#166 Parental Alienation in the Spanish Family Courts, a Mother's Experience
So-called 'Parental alienation' is spreading across the globe. We share one woman’s experience of the courts in Spain. It’s difficult to hear. Once again Mothers are not being believed when they are t...
20 Dec 202143min
#165 Vaishnavi Sundar looks back on FiLiA 2021
Vaishnavi Sundar reminisces with Sally Jackson about her trip to #FiLiA2021 this year. They discuss what she thought about her first FiLiA, some of the memorable moments and who she met. They discuss ...
6 Dec 202142min
#164 Margaret Owen: On Hunger Strike for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Margaret Owen, 89, began a hunger strike on November 16, 2021 to raise awareness to the imprisonment of Iranian-British charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. In early April 2016, Nazanin visited ...
22 Nov 202150min
#163 FiLiA Meets Zemzem Mohamed
We are honoured to speak with the campaigner Zemzem Mohamed who is working to support women and children affected by the hidden humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Tigray region. This crisis is consi...
17 Nov 20211h 12min
#162 Feminist Academic Jo Phoenix is Standing Her Ground and Moving Forward
Professor Jo Phoenix, Chair in Criminology at The Open University, a Trustee of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies and the Co-Convenor of the Gender Critical Research Network at the Open Univers...
16 Okt 20211h 31min
#161 Women Leaving Faith
Three women from three different Abrahamic religions talk with host Gita Sahgal about their experiences growing up in and leaving fundamentalist expressions of faith. Yasmine Mohammed, an ex-Muslim; F...
5 Okt 20212h 12min
#160 A Response to the University of Leicester's "Student Sex Worker Policy & Toolkit"
In this episode, FiLiA volunteer Luba Fein meets Nicole, a sex trade survivor to discuss the University of Leicester’s recent publication, the “Student Sex Worker Policy and Toolkit” which details how...
30 Aug 202124min
#159 Julie Macfarlane: A Force of Nature Against Patriarchal Abuse
We are delighted to speak with a remarkable force of nature called Julie Macfarlane. A fierce advocate for survivors of sexual violence as well as survivors of institutional abuse, Dr Julie Macfarlane...
19 Aug 20211h 17min
