Myanmar after the 2021 military coup? How has the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan increased online/offline threats to NGOs and civilians reporting human rights violations? In which ways the Ukraine-Russia conflict has showcased the importance of open source data verification projects to document human rights abuses and war crimes? How can social media platforms regulate and prevent online abuse, harrasment and gendered disinformation that could lead to more domestic/international conflicts?
An interview with Rachel Winny, Technical Director at the Centre for Information Resilience.
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164. The Diplomat: When Does Soft Power Cave In?
Is diplomacy a world of political favors? Do diplomats hold conditional "power" in personal friendships and state alliances? Is this power symbolic, cultural or merely decorative or performative for specific circles (party elites, lobbies, etc) or media circus?
Can the role of ambassadors and diplomatic missions deactivate when Realism kicks in the minds of political leaders for power control and state survival? What is the purpose of state ambassadors in times of crisis? Do soft power, discourses and negotiations mostly thrive when Liberalist Theory is the cornerstone of government administrations, foreign policy models and the languages, behaviors and actions that follow?
A review on The Diplomat (2023) TV Series.
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163. Dr. Carolina Robino and Dr. Rebecca Calder on Investing in the Care Economy
The COVID-19 pandemic hit the global economy in unprecedented ways, marking a new wave of interest in the design of healthier and alternative economic systems for the benefit of People and Planet. Unpaid domestic work and the care crisis has been big areas of concern amongst scholars and activists studying and advocating for Feminist Economics principles, how can theory and praxis of the care economy help clear the knowledge gap between the public, private and civil sectors?
What is the care economy and why its past and present organization is creating a structural barrier limiting women's economic participation? How has climate change exacerbated the care crisis? In which ways the private sector is helping solve the care crisis in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia? Since there are pink washing dynamics in gender lens investments and philanthropy initiatives, how could a "well-executed" care economy lens change the future of investments, businesses and markets?
An interview with Dr. Carolina Robino and Dr. Rebecca Calder, partners of The Care Economy Knowledge Hub.
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162. Helena Monzón Pérez on 'Ley Monzón' & Prosecuting Femicides in Mexico
Cecilia Monzón's femicide in 2022 shocked thousands of people in Mexico. The public outcry for justice for her and the many mothers who were and still are victims of gender based violence perpetrated by their current or former partners led to several activist campaigns and the proposal of laws including the Monzon's Law or Ley de Monzón.
What is Cecilia's story and what was her feminist fight? In a country with one of the highest rates of femicides in the Latin American region, what is the importance of gender perspectives in Law? How is institutional gender violence revictimizing victims and their families while favoring perpetrators of crimes? What can we learn from the human rights and children rights dimensions of Cecilia's case? Why are feminist collectives so important in the quest for justice and prevention of GBV?
An interview with Helena Monzón Pérez, Lawyer and sister of Cecilia Monzón.
A special thank you to Cecilia Ibarra and the members of Colectiva Insurrectas for helping make this interview possible.
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- Helena Monzon's Twitter
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161. Revaluing Our Bodies, Spaces and Behaviors
Has the patriarchal mindset affected the way we portray ourselves, value knowledge and create or sustain work environments in the IR field?
Are we aware of the set of formal or informal rules of engagement we must follow personally or collectively to be perceived as "good professionals" in this or other fields? Do our postures, speech and behaviors change to "fit in" certain masculine/male dominated/logic spaces or environments? Or do we remain consistent across the spaces, environments and social circles? If so or if not, why?
Do we value more knowledge taught in masculine/logic spaces such as universities and think tanks rather than knowledge taught in feminine/intuitive spaces such as community circles or tribes? Do we want the latter to be cheap or free because "we cannot do anything with it"? How is the patriarchal and capitalist systems affecting our perception of knowledge value?
This episode is a new exercise that builds on previous podcast explorations we have shared of how Feminist Theory in IR is connected to the embodied experience of people from different genders studying or working in various areas of Political Science.
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160. Nicole Dagher on Holistic Approaches to MHHE in West Africa and Pakistan
What are some ways to address Menstrual Health, Hygiene and Education that could enable societies and governments to reduce shame and stigma? How can sensitization training for schools and healthcare professionals, the engagement with local leaders and the rehabilitation and adaptation of WASH facilities could help create inclusive menstrual health management? Why is MHHE often overlooked within the context of development? What are the cultural, religious and policy budget shifts happening due to WASH programs in countries like Sierra Leone, Liberia, Burkina Faso and Pakistan?
