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In the latest episode of the FiLiA Podcast, Raquel Rosario Sanchez chats with the feminist philosopher and activist Jane Clare Jones who published her book ‘The Annals of the TERF war’ this month. They discuss feminism, sex-based rights, and the evolution of “gender identity” theory.

Dr. Jones studied Social and Political Science at the University of Cambridge, where she got a first-class degree and was informed by a rather pompous professor that her “intellectual trajectory” was “unfortunate.” In the early 2000s, she studied Continental and Feminist Philosophy at Goldsmiths (MPhil) and the State University of New York (PhD). Since 2011, Jane Clare Jones has been involved in feminist activism while writing popular pieces at the intersection of feminism, politics and culture. She is the director of The Centre for Feminist Thought, and the editor of the feminist journal The Radical Notion.

You can purchase the book on The Radical Notion website and on other outlets as an ebook. You can also subscribe to The Radical Notion for a quarterly magazine full of feminist wit, art and analysis. Read more about the Centre for Feminist Thought and the work they do to make feminist theory accessible for women, on their website.

Jane Clare Jones tweets at @JaneClareJones.  

Lawyer and academic Gina Masterton became an activist when her sister had a Hague case brought against her. That story has a (rare) happy ending but Gina continues to campaign to get the Convention amended. In this episode, she talks about the harshness of the Australian courts and the extent to which the law is failing both mothers and their children.

In this episode of the FiLiA podcast, lawyer and activist Sudha Shetty talks to us about the often desperate consequences of The Hague Convention for mothers and their children who are fleeing domestic violence. Her response to this injustice has been inspirational: the Hague Domestic Violence Project which she founded is a beacon of hope which we hope to build on through our international Hague Mothers’ project.

We are delighted to speak with Dr Alyson McGregor, a women’s health pioneer who has brought the concept of sex differences in the delivery of acute medical care to the national and international stage. She is also the author of: Sex Matters: How Male-Centric Medicine Endangers Women's Health and What We Can Do About It.

Sex Matters represents a landmark moment in acknowledging the importance of understanding female bodies in all aspects of health research, treatment and medicine development. Reviewers for the book state: “Sex Matters tackles one of the most urgent, yet unspoken issues facing women’s health care today: all models of medical research and practice are based on male-centric models that ignore the unique biological and emotional differences between men and women – an omission that endangers women’s lives. (Transcription available on filia.org.uk)

The Hague Convention was originally intended to protect children from abducting fathers. The reality is very different. This is one mother's harrowing experience of the inhumanity and injustice suffered by women and children who are innocent victims of this legislation. Detroit is living on the run with her son in the US, an outlaw, having escaped from her violent husband. She sent emails while living in a tent, from a truck, in a forest, while parked by a lake, telling her story. A FiLiA volunteer has read Detroit’s words as the risk to her is too great. (Transcript available on www.filia.org.uk)

Documentary producer Alison Wilson joins FiLiA Volunteer Luba Fein to discuss her latest project ‘Exit’, a film about women who have been trafficked for sexual exploitation in Spain. Alison discusses the recruitment process, how any woman can fall victim to the sex traffickers, how hard the recovery is for survivors of human trafficking, and the devastating reality that many don’t make it to the end. (Transcript available at filia.org.uk)

Cathy Devine, a researcher in the field of sports policy and equality, talks to FiLiA about how policies enabling male competitors to enter women's categories negatively impact female athletes and are detrimental to women's rights to fairness and inclusion in sport. She argues that "the human rights of females in sport depend on fair eligibility criteria which acknowledge human sexual dimorphism."(Transcript available on filia.org.uk) 

In this pilot episode of FiLiA’s new women’s history podcast series, we bring together four feminists from around the world to have an international and intergenerational conversation about the importance of women’s archives. We speak to American historian Max Dashu, Indian artist and activist Aqui Thami, and Algerian archivists Lydia Saïdi and Awal Haouati. Facilitated by Bec Wonders and translated by Natalya Vince.

The 'Newlove Amendment' in the Governments Police Crime, Courts and Sentencing Bill is hailed as making misogyny a hate crime, but is that really the case? Joan Smith discusses what the real consequences of this becoming law are, and how in fact, it could harmful to women and used against them.

This is a recording of the #FiLiA2021 panel discussion led by Julie Bindel. She discusses her book Feminism for Women, invites women from the audience to join the conversation about feminist issues across generational divides, and Zemzem Mohamed speaks about the unfolding crisis in Tigray. (Transcription available on filia.org.uk)