New #Podcast Episode! 🙋‍♀️ Are we praising more leading figures, their ideas or the meaning behind them? A look at the symbolic representation we give to female Heads of State handling of this pandemic and some notes on the US presidential elections and the apparent return of the “establishment”.

💜Join us in this exploration of the work,

New Episode! 📈 🌎What can we learn from mapping political violence before and during COVID-19?

An interview with Dr. Roudabeh Kishi, Director of Research and Innovation at the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project. 

In this episode we explore: 

✨How the mapping project became an organization connecting data and researchers worldwide? 

✨How is ACLED breaking stereotypes and myths on female experts in International Security field? 

✨Why it is important for the data mapping project to be open for free use by the public? 

✨How to discern between fake news and international mass media agendas when collecting data and facts?

✨How is political violence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic measured? What are the trends we see in conflict escalation in the US, Nigeria, Syria and Afghanistan, among other countries? 

✨Though most focused has been on domestic, economic and dating violence, what can be said about political violence against women? 

💜Join us in this exploration, listen to the episode and support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nataliabonillaprojects

Recommended Links: 

https://acleddata.com/#/dashboard

https://acleddata.com/resources/general-guides/

https://acleddata.com/analysis/covid-19-disorder-tracker/

https://acleddata.com/register/

https://www.facebook.com/ACLEDINFO

https://twitter.com/ACLEDINFO

New Episode! 🙋‍♀️How are women rising to power and how power positions are changing from Margaret Thatcher to Jacinda Ardern eras?

A first look into the transition of hegemonic vs. feminine leadership. 

In this episode we explore: 

✨What is the Great Man Theory and how is it related to the foundations of IR? 

✨What is hegemonic leadership and how Margaret Thatcher followed this guidelines despite being considered "feminine"? 

✨What can we learn from Thatcher and Benazir Bhutto in the 1980s? 

✨How was the transitioning period of feminine traits being considered powerful in Heads of State positions? What can we learn from figures like Michelle Bachelet, Corazon Aquino and Angela Merkel? 

✨Why Jacinda Ardern exemplifies feminine leadership?

✨Why is it problematic the framing of female world leaders as "idols" depending on the era and which traits are welcomed by whose's agendas?

Recommended links to this episode: 

https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/leadership-and-political-participation/facts-and-figures

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=2267699493468545&ref=watch_permalink

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=2592308884117402&ref=watch_permalink

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=371835790030352&ref=watch_permalink

https://nataliabonilla.org/2020/09/19/como-diferenciar-el-liderazgo-hegemonico-del-femenino-en-los-negocios/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002PYFWAW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

New #Podcast Episode!  🚀 The role of the State has been questioned several times this 2020.

The #EndSARS protests in Nigeria and the constitutional reform in Chile are two current events challenging the symbolic relationship between the State and its People.

💜Join us in this exploration of the work, listen to the episode and support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nataliabonillaprojects

Recommended links on this episode:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/29/endsars-shows-that-muhammadu-buhari-is-biggest-threat-nigerias-democracy/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/29/endsars-abolish-ice-nigeria-us-trans-activism

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/opinion/sunday/chimamanda-adichie-nigeria-protests.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/27/africa/nigerian-protesters-hearings-intl/index.html

https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/29/how-to-continue-support-for-the-end-sars-movement-in-nigeria-13487714/

https://news.un.org/es/story/2020/10/1483062

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-54643589

https://time.com/5900901/chile-constitution-referendum/

https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/chile-referendum-constitucion-como-sigue-con-primera/

https://www.pagina12.com.ar/302545-chile-democratizar-la-constitucion

https://elpais.com/babelia/2020-10-28/la-cultura-que-se-opuso-a-la-dictadura-chilena.html

New #Podcast Episode!  🚀 Are non-nuclear weapon states finding or forming leverage against nuclear powers? 

On Saturday, Honduras became the 50th country to sign the TPNW, a multilateral legally binding instrument for nuclear disarmament that will take effect in 90 days - by January 22, 2021. 

So far, none of the current nuclear powers have signed the accord raising doubts on its potential but is this Treaty holding more meaning or influence than the eye can see? 

In this episode we explore:

✨What are the provisions of the TPNW?

✨What are the arguments of nuclear powers to reject the Treaty?

✨Can International Relations Theories “evolve” with the changing times or… are they serving a purpose for statesmen’s viewpoints on masculine power?

✨How Gender Lens can help us understand better Nuclear Politics?

