HALO has always employed women from war-torn countries to clear their own communities. But how do bombs and conflict affect women differently? And how does a job as a deminer empower women in some of the traditional societies where HALO works?  

JJ talks to campaigner Camilla Thurlow about ​her experience working alongside HALO female deminers in Cambodia and Zimbabwe, as well as her time with another organisation in Afghanistan, while  Noku Masiyanise from HALO Zimbabwe ​talks about the challenges faced by rural women in her country and how HALO is providing unique opportunities for them - and how baby boxes and childcare have a role ​in helping women play a role in making their country safe. 

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JJ Chalmers talks about the human and economic cost of clearing up after the Ukraine war with military historian Professor Sir Hew Strachan of St Andrew's University, Major General James Cowan, HALO's CEO, and Emma Sky, Director of Yale University's International Leadership Centre. How does it compare with the costs of clearing the war-flattened cities of the Middle East or a country like Mozambique?

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JJ Chalmers used to be a Royal Marine commando but since competing in the Invictus Games has been presenting the Olympic and Paralympic Games and appearing on Strictly Come Dancing. Today he welcomes you to Beyond Bombs, a new podcast brought to you by The HALO Trust, the world-leading charity that clears weapons from war zones so that people can rebuild their lives after conflict. 

The shelling of Ukrainian cities has shown the world the horror of conflict in densely populated urban centres. For those of us tasked with clearing unexploded ordnance, the collapsed or ‘pancaked’ concrete buildings that have been reduced to rubble by air or rocket propelled munitions presents an enormous challenge. In this episode, JJ speaks to Farid Houmayon, Programme Manager of HALO Afghanistan about the urban clearance of Kabul in the 1990s, Simon Conway on lessons learnt from Jaffna to Fallujah and how their experiences will inform HALO Ukraine manager Mairi Cunningham and her team in Kharkiv and the suburbs of Kyiv.

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JJ Chalmers used to be a Royal Marine commando but since competing in the Invictus Games has been presenting the Olympic and Paralympic Games and appearing on Strictly Come Dancing. Today he welcomes you to Beyond Bombs, a new podcast brought to you by The HALO Trust, the world-leading charity that clears weapons from war zones so that people can rebuild their lives after conflict. 

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