To commemorate World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023, we feature an interview with Nicole Dagher, Program Manager at Water Aid Canada.
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- 159. Dr. Shraddha Kale Kapile on Menstrual Health, Hygiene & Education in Mumbai Slums
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Background music credit: Roman Kostiuk, A Small Miracle - Pixabay License
159. Dr. Shraddha Kale Kapile on Menstrual Health, Hygiene & Education in Mumbai Slums
What are the menstrual realities of young girls, women and menstruating people living in Mumbai Slums? How are religions, economics, customs and traditions directly or indirectly influencing or perpetuating menstrual shame and stigma in this city? How can science, education, economic empowerment opportunities and health clinics help offer pathways of menstrual dignity to vulnerable populations?
On World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023, we feature an interview with Dr. Shraddha Kale Kapile, Senior Program Manager at Myna Mahila Foundation.
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Recommended links of this episode:
- Myna Mahila Foundation Official Website
- Myna Mahila's Initiatives
- Myna Mahila's Impact
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158. Carolina Ramírez on Decolonizing Menstrual Hygiene & Education in Latin America
What is the colonial history of menstrual health, hygiene and education in Latin America? How important is the language used in family settings, schools, business ads, health clinics and government policies to reproduce or reduce the menstrual shame and stigma that is passed on through generations? Why words such as "hygiene", "poverty" and "purification" are used by international development agendas to address menstruation as a "sanitation crises" in the Global South? What needs to change in the local and international approach to decolonize menstrual health, hygiene and education in this region?
On World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023, we feature a Spanish-language interview with Psychologist Carolina Ramirez, founder of Princesas Menstruantes, Escuela de Educación Emancipadas and Coordinator of Encuentro Latinoamericano de Educación, Salud y Activismos Menstruales.
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157. Kat Plouffe on Launching A Sustainable Period Startup
Amidst talks on the Menstrual Equity Fund in Canada, how challenging is to launch a sustainable menstrual hygiene small-business? What are the biggest opportunities and struggles female entrepreneurs face when entering the market, often flooded by synthetic and cheap products from big corporations? What are the main criticisms and successes of choosing sustainable sourcing, manufacturing and distribution? How are plastic-free and rayon-free hygiene products good for people's health and the environment?
On World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023, we feature an interview with Kat Plouffe, founder of Only.
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156. Revaluing Women's IR Analysis in Traditional & Social Media
How are we currently valuing women's presence, voices and expertise in traditional media and social media as fellow colleagues, readers, listeners or audience members? Has the patriarchal mindset and the predomination of male experts in the International Relations field affected the way we look and value women experts whether we agree with their IR analysis or not?
Are we aware of the set of beauty standards, cultural norms and behavior expectations we personally or collectively measure to define what a "good scholar" or a "good professional" should be, look or sound like?
What kind of struggles, insecurities, risks and/or structural barriers do women experts face in order to be recognized as "experts" or "legitimized" by their peers within this field? Why the criticism against women's experts in IR is mostly destructive criticism and not constructive? Is it possible to revalue or re-educate our gaze and value system in a nonviolent way?
This episode is a new exercise that builds on previous podcast explorations we have shared of how Feminist Theory in IR is connected to the embodied experience of people from different genders studying or working in various areas of Political Science.
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155. Borgen: Power & Glory
Are great powers (and personal powers') dynamics primal or developed?
A review and analysis of Borgen:Power & Glory Netflix Series.
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154. The Burden of the Colonial Mindset Part 5
Is national identity all some of us have? Is nationalism a good omen for humans to hold on to in order to...matter? If so, how? How to lighten the load we carry?
The final episode on colonial mindset dynamics in the podcast series "The Burden of the Colonial Mindset", #PuertoRico, case study.
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153. Feminist Foreign Policy Index 2023
What are the feminist values, economic and social pressures states are responding to? And...why?
A review of the new Feminist Foreign Policy Index 2023.
