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'The blood lady': the medical start-up founder saving lives in Nigeria – podcast

Guardian — When Temie Giwa-Tubosun realised Nigerians lacked safe access to vital health care products like blood she decided to do something about it. That decision changed her life and saved those of many others

12-19
18:41

'What happened to me will not happen to my daughters': sexual violence in war – podcast

Guardian — Kosovan-born Vasfije Krasniqi-Goodman explains how a survivors’ network has empowered her and others to speak out against rape as a weapon of conflict

12-12
17:48

Defying the Taliban: Afghanistan's secret schools for girls – podcast

Guardian — Suraya Pakzad talks to Lucy Lamble about her work championing girls’ education – and living on red alert for the next Taliban raid

12-05
18:50

'I live in the 21st century, not the 10th': the first female judge in a sharia court – podcast

Guardian — Award-winning film-maker Erika Cohn’s latest film, The Judge, tells the incredible story of Kholoud Al-Faqih, who against all odds achieved her dream to represent women in the Middle East’s all-male religious courts

11-28
18:15

'Suddenly you have to run for your life': a film-maker's take on life in Sudan – podcast

Guardian — Award-winning director Hajooj Kuka on the realities of life in a wartorn country, and the inspiration for aKasha, his first feature film

11-21
20:23

‘My father's murderers are still free’: taking on Mexico's violent underworld – podcast

Guardian — Investigative journalist Anabel Hernández has risked her life to expose corruption at the heart of her country’s violent ‘drug wars’. She tells Lucy Lamble why staying silent is not an option

11-14
24:08

'Disability is not the end of the world': reinventing yourself after becoming blind – podcast

Guardian — Activist Christophe Oulé had a glittering career in engineering in Burkina Faso when he lost his sight. Now he campaigns tirelessly to improve the lives of other blind people. He talks to Lucy Lamble

11-07
16:10

'It's a long fight': the communities devastated by Brazil's dam collapse – podcast

Guardian — Three years after the country’s worst environmental disaster, in which 19 people died, Lucy Lamble hears how Letícia Oliveira is still campaigning for justice for the people affected

10-31
13:42

'Listen to women': improving safety in a city where harassment is rife – podcast

Guardian — In Bogotá 81% of women use buses, the subway, walking or cycling as their main way to move around, but public transport systems are usually planned by men. Ángela Anzola is designing new solutions that suit women’s needs

10-24
16:30

'Inequality is a poison': campaigning for Muslim women's rights – podcast

Guardian — Shahin Ashraf’s experience growing up as a British Muslim has led to a life campaigning for gender equality around the world

10-17
15:16

The woman fighting for LGBT rights in a country where lesbians are caned – podcast

Guardian — Criminalised by the state and targeted by vigilantes, Malaysia’s LGBT community faces rampant persecution. Thi Laga, a co-founder of rights group Justice for Sisters, has become a leading figure in the fightback

10-10
15:04

Fighting for LGBT rights in a country where lesbians are caned – podcast

Guardian — Criminalised by the state and targeted by vigilantes, Malaysia’s LGBT community faces rampant persecution. Thi Laga, a co-founder of rights group Justice for Sisters, has become a leading figure in the fightback

10-10
16:55

Fighting the advance of the desert: the forest maker of the Sahel – podcast

Guardian — The Australian agronomist Tony Rinaudo explains how he regenerates trees using seeds, roots or stumps, in a process that has brought about extraordinary results in dozens of countries, from Senegal to Ethiopia

10-03
17:16

The Mosul historian who risked his life to blog about life under Isis – podcast

Guardian — When his beloved city was occupied by Islamic State, Iraqi Omar Mohammed was determined to document every atrocity – as anonymous blogger Mosul Eye

09-26
17:28

'I'm a living manifestation of possibility': South Africa's emissary on disability

Guardian — Eddie Ndopu defied expectations as the first African with a disability to graduate from Oxford. Now he wants to be the first wheelchair user in space

09-19
21:50

'It came at a great cost but it was worth it': Bangladesh protests – podcast

Guardian — Our guest this week is a teenager who was involved in mass demonstrations in Dhaka that were sparked after two children were killed by a bus

09-12
15:50

'Dance has done so much for me': the leader of Kenya's slum ballet school – podcast

Guardian — Mike Wamaya discusses how performing ballet helps children transcend the chaos and violence of life in Kibera

08-22
19:25

'Girls who leave militias get rejected': helping child soldiers go home – podcast

Guardian — Lucy Lamble talks to Sandra Olsson from Child Soldiers International, who works with girls formerly caught up in armed groups in Democratic Republic of the Congo as they struggle to settle back in their communities

08-15
16:33

The football-loving lawyer moving the goalposts for girls’ rights in Kenya – podcast

Guardian — After studying human rights law, Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan returned to her hometown to promote peace and champion women’s rights – through ball skills and teamwork

08-08
19:16

'I was always a rebel who stood up for my rights': rise of a Tunisian activist – podcast

Guardian — When protests in Tunisia sparked revolution across the region and in the Middle East, Aya Chebbi found her political voice

08-01
20:34

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