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Tua is a lesbian from Cameroon who finally received her leave to remain in the United Kingdom in 2019.

Tua talks to Sally Jackson about the violent lesbophobia she was subjected to in Cameroon, and how she was forced into a marriage by her mother. During her escape, she was exploited and trafficked to England where she faced the shameful policies of the UK's Hostile Environment before finding support here. Her asylum claim was finally accepted in 2019 and she has received her leave to remain.

Listen to members of Women In Black Armenia, Sona Hovakimyan and Arpi Balyan, who share their opinions and thoughts about the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war which began on September 27, 2020, and lasted 44 days. The war ended after three failed cease-fires on November 9, 2020, when Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia have signed an agreement to end the military conflict.

This recording is the first of our Women in Black series, a powerful collection of testimonies from Women peace activists from across the globe.

FiLiA Spokeswoman Raquel Rosario Sánchez speaks with Imogen, a representative of the Cambridge Radical Feminist Network to discuss its origins as a group, its politics and the recent controversies regarding free speech at the University of Cambridge.

The Cambridge Radical Feminist Network is a network of feminist students and Cambridge residents who meet throughout the academic term to discuss feminism from a radical, materialist and gender-critical perspective. They hold discussion groups every two weeks, which are open to all women, student or not.

The Cambridge Radical Feminist Network believes that open, rational and well-reasoned debate is central to genuine feminist analysis, activism and ultimately liberation. They exist to provide a space on campus where lively discussion can take place.

Sall Grover is the founder & CEO of Giggle, a social network & social medial platform for females. Prior to Giggle, Sall pursued her dream of screenwriting in Hollywood but retired after almost 10 years due to extreme sexual assault and harassment. While she sold screenplays, her movies were never made, probably because they were all about strong women who come to realise that they don’t need a man. Sall currently lives in Australia. She is very happily eternally single and is the proud single-dog-mum to a 10-year-old, 20% evil and slightly misogynistic Pekingese-pomeranian named Puck.

In this episode of the FiLiA podcast, Sall talks to Sally Jackson about her life in Hollywood and why she returned to Australia, What led her to found Giggle and why it’s female only. Sexual harassment, #MeToo, Women's health, Sex-based rights and prostitution are also discussed.