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152. Michelle Jackson Riewer on Ending the Walk for Water
Millions of women and girls around the world lack access to clean water. In some rural areas and cultures, they are the ones walking up to 4 miles to collect water (not necessarily safe to drink) several times a day negatively affecting their opportunities for education, work and living a healthy and dignified life.
Why is clean water so important for women and how could it help them gain their time (and lives!) back?
How are WASH projects making a positive difference in the lives of individual people and their communities? What challenges and successes can be found in WASH projects operating in ongoing conflict zones or water-stressed areas in Africa and Asia? Is the water crisis solvable in our lifetime?
On World Water Day 2023, what are the biggest misconceptions around women and water and how are they overcoming them?
An interview with Michelle Jackson Riewer, Director of Programs and Operations at Charity:Water.
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151. Dr. Luke Moffett on Reparations in Post-Conflict Societies
What are reparations and how are they different from other transitional justice mechanisms? How are reparations from war different from those of dictatorships, legacies of slavery and colonization? Do reparations help people "heal", individually and collectively, wounds from the past? If so, how?
What is our role in agreeing upon or legitimizing a "hierarchy of victims"? How do we perceive justice for victims? Can justice ever arrive "too late"? Do victims really feel a sense of “closure” when reparations talks and programs take place? Can victims "self-repair"? What can we learn from the case studies of Guatemala, Peru, Northern Ireland, Uganda, Nepal, South Africa and Kosovo?
An interview with Dr. Luke Moffett, reader of the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast and author of the new book "Reparations and War: Finding the Balance in Repairing the Past".
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150. Healing Our Inner/Outer Masculine & Feminine Imbalances
Are we projecting our inner wounds into the world? How much of the suffering and violent conflicts we are seeing on the international news come from masculine or feminine energetic imbalances stemming from Self to Governments? What role do we play, what type of agency do we exercise, in order to contribute to current power inequalities and struggles within our families, relations, communities and nations? What kind of responsibility do we choose to take and which other do we choose to externalize and blame into an “Other”, a “System”, a “Culture”?
How can we start broadening our awareness of how our personal story may impact or help evolve the macro one?
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149. Kirthi Jayakumar on Anticolonialism in International Relations
Are we confined by the coloniality of knowledge within the International Relations field? What type of IR analysis is accepted, reproduced or legitimized? And, by who? How and why are feminists from the Global South subverting IR theories and FFP's through praxis? Why decolonial and anticolonial standpoints on world affairs are growing? Which safe spaces and forms of expressions do people have to reflect upon them?
An interview with Kirthi Jayakumar, peace educator, lawyer and founder of the Gender Security Project.
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148. Colombia's FFP & 'Total Peace' Efforts
How a State views itself and its relations with Others? With the 'Total Peace' Law approved recently, the Gustavo Petro Administration is seeking to end the decades-long armed conflict with multiple groups and actors in Colombia during the 2022-2026 period. The announcement of a FFP model comes with a willingness to redesign the National Action Plan for 1325 Resolution to fit the 'Total Peace' efforts. As we see this agenda unfold, how controversies surrounding the words "feminism", "race" and "peace" in the Latin America region may or can transform domestic and foreign affairs? Can intersectional lenses be applied in representation, design and implementation? Lastly, are ffp models becoming excellent examples of political communication to showcase "progress" and receive "external validation" from the 'North' instead of... "real" and "effective" policies and actions?
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147. The Feminist/Climate Axis of Chile's Foreign Policy
Can the pursuit of two proposals... work out? Gabriel Boric's Administration is leading announcements of a "feminist" foreign policy and a "turquoise" foreign policy, both at the same time, is it a sign of how states can multilaterally answer the most pressing world problems or... is it falling down the old "divide and conquer" route? Why "ecofeminism" was not a term considered to align the two?
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146. Dr. Ada Alvarez Conde on Mirabal Sisters' Legacy and the Global Call to End VAW
How are we framing the history of November 25th? Why the assassination of the Mirabal sisters in the Dominican Republic showed the international community the brutality of violence against women in politics? Are we remembering women as political actors or only as victims of violence?
How are we building the collective memory of women in our countries?
An interview with Dr. Ada Alvarez Conde, Caribbean Historian, Author and Dating Violence Expert.
