On this week’s episode of Our Voices, hosts Ginny Niwa, Auriane Itangishaka and Simegnish Yekoye discuss how Africans in the diaspora are sending remittances back to their home countries.

Rhoda Basemera, a Ugandan business analyst and Natasha Chiumya, the founder and CEO of Diaspora Connect, join the show to provide insight into how these remittances be used best to uplift the continent.

On this week’s Our Voices, we focus on this year’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence commemorations and spotlight African led initiatives that are addressing the challenge.

Guests include, Fauziya Ali, the founder and president of Women in International Security Horn of Africa and Sisters Without Borders, and Janet Ramatoulie Sallah-Njie, the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa for the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

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On this week’s Our Voices, we focus on family laws that perpetuate discrimination of women and girls across Africa. The discussion will also touch on the 2024 international report that was released by “Equality Now,” a human rights organization advocating for gender equality.

Deborah Nyokabi, the programs officer in the Legal Equality team at Equality Now joins the show.

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On this week’s Our Voices, hosts Simegnish Yeyoke, Ginny Niwa and Auriane Itangishaka speak with experts about this year’s World AIDS Day that will be observed on December 1 under the theme “Take the rights path: My health, my right!”

The discussion will focus on how societal inequalities are contributing to HIV prevalence in Africa and whether the continent is on track to end AIDS by 2030.

Guests include Angeli Achrekar, deputy executive director of UNAIDS, and Maureen Milanga, director of International Policy and Advocacy at the Health Global Access Project.

On this week’s Our Voices, we speak with cosmetics entrepreneurs about the skin care industry and the challenges that Black women face finding products that fit their needs despite contributing millions of dollars towards its success.

Irene Dele-Adejumo, the founder and CEO of Omolewa Cosmetics joins the show.

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On this week’s Our Voices, we discuss postpartum care for new mothers. Soon after the baby's delivery, women experience a post-partum period which usually lasts 6 to 8 weeks and ends when the mother's body has nearly returned to its pre-pregnant state. During this time some women struggle to adapt to the novel demands of motherhood as they experience sleep deprivation and exhaustion, feel overwhelmed and often question their adequacy as mothers.

We speak with experts who will unpack the significant changes that some women experience in the postpartum period and why postpartum care is important for new mothers.

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On this week’s Our Voices, we focus on the 2024 U.S. presidential race in which former President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris for the nation’s top office.

Will America ever have a female president? Learn more on this week’s Our Voices.

Guests include Anita Powell, VOA’s White House correspondent, Cassandra Veney, executive director of Howard University's Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership and Philomena Desmond-Ogugua, the co-national chair of the Harris-Walz campaign for the African diaspora in the U.S.

On this week’s Our Voices, we sit down with Snit Tewoldemedhin, a beauty queen and the winner of the 2024 Miss Universe Eritrea. We are also joined by Lady Kate Ndi, the founder of Miss Africa USA.

The discussion is about how beauty pageants have evolved from being competitions based on physical appearance to those that emphasize intelligence, talent, community service and advocacy.

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On this week's edition of Our Voices, we hear about women who are leading change for a safe and prosperous Sahel. Coumba Bah, a Malian gender and communication specialist, and Wapoenje Dacruz Evora from the United States Institute for Peace’s Africa Center joined our hosts at the Our Voices table. Plus, Dacruz Evora of USIP's Women Preventing Violent Extremism program says adding women to the peace-building discussion can provide greater gains when fighting for stability and security on the continent.

On this week’s edition of Our Voices, we will explore the new challenges of parenting in the digital age, and long-term effects of smartphones on children’s development. Julie Scelfo, the founder and Executive Director of Mothers Against Media Addiction (MAMA) shares her personal story behind the creation of the a parents-led advocacy group on media safety. And Rachel Barr, chair of psychology at Georgetown University and director of the Georgetown Early Learning Project, provides insight on how young children bridge the gap between what they learn from media and how they apply that information in the real world.