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The Impact Talk Podcast from Oxfam Novib

The Impact Talk Podcast from Oxfam Novib kicks off in January 2021 with the release of the 4-part “Power of Citizens’ Voices Series.” In this series, we explore impacts and lessons from the last five years of Oxfam and partners’ work raising the voices of citizens on critical topics like conflict and security, the right to food, and securing the financing needed for development. Through conversations with civil society actors and activists and colleagues from Kenya, Afghanistan, Uganda, Nigeria, Cambodia and The Netherlands, we’ll hear about how Oxfam and partners have worked to raise the voices of citizens, the impacts we’ve achieved in doing that and what we’ve learned along the way. Join us for the “Power of Citizens’ Voices Series” of the Impact Talk Podcast from Oxfam Novib.

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Power of Citizens’ Voices Series: Why Mobilize the Voices of Citizens?

January 12, 2021 • Oxfam Novib Impact Measurement and Knowledge Team • Season 1 • Episode 1

Impact Talk from Oxfam Novib

Power of Citizens’ Voices Series: Why Mobilize the Voices of Citizens?

This is the first of four episodes in the Power of Citizens’ Voices series: “Why Mobilize the Voices of Citizens?” In this series we talk with civil society leaders, activists and colleagues from around the world about how raising the voices of citizens drives impact on critical topics like conflict and security, the right to food, and securing the financing needed for development.

Why is raising the voice of citizens so important in the battle against inequality? What are the impacts of our work so far, and what are we learning? And how have we connected local struggles to global ones? In this episode, guests Michiel Servaes (Executive Director, Oxfam Novib), Antonia Musunga (Kenya National Coordinator, Fight Inequality Alliance), and Valentina Montanaro (Southern Programme and Campaign Lead on Inequality, Oxfam Novib) share compelling examples of how Oxfam and partner organizations have supported citizens to voice their demands for a just world without poverty and inequality.

Hosts: Patrick Guyer and Lisanne Hekman

Editing and sound design: Sound Seekers

Artwork: Anouk Klinkers

Links to organizations and publications referenced in this episode:
Organizations:

Fight Inequality Alliance – official website
Oxfam Novib – official website

Publications:

Oxfam Novib Strategic Partnership Annual Report 2018 (2019) - report
Oxfam Novib Strategic Partnership Annual Report 2019 (2020) – report

Keywords: Citizen voice, active citizenship, inequality, poverty, Kenya, The Netherlands