We JUST dropped the third episode! This week on When Feminists Rule the World, host Martha Chaves is getting real with poet, playwright and activist, Shailja Patel, and Mi'kmaq lawyer, professor, and activist, Pamela Palmater. They're talking colonialism, violence, patriarchy, and how they all … [Read more...]
Meet Berkelle Kenfack, Cameroon
“I did not choose the wrong battle to fight. I’m fighting for the good of my country—for a better Cameroon, for a better Africa, and for a better world.” Over the past few years Cameroon has been thrust into a state of conflict, with 500,000 people displaced and 3,000 people … [Read more...]
Meet Marinel Sumook Ubaldo, Philippines
“I don’t need them to be touched by my story and I don’t need their pity. I need them to take action.” In 2013, sixteen-year-old Marinel Sumook Ubaldo knew that life was changing at home, a quiet, seaside village around 1000 km southeast of Manila. Her fisherman father complained there … [Read more...]
Almas Elman, Somali-Canadian Human Rights Activist Killed
Prominent Somali-Canadian peace activist Almas Elman was killed in Mogadishu on November 20th. According to a statement from the African Union, Almas was shot while travelling in a car on a high-security base near the international airport where many diplomats and humanitarian workers have offices. … [Read more...]
Meet Heny Cuesta, Colombia
“I have to believe that change is in me, and my activism has to be more strong and radical. Not to diminish others or to scare them, but to believe if I have this voice, I can get to wherever I can imagine.” Heny Cuesta is a badass Afro-Colombian activist and filmmaker. She's … [Read more...]
Meet Vanessa Tsehaye, Eritrea/Sweden
"I use my uncle's name to fight for the Eritrean people." Vanessa Tsehaye grew up hearing her uncle's story—journalist Seyoum Tsehaye has been unjustly imprisoned in Eritrea under inhumane conditions and without a trial since 2001. Now she's making sure that his case is not … [Read more...]
Meet Liz O’Sullivan, USA
“I was ready to risk it all, just to get people to talk about this issue.” It was late 2018. Liz O’Sullivan began to wonder what was happening in a windowless room at Clarifai, the artificial intelligence startup for which she was head of data operations. Information that trickled out … [Read more...]
Meet Yasaman Aryani, Iran
Twenty-four-year-old Iranian activist Yasaman Aryani has been unjustly imprisoned since April simply for removing her hijab in public. She now faces a 16 year sentence. On March 8th, 2019, International Women’s Day, 24-year-old Yasaman Aryani, her mother, and another woman walked into a … [Read more...]
Meet Muzna Dureid, Syria/Canada
"They talk like we have a migration crisis, but for me, we actually have a responsibility crisis." Muzna Dureid is a major multi-hyphenate. She is a Syrian activist and women’s rights defender, the creator of campaigns such as Women Refugees Not Captives, the Indigenous – Refugees movement, and a … [Read more...]
Meet Louise McGowan, Northern Ireland
Activist, grad student and former tailor, Louise McGowan, grew up in Belfast towards the end of the Troubles. Living in Northern Ireland throughout the peace process inspired a keen interest in human rights, justice and equality that ultimately ended her career as a tailor. Sick of working for rich … [Read more...]
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