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  • #079 FiLiA Meets: Women Talk Back!
    The Feminist Student Society at the University of Bristol, Women Talk Back! provides a space for women to engage in lively discussion and debate. They are in pursuit of global liberation from all forms of patriarchy. They therefore centre all women who experience misogyny, but who may also face racism, anti-lesbianism, classism and other forms of structural discrimination that arise from male domination. 
    Women Talk Back! are committed to the power of sisterhood and believe that it is only through an understanding of women's similarities and differences that they can liberate themselves from patriarchy.Women Talk Back! believes that dialogue with each other is the first step towards liberation from oppressive structures and practices. They welcome women from all backgrounds to join and take part in all aspects of the group. They aim to foster a culture of collective responsibility, care, and honesty with ourselves and one another.Founding MembersMay Mundt-Leach is a graduate in Social Policy and Sociology from the University of Bristol. She set up Women Talk Back! in the living room of her university flat in 2018 as she felt that there were few spaces on campus where women could come together and talk about the issues affecting them. Having worked in France after graduating, she is now looking to pursue postgraduate studies in social research in the UK. She is particularly interested in the role that policy and social interventions play in the everyday lives of women and girls.Diana Barrera Moreno is Women Talk Back!'s Unruliness Coordinator. An enthusiast of dance, nature, art, and sport. She believes that the creation of a better reality for women is possible. She has helped hosting our weekly consciousness-raising gatherings, and multiple street safety workshops, as well as other hands-on projects. She has organised regular women-only parkour sessions across Bristol and encourages women to roam about in the outdoors. She is concerned about the pervasive nature of violence against women and will address the importance of visibilising this plight in society.
    1 hr 16 min
  • #78 FiLiA meets: Rahila Gupta

    Rahila Gupta is a writer, journalist and activist. She has published a number of books, short stories and poems, including Don’t Wake Me: The Ballad of Nihal Armstrong and Enslaved: The New British Slavery. Rahila has been involved with Southall Black Sisters for many years. She joins Sally Jackson in conversation about her work, the importance of stories, the significance of women organising in Rojava and exploring themes such as disability, inclusion, displacement and survival.

    Rahila’s website

    Twitter: @RahilaG

    48 min
  • #078 FiLiA meets: Rahila Gupta
    Rahila Gupta is a writer, journalist and activist. She has published a number of books, short stories and poems, including Don’t Wake Me: The Ballad of Nihal Armstrong and Enslaved: The New British Slavery. Rahila has been involved with Southall Black Sisters for many years. She joins Sally Jackson in conversation about her work, the importance of stories, the significance of women organising in Rojava and exploring themes such as disability, inclusion, displacement and survival.
    48 min
  • #77 FiLiA Meets: Jo Bartosch - Click Off

    Jo Bartosch is a feminist writer and campaigner against the sex industry. She is the Founder and Director the of anti-pornography think tank Click Off. Click Off draws on feminist knowledge and aims to raise awareness about the harms of pornography, to share learning with legislators and to build a movement against pornography in the UK. Jo joins FiLiA’s Spokeswoman Gemma Aitchison in a discussion about why feminists should oppose pornography and its objectification of women, and how to get involved in the campaign against it.

    44 min
  • #077 FiLiA Meets: Jo Bartosch - Click Off
    Jo Bartosch is a feminist writer and campaigner against the sex industry. She is the Founder and Director the of anti-pornography think tank Click Off. Click Off draws on feminist knowledge and aims to raise awareness about the harms of pornography, to share learning with legislators and to build a movement against pornography in the UK. Jo joins FiLiA’s Spokeswoman Gemma Aitchison in a discussion about why feminists should oppose pornography and its objectification of women, and how to get involved in the campaign against it.
    44 min
  • #76 FiLiA meets: Sam Smethers

    Sam Smethers talks to FiLiA’s Policy Assistant, Alice, about the UK Government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and the unseen impact on some of the most vulnerable women in society.

    The Fawcett Society is the UK’s leading charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights. Sam Smethers is the Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society and took up her post in 2015.  Prior to that she was the Chief Executive of Grandparents Plus for over six years.  She had previously worked for the Equal Opportunities Commission as their Director of Public Affairs and also has nine years experience of working in parliament. 

    Sam is a trustee of Equally Ours, and a Director of the Good Law Project. She is also a former Trustee of the Fawcett Society and of single parent charity Gingerbread.  

    Fawcett Society: Website, Twitter, Facebook

    37 min
  • #076 FiLiA meets: Sam Smethers
    Sam Smethers talks to FiLiA’s Policy Assistant, Alice, about the UK Government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and the unseen impact on some of the most vulnerable women in society.
    The Fawcett Society is the UK’s leading charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights. Sam Smethers is the Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society and took up her post in 2015.  Prior to that she was the Chief Executive of Grandparents Plus for over six years.  She had previously worked for the Equal Opportunities Commission as their Director of Public Affairs and also has nine years experience of working in parliament.   
    Sam is a trustee of Equally Ours, and a Director of the Good Law Project. She is also a former Trustee of the Fawcett Society and of single parent charity Gingerbread.
    37 min
  • #075 FiLiA meets: Saba Ismail
    Saba Ismail has been advocating for women’s rights since she was a teenager, co-founding the organisation Aware Girls with her sister Gulalai. Gulalai’s work focuses on sexual violence in armed conflict, the dangers of radicalisation and the abuse of women: “We cannot have peace without gender equality, and without gender equality we cannot have peace. These two things are linked.” Because of this activism, the family has been attacked and Gulalai forced to flee Pakistan. Since Saba’s discussion with Sadia Hameed was recorded, Gulalai arrived safely to the United States although her family is still facing persecution in Pakistan.
    56 min
  • #75 FiLiA meets: Saba Ismail

    Saba Ismail has been advocating for women’s rights since she was a teenager, co-founding the organisation Aware Girls with her sister Gulalai. Gulalai’s work focuses on sexual violence in armed conflict, the dangers of radicalisation and the abuse of women: “We cannot have peace without gender equality, and without gender equality we cannot have peace. These two things are linked.” Because of this activism, the family has been attacked and Gulalai forced to flee Pakistan. Since Saba’s discussion with Sadia Hameed was recorded, Gulalai arrived safely to the United States although her family is still facing persecution in Pakistan.

    Read more about Gulalai

    Support Gulalai and Saba’s nonprofit: Voices for Peace and Democracy

    Follow Saba and Gulalai on Twitter

    56 min
  • #74 FiLiA meets: Hilla Kerner

    Hilla Kerner is a feminist who works with Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter, the longest standing rape crisis centre in Canada. She joins Sadia Hameed in a conversation about Cindy Gladue, a mother and Indigenous woman involved in prostitution who was killed at the age of 36. In a shocking and disturbing trial, her accused killer was acquitted of murder. Cindy Gladue's case has become emblematic of the abuse and injustice faced by Indigenous women and girls in Canada, and the lack of justice for victims of sexual assault.

    Read this blogpost about the case. More articles here and here.

    Vancouver Rape Relief's Submission for the National Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

    Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter Website, Twitter, Facebook

    39 min

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