The World YWCA, in collaboration with Geneva Peace Week 2022, bring you a conversation on the role that women and cross-regional solidarity play in the peace processes. The World YWCA is a grassroots, feminist, community-driven movement that has worked tirelessly for the past 167 years to make the world a safer and more just place for women and young women and girls globally. Over the years the YWCA movement has signed more than 40 resolutions aimed at peace and justice, contributing massively to the UNSCR1325. A key piece of this work lies in the support that YWCA organizations give one another as they advocate for women at peace tables. By understanding that global systems of oppression and conflict are interlocked, partnerships such as that between YWCA Palestine and YWCA Japan are formed, where learnings, support and solidarity informs peace processes.

To learn more about this seemingly unlikely coalition, we have Amal Tarazi from Palestine and Sumie Ogasawara from Japan tell us more about their experiences in practices of cross-regional solidarity, debunking assumptions about conflict being a fact we should not question, and the uniquely indisputable role women play in the fight for peace with justice under the #BulletAndDove concept.

CW/TW: Domestic violence, violation of women's rights, pro-life organisations, gender-based violence, mental health.

In this final episode of the Advocacy Toolkit Podcast from World YWCA, we will talk about the challenges that come up after a movement gains some visibility and success, and how some women work their way through it to sustain momentum. The 2030 Agenda for People, Planet, and Prosperity – supported by World YWCA is a comprehensive, people-centered global plan of action and commitment to eradicate poverty, achieve sustainable development, and strengthen universal peace, and it includes specific goals to promote gender equality and inclusion. We have with us Benter Adhiambo from YWCA Kenya, and Sasha Sokolova from YWCA Belarus to shed some light on their work.

Credits:

Host & Producer: Chhavi Sachdev
Guests: Benter Adhiambo, Sasha Sokolova, and Sadaf Wali Shah.
World YWCA Team: Suchi Gaur & Talisa Avanthay.
Cover design: Maitree Muzumdar 
Special thanks: ORGs.
Production: Sonologue.
Sound Engineering: Sharad Joshi.
Music: Corporate Heart by Mikael Manvelyan.
Find us on Twitter, Insta, and Fb @WorldYWCA.
Copyright 2021, World YWCA, Sonologue.

CW/TW: Covid-19, Suicide, Online abuse, Trolling, Online harassment, economic fallout, unpaid jobs, job loss.

In this third episode of the Advocacy Toolkit Podcast from World YWCA, we will be hearing from women who have kept their respective causes alive through online advocacy, especially during the complete lockdowns in the year 2020. As work from home and social distancing became enforced in most countries, activists had to move events, workshops, and even conferences online. We are joined on this episode by Maureen Magak from YWCA Kenya, Sofie Nordvik from Y Global Norway, Helena Kozińska from YWCA Poland, and Sadaf Wali Shah from Y global, who will be sharing insights of how they used social media to give even more to young women and girls!

Credits:

Host & Producer: Chhavi Sachdev
Guests: Maureen Magak, Sofie Nordvik, Helena Kaczynski, and Sadaf Wali Shah.
World YWCA Team: Suchi Gaur & Talisa Avanthay.
Cover design: Maitree Muzumdar 
Special thanks: Y Global, YWCA Poland, YWCA Kenya.
Production: Sonologue.
Sound Engineering: Sharad Joshi.
Music: Corporate Heart by Mikael Manvelyan.
Find us on Twitter, Insta and Fb @WorldYWCA.
Copyright 2021, World YWCA, Sonologue.

A podcast by World YWCA and the Norwegian Church Aid Contributions to the Geneva Peace Week 2020 with young women leaders Vera Syrakvash from Belarus, Amany Abuawad from Palestine, Mary Fatiya from South Sudan & Maria Osula from Kenya discussing on Organising & Acting for Peace & Justice: Young Women Leading Change against Gender Based Violence. Podcast was recorded by Chhavi Sachdev.

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CW/TW: Sexual violence survivor, gender-based violence survivor, domestic abuse.

In this second episode of the Advocacy Toolkit Podcast from World YWCA, we are looking at successful campaigns that women and young women have organised in recent times and talking about the stories behind them. In this episode, we will be looking at policy action – how to get people to participate in changing laws and governmental processes. We are joined by Shakira Choonara from South Africa and Duaa Sloman from Palestine each talking about how they used different tools to engage with stakeholders and effect change.

Credits:
Host & Producer: Chhavi Sachdev
Guests: Shakira Choonara, Duaa Sloman, and Selina Salameh (Interpreter).
World YWCA Team: Suchi Gaur & Talisa Avanthay.
Cover design: Maitree Muzumdar
Special thanks: (TBP)
Production: Sonologue.
Sound Engineering: Sharad Joshi.
Music: Corporate Heart by Mikael Manvelyan.
Find us on Twitter, Insta and Fb @WorldYWCA.
Copyright 2021, World YWCA, Sonologue.

CW/TW: Gender-based Violence, life-threatening hostility, mention of rape kits.

In this first episode of the Advocacy Podcast Toolkit, we will be looking at the basic foundation of turning a personal passion for justice into a movement. How do you mobilise your community? How do you build a sustainable mass women and young women-led movement? How do you organise individual survivors into a collective force of resistance? To answer them using their own experiences, we have three remarkable women joining us – Mandisa Khanyile from South Africa, Sireen Sayej from Palestine, and Christine Winny from South Sudan.

Credits:

Host & Producer: Chhavi Sachdev
Guests: Mandisa Khanyile, Sireen Sayej, and Christine Winny.
World YWCA Team: Suchi Gaur & Talisa Avanthay.
Cover design: Maitree Muzumdar 
Special thanks: Sadaf Wali Shah at YGlobal, Mary Fatiya at YWCA South Sudan, Aman Hammad at YWCA Palestine 
Production: Sonologue.
Sound Engineering: Sharad Joshi.
Music: Corporate Heart by Mikael Manvelyan.
Find us on Twitter, Insta, and Fb @WorldYWCA.
Copyright 2021, World YWCA, Sonologue.

Episode 2: Tools of engagement and the challenges of fighting against gender based violence in a digital world.

A podcast by World YWCA and the Norwegian Church Aid Contributions to the Geneva Peace Week 2020 with young women leaders Vera Syrakvash from Belarus, Amany Abuawad from Palestine, Mary Fatiya from South Sudan & Maria Osula from Kenya discussing on Organising & Acting for Peace & Justice: Episode 2: Tools of engagement and the challenges of fighting against gender based violence in a digital world.

This podcast was recorded by Chhavi Sachdev.

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