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145. Vania Sierra on Brazil's 2022 Elections Significance
How Jair Bolsonaro’s Administration transformed Brazil? Why the term “necropolitics” is used to describe not only his government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the deforestation of the Amazon region but also the dismantling of social welfare programs that previously sought to address economic, gender and racial inequalities? In which ways, the militaristic view of governance caused a “crisis of democracy”?
After the 2022 presidential elections, why half of Brasil’s voters (50.9%) chose former president Lula da Silva to lead the country in 2023?
An interview in Portuguese with Vania Sierra, Social Policy Professor at Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.
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144. Woman, Life, Freedom in Iran
How the massive protests in Iran are showing the multiple grievances of women, girls and people? As Iran ranks 143 out of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index, is the situation of women’s rights in this country a case of gender-apartheid? Can a state with a possible gender-apartheid in place offer respect and protection of women’s lives, rights and freedoms? If so, how? If not, why?
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143. Roundtable: Countering Militarized Masculinities for Feminist Peace
In which ways militarization and militarized masculinities affect our cultures, states and social structures? How the patriarchal pact shapes perceptions of "manhood" from an early age? Why is it hard for societies and/or states to “properly” address or deconstruct militarized masculinities - and the continuum of violence - IF and WHEN seeking to advance feminist peace?
With the release of WILPF's latest documentary, Power on Patrol, what can we learn from the history of Colombia, Afghanistan, DRC, Cameroon, Nicaragua and South Africa?
A roundtable discussion with Dean Peacock, Director Countering Militarized Masculinities at WILPF; Guy Feugap, Director of Programmes at WILPF Cameroon; Oswaldo Montoya, Networks Associate at MenEngage; and Diana Salcedo, Director of WILPF/LIMPAL Colombia. Translation possible by WILPF collaborator Ada Volkmer.
Watch the full documentary here and the Spanish-language version here
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142. Psychology in International Relations
Do states have...emotions? If so, how do they express them? How can the intergroup emotions theory explain whether political decision-making is based on fear, passion, revenge, happiness, grief or hate?
How many domestic and foreign policies are influenced by the suppression or incitement of a specific set of emotions, beliefs, behaviors and actions?
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141. Feminist Foreign Policy 2.0? Germany Announces Its FFP Model
Are we reaching the next era of Feminist Foreign Policies? In response to the Ukraine-Russia conflict, is Sweden’s pioneer formula the “safe” way to go for states in Europe? If so, if not, why?
A commentary on the latest announcement of Germany first ffp model.
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140. Notes on Support After Natural and Man-Made Disasters
From the historic floods in Pakistan to the typhoons and hurricanes in Asia-Pacific and the Caribbean to ongoing humanitarian crises, what are some ways to help? If you can and are able to donate time, energy, resources and money to disaster relief programs and civic organizations providing support to communities, please do. It matters.
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139. The Queen's Gambit
Can games be truly “apolitical” or should we, as humans, often find a way to project politics into them? How are people using games or sports to find and showcase “power” while, at the same time, depending on external validation to ensure sense of Self? How are governments using games or sports to show superiority or demoralize people from other states and play into a specific imaginary of power? Is chess an inherently racist and sexist game or... made to be one?
A commentary of Netflix's miniseries The Queen's Gambit.
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138. Transnational Feminism
How are feminists and feminist movements "framing" their activism? How is globalization and capitalism directly or indirectly affecting the way some ideas, projects and foreign policy models are being legitimized and promoted while others aren't? What role does the flow of theories, laws and strategies from local/international, North/South, Western/Non-Western play in addressing, increasing or maintaining social, racial and economic inequalities?
A first look into Transnational Feminism.
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137. Human Rights Violations in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
The UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights released yesterday its 2022 assessment on the human rights violations committed against the Uyghurs in XUAR. What does the report says about China's domestic policies, power dynamics and treatment of religious and ethnic minorities?
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Recommended readings to this episode:
- [PDF] Download the OHCHR Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
- Amnesty International Report “LIKE WE WERE ENEMIES IN A WAR”China’s Mass Internment, Torture and Persecution of Muslims in Xinjiang
- Human Rights Watch Report: “Break Their Lineage, Break Their Roots”
- Campaign for Uyghurs
- What is the 'One China' policy?