💜Join us in this exploration of the work and support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nataliabonillaprojects

Recommended links of this episode:

https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/10/1076082

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2020/10/27/can-the-uns-new-treaty-abolish-nuclear-weapons/

https://apnews.com/article/nuclear-weapons-disarmament-latin-america-united-nations-gun-politics-4f109626a1cdd6db10560550aa1bb491

https://www.wilpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Nuclear-Weapons-Ban-Treaty_English-web-FINAL.pdf

http://www.peacewomen.org/assets/file/Themes/gender.pdf

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57cd7cd9d482e9784e4ccc34/t/5afa9f602b6a28d174341508/1526374240733/CFFP+May+Brief+Nuclear+Weapons.pdf

https://www.icanw.org/gender_and_nuclear_weapons

https://cnduk.org/resources/what-women-need-to-know-about-nuclear-power/

https://www.un.org/disarmament/publications/civilsociety/volume-2016/

https://www.amazon.com/Missile-Envy-Helen-Caldicott/dp/0553250809

New #Podcast Episode! 💜 The humanitarian aid system has been failing women and girls since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Voice Amplified seeks to change that by providing funding and resources to help females from different backgrounds and countries lead conversations while challenging patriarchal views on how the current international system works.

An interview with @voiceamplified Co-Founder and Executive Director Mendy Marsh and Head of Communications Chiderah Monde.

In this episode we explore:

✨What’s the story behind VOICE’s mission as an organization? Why a feminist approach?

✨Why is there a perception that the humanitarian aid system is broken and failing women and girls? How was it before COVID-19 and how is it now?

✨What is VOICE’s COVID-19 strategy to help fund and provide resources to women and girls organizations, collectives and activists across the world?

✨How is intersectionality engrained in the organization’s three pillars of work?

✨What is VOICE’s COVID-19 survey all about? Join here: https://voiceamplified.org/survey/

💜Join us in this exploration of the work and check all the recommended links on VOICE's work here:

https://mailchi.mp/voiceamplified/louder-dayofthegirl

https://www.instagram.com/voiceamplified/

https://twitter.com/voicesamplified

https://www.facebook.com/VOICEAmplified/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/voiceamplified/

.

.

New #Podcast Episode! 💜 Yesterday we had our latest webinar on feminism and anti-racism movements in Argentina with Colectiva Identidad Marron, inspiring three important questions on the value we place on ourselves, our construction of race and the relationship we have with change.

✨Can we open safe spaces with the Other for hard and uncomfortable conversations to take form? 

✨How willing are we to take part in the social change we seek? Are we embracing hope or fearing hardships?

New #Podcast Episode! 💜 After the UN General Assembly ran its course, are we finding ourselves amidst a "new" world order or a "new" mindset shift about how to run the world?

💜Join us in this exploration of the work, listen to the episode in my link in bio and support our community in Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nataliabonillaprojects

Recommended articles: 

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/without-comprehensive-reforms-united-nations-faces-a-crisis-of-confidence-says-pm-modi/articleshow/78246499.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/the-united-nations-has-a-problem-and-no-one-s-talking-about-it-39961

https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/opinion/what-should-be-done-about-the-united-nations/

https://theconversation.com/our-own-1945-moment-what-do-rising-china-us-tensions-mean-for-the-un-146835

https://www.cfr.org/article/un-seventy-five-how-make-it-relevant-again

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-09-03/UN-reform-What-to-change-and-what-to-keep--SXkY62EUoM/index.html

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-09-03/UN-reform-What-to-change-and-what-to-keep--SXkY62EUoM/index.html

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/shaping-from-within-a-un-with-chinese-characteristics/

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/coronavirus/coronavirus-has-exposed-need-reform-united-nations-169322

https://www.brookings.edu/research/chinas-expanding-influence-at-the-united-nations-and-how-the-united-states-should-react/

New #Podcast Episode! 💜 How can we unlearn the personal and social taboos and myths around our own periods?

In this episode we explore:

✨What is the connection between menstruation and human rights?

✨How menstrual hygiene is connected to WASH project?

✨Is there a spiritual and earthly component to our menstrual cycle?

✨Why we should not glorify a unique menstrual product?

✨How able and free are we to choose alternatives, sustainable or not?

✨How are politics and economics intertwined with menstruation since menarche?

✨Can we open safe and dignified spaces to share our experiences with our blood?

💜Join us in this exploration of the work and support our community in Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nataliabonillaprojects

Recommended links: 

https://www.instagram.com/romperlareglamx/

https://fundar.org.mx/tag/menstruacion-digna-mexico/

https://www.actionaid.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/womens-economic-empowerment/period-poverty

https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/multimedia/2019/10/infographic-periods

https://www.unicef.org/wash/files/UNICEF-Guidance-menstrual-health-hygiene-2019.pdf

https://www.unicef.org/wash/schools/files/Global_-_Menstrual_Hygiene_and_Human_Rights.pdf

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mapa-documental-ser-mujer-en-latinoamerica#/

New #Podcast Episode 💜Why are human rights seen as separate from environmental rights?

Recommended links: