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The award-winning filmmaker of 'India's Daughter', Leslee Udwin is laying the roots for gender equality and empathy through a school curriculum for little children in 19 countries. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://eshe.in/2021/10/14/leslee-udwin-on-indias-daughter-and-think-equal/

Four web warriors came together from across South Asia to talk about why arming girls and young women with internet tools is the key to women's empowerment. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://eshe.in/2021/10/09/web-warriors-arming-girls-with-internet-tools-and-infrastructure/

New York-based impact-investment consultant Fawzia Naqvi talks about her decade of travel and work in India as a woman of Pakistani origin. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://eshe.in/2021/10/08/fawzia-naqvi-on-working-in-india-as-a-woman-of-pakistani-origin/

Environmentalists Srini Swaminathan and Shubhashree Sangameswaran offer practical tips for an eco-friendly lifestyle in their two new books. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://eshe.in/2021/10/09/srini-swaminathan-and-shubhashree-sangameswaran/

For South Asians, tradition is everything, but traditions and customs can also be cruel, misogynistic, divisive and inhumane. It's time for new ones, say these scholars and activists. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://eshe.in/2021/10/07/the-burden-of-tradition-gender-equality-and-social-justice-in-south-asia/

Speaking at South Asia Union Summit Led by Women, Afghan-origin journalist Najiba Laima Kasraee and policy researcher Mariam Safi voiced concerns about the future of Afghan women under the Taliban. This episode is also available on eShe's website: http://eshe.in/2021/10/05/najiba-laima-kasraee-and-mariam-safi-on-taliban-takeover-of-afghanistan/

Award-winning Hmong-Australian playwright Michele Lee talks about the sense of ‘being othered’ that follows immigrants, and her new play RICE. Watch the video here: https://eshe.in/2021/10/04/playwright-michele-lee/

Author, peacebuilder and three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr Scilla Elworthy inaugurates eShe's South Asia Union Summit Led by Women, where 50 eminent women from 13 countries came together to discuss solutions for peace, gender equality and social justice in South Asia. Watch the video here: https://eshe.in/2021/09/30/peacebuilder-dr-scilla-elworthy-opens-south-asia-union-summit-led-by-women/

Sadaffe Abid's social tech-enterprise CIRCLE Women aims to empower one million Pakistani women with basic digital literacy and business skills. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://eshe.in/2021/09/29/sadaffe-abid/

Human-rights campaigner Mandy Sanghera believes tradition is used to oppress women in South Asia, and women in positions of power should lead the call for change. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://eshe.in/2021/09/26/women-cannot-be-forced-to-toe-the-line-of-tradition-mandy-sanghera/