- China policies could cut millions of Uyghur births in Xinjiang
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying’s Regular Press Conference on August 4, 2022
- Xi Jinping's inspection tour of Xinjiang
- China: Xi Jinping visits Xinjiang for first time since Uyghur crackdown
- China Opposes Terrorism
- The 60th Press Conference of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Xinjiang-related Issues in Beijing
- Uighurs demand accountability after UN report on China abuses
136. How-To Start A Women's Circle
Why are circles so powerful? How can circles support personal and collective journeys? If you are embarking on a feminist and/or patriarchal mindset deconstruction process, how-to start creating safe environments to discuss and shift... power? How-to start weaving cyclical individual and systemic change?
In this episode I share with you some lessons from my personal and professional experience as well as tips and recommendations to organize events and build a path forward.
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- 93. The Journey & Lessons of Launching Feminist Online Workshops
Recommended links to this episode:
- Millionth Circle Guidelines
- Millionth Circle Principles
- How To Keep a Circle Healthy
- Jean Shinoda Bolen Books
- The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
- Red Moon by Miranda Gray
- The Wisdom of Circles: Gathering Women for Conscious Community
- Women Circling The Earth: A Guide to Fostering Community, Healing and Empowerment
- Calling the Circle: The First and Future Culture
- The Alchemy and Power of Women's Collective Wisdom in Circle
135. Notes on Finland and Sweden Bids to NATO
Where is power exercised in a state “neutrality”? How is militarization appealing to our(s) countries’ concept of “power” and possible “hero”mentality? Can “humans” be the reason “states” approve or veto each other’s bids, ambitions or… imperialistic dreams? If so, what are the conditions for this rationale?
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Recommended readings to this episode:
- Finland, Sweden to apply for NATO membership
- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg May 18th Remarks
- NATO Partnership for Peace programme
- NATO Relations with Sweden
- NATO Relations with Finland
- Holding Onto Nonviolence and Feminism in the Midst of War
- Erdogan says Turkey not supportive of Finland, Sweden joining NATO
- Finland and Nuclear Non-Proliferation: The Evolution and Cultivation of a Norm
- The Neutrality of Finland
- Sweden’s Foreign Policy: Nonaligned, But Not Entirely Neutral
- Defence cooperation between Finland and Sweden
- Enlarging NATO: A Questionable Idea Whose Time Has Come
- China says Finland's application to NATO brings 'new factor' in ties
- NATO's New Order: The Alliance After the Cold WarJudy Asks: Is Finnish and Swedish NATO Membership Useful for European Security?
- Interview with Yuval Noah Harari: The War in Ukraine Could Change Everything
134. Understanding Local and Global Food Crises in 2022
What is food insecurity? How it evolves into a food crisis? What are the main causes of food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition? What are the gendered dimensions of the "hunger trap"? Why is hunger used as a weapon of war?
What are the main highlights of the Global Report on Food Crises 2022? Why there are reports that COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine/Russia conflict is affecting the global food security? How can we start today ensuring food security at local and international levels?
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- 91. Dr. Paul Slovic & Dr. Scott Slovic on the Science Behind the Limits of Compassion
- 99. Karak Denyok on Farming Schools & Women Empowerment in South Sudan & East Africa
Recommended links to this episode:
- Global Report on Food Crises - 2022
- Hunger Map Live
- Starvation Accountability Project
- The Four Dimensions of Food Security: The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
- Food Insecurity in The United States Map (2019)
- The basics of food security (and how it’s tied to everything)
- Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity, February to May 2022 Outlook
- Infographic: Hunger and food insecurity in maps and charts
- Fact Sheet: When Hunger Becomes a Weapon of War
- UNSCR 2417
- The Hunger Trap: Women, Food, and Self-Determination
- Eating Last and the Least: Analysing Gender in Global Hunger
- Food as a Weapon of War and the Nobel Peace Prize for the World Food Program: Calling out the Culprits
- Global Food Security During the War in Ukraine: Rising Prices and the Danger of Famine In Africa and Asia
- 11 ways to increase your food security and be prepared in an emergency
- Dolores Documentary
- Kiss the Ground Documentary
- Food, Inc Documentary
133. Alice Ridge and Liz Gill-Atkinson on FFP Research in Australia and the Global South
What influences the announcement and design of a feminist foreign policy? How “efficient” and “important” is the use of the word “feminism” in this field? How it affects ffp implementation and domestic and international environments? What are some key critiques, debates and decolonial views on current ffps coming from the Global South?
