AmsterDames: An English Feminist Podcast in the Netherlands

There are certain rules that our society follows that we accept as a given. We do not think much about it. One of these rules is the following one: A person who commits a crime goes to prison. But what if prisons didn't exist? Could you imagine a world without prisons? Rescaled most certainly can, because they are challenging the concept of prisons, offering a replacement: small detentions houses. Veronique Aicha works for Rescaled Netherlands and she explains what this movement wants to achieve. 

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Website Rescaled: www.rescaled.org

Moving to a new place is always a challenge. Especially, when it is a new country. We need to figure out how things work, we need to find a home, apply for a job or fix our health insurance. When all of this is done, then there is the next step. Get to know the locals and find new friends. Often, we find our people in other expats.

When you take this sense of community and you through NFTs and web3 into the mix, then you get house of Peregrine. Founder Mickelle Weber is going to explain the concept and how people can participate.

House of Peregrine Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/houseofperegrine/

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Art and creative work show who we are. They show how we see the world, they show our ideas and our passion. But also where we come from. But unfortunately, there are still parts of the world that we do not get to see very often in art. Three designers and curators wanted to change that. This is how Non Native Native was born.

Non Native Native is co-founded by designers and curators: Belle Phromchanya, Darunee Terdtoontaveedej, and Honey Kraiwee.

Non Native Native: https://nonnativenative.com/

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Sexual abuse is inarguably a traumatizing experience. Often, it takes the victims a long time to be able to talk about what has been done to them. If they manage at all. But if they speak up and search for help, they often find themselves stuck in a bureaucratic system, long waiting lists and insufficient support. But there is one woman who wanted to change this system and she founded Stichting Together we rise.

Together We Rise Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesafespaceclub.nl/

There are a lot of adjectives that are commonly used to describe women. Sexy, beautiful, charming, sweet, hot, cute …. Funny is not one of them. And indeed, on international stages, we mostly see male comedians. But there are two women who have decided to change that and have founded Funny Women Amsterdam.

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Funny Women Amsterdam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnywomenams/

Today’s episode is about the Dutch afstandsmoeders. Between 1956 and 1984, thousands of unmarried women were forced to give up their babies against their will. Their babies were taken away from them the moment they were born and some of the mothers never got to see their children ever again.

Until today, the investigation and the compensation of it’s victims – the mothers and the children – in the Netherlands have been rather slow.

Dr. Eugenie Smit van Waesberghe is an afstandskind herself and for years and years, she is all over the Dutch media to draw attention to the cases of afstandsmoeders and afstandskinderen.

Website Eugénie Smits van Waesberghe: https://eugeniesmitsvanwaesberghe.nl/

Website organization The Dutch Birthmother: http://www.denederlandseafstandsmoeder.org/

Official website of the Dutch government about afstandsmoeders: https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/adoptie/afstand-en-adoptie-tussen-1956-1984

Podcast Separated By Force: https://open.spotify.com/show/4VIT9j67QZkkyoLZK1KG10

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If you think back on your childhood days, did you play with dolls? What did they look like? Very much like you? But for many children around the world, this is not the case. Because dolls are very often white and able-bodied. But what about dolls with Afro hair, male dolls or dolls with a certain skin condition or Down syndrome? Those can be found in a little shop in Amsterdam Noord, called coloured goodies. Because founder Ellen Brudet knows very well what it was like as a child to not feel represented.

Website Coloured Goodies: https://colouredgoodies.nl/

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Every day, we are confronted with news. Often so many of them, that it can be quite overwhelming. But it seems, that we often only hear the stories of the same groups of people over and over again. In our world, there are still many people who don’t get a chance to share their stories, experiences and their view of the world. Mira Kinn wanted to change that and has founded the platform correspondents of the world where people from all over the world get the chance to be heard.

Correspondents of the World Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoftheWorld

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When you think of design, what is it that comes to your mind? Maybe something practical that you use every day? Or maybe something very technical around electronic devices?

Shahar Livne is a conceptual material designer and what she wants to achieve with her designs is that people listen to a story. But not only her personal ones. She also tells stories about places, cultures, and relations with resources in the past, present, and future. Her work combines biology with science and philosophy and focuses on material research. Some of her projects even deal with obscure materials such as blood. 

Shahar Livne LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahar-livne-50474b122

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"I don't see color. I only see people"

Sarita Bajnath is a diversity and inclusion coach, who offers unconscious bias training for us to understand life experiences that lie beyond our own.

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