In Australia, there is an Australian Feminist Foreign Policy Coalition being convened amidst domestic and international security concerns from COVID-19, GBV and First Nations to the recent AUKUS pact. How could Australia’s foreign policy benefit from feminist perspectives? Why enabling an environment of civil society conversation of ffp support the “soft landing” of a possible ffp announcement in the future?
An interview with Alice Ridge, Senior Research, Policy and Advocacy Advisor, and Liz Gil-Atkinson, Research Advisor at the International Women’s Development Agency.
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Recommended links to this episode:
- IWDA website: www.iwda.org.au
- Australian Feminist Foreign Policy Coalition (AFFPC website): https://iwda.org.au/australian-feminist-foreign-policy-coalition/
- ‘From Seeds to Roots’ research report: https://iwda.org.au/assets/files/IWDA_FFPTrajectoriesReport_Web_Updated0222.pdf
- AFFPC Issue Paper ‘Indigenous Foreign Policy: a new way forward?’ by James Blackwell and Julie Ballangarry: https://iwda.org.au/assets/files/AFFPC-issues-paper-Indigenous-Foreign-Policy-Blackwell-Ballangarry-FINAL.pdf
132. Clare Hutchinson on WPS Implementation and Ukraine/Russia Conflict
Is the international community response to recent violent conflicts delegitimizing women's agency and reproducing unequal gender relations in times of war and peace? If so or if not, why? In the first few weeks of the Ukraine/Russia conflict, why is the WPS agenda not being taken seriously? What can we learn about the status and efficiency of the UN resolutions and international law protocols in the international conflicts of today? How does NATO and other international institutions view WPS?
How can our feminist values and human rights principles weather the storms of domestic and international crises? As we see many "red lines crossed" in different parts of the world, have we reached the time to question the value of humanity as a whole?
An interview with Clare Hutchinson, WPS Adviser, former NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security and current vice president of consultancy agency TOLMEC.
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- 91. Dr. Paul Slovic & Dr. Scott Slovic on the Science Behind the Limits of Compassion
- 129. Notes on Ukraine/Russia Conflict
Recommended readings to this episode:
- Follow Clare on Twitter @WPSClare and LinkedIn here
- Women in Foreign Policy Interview with Clare Hutchinson
- Gender Analysis of the Situation in Ukraine
- Watch the Webinar: Women, Peace and Security in the Face of Russian Aggression: Perspectives from Ukraine
- The Ukraine crisis: Women are fighting a different kind of war
- Ukrainian Women on the Front Lines but Not in the Headlines
- Will Ukraine Bury Feminist Foreign Policies or Will It Reveal Their Power?
- Ukrainians Are Speaking Up About Rape as a War Crime to Ensure the World Holds Russia Accountable
- The Guardian view on ending rape in war: endemic but largely unpunished
- Warrior Women: 3,000 Years in the Fight
- Rape in war often treated as 'a side issue,' not a priority for justice: conflict reporter
131. Annette Pérez on Anti-Racism & 2022 Presidential Elections in Colombia
How has Francia Marquez’s presidential campaign highlighted race and feminist issues in this country? How racism and anti-racism stances affects social, media and political landscapes? What is state racism?
An interview with Annette Pérez, founder of Afronteradas.
You can listen the Spanish language interview with Annette on my Youtube channel here.
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Recommended links of this episode:
- Afronteradas Instagram
- Afronteradas Facebook
- Breve historia del racismo en Colombia | La Pulla
- Afrofeminismo, Colectivas e Historias en la Movilización Social
- Breve introducción al afrofeminismo para personas NO afro. Parte I
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- Francia Márquez se destapa: arremete contra César Gaviria y le pone la cara a señalamientos por expropiación de tierras y pensiones
- Francia Márquez: “el racismo en Colombia existe y es estructurado por el Estado”, durante debate vicepresidencial
- Latin American Anti-racism in a 'Post-Racial' Age - LAPORA