Power of the Streets is a podcast about how we speak truth to power. In a series of intimate interviews, host Audrey Kawire Wabwire brings us the achievements and stories of the young people driving Africa’s human rights movement. In our first season we're hearing from some of the people who are rising up and leading the #MeToo movement in Africa. Everyone we speak to has a second, a minute, an hour, when they realize they need to stand up and make a change.
Power of the Streets
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Power of the Streets is a podcast about how we speak truth to power. In a series of intimate interviews, host Audrey Kawire Wabwire brings us the achievements and stories of the young people driving Africa’s human rights movement. In our first season we're hearing from some of the people who are rising up and leading the #MeToo movement in Africa. Everyone we speak to has a second, a minute, an hour, when they realize they need to stand up and make a change.
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April 19, 2021
8. Politics Too
<p>By engaging with politics, citizens can demand justice and good governance from their governments and leaders. But women political activists face unique challenges. Fatima speaks about why she continues to push for space for citizens voices and women’s recognition in governance. </p><p>Follow Fatima on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fatima.mimbire" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/fatima.mimbire</a></p><p>Follow her on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/fatima_f2m?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/fatima_f2m?lang=en</a></p><p><br></p><p>To access the transcript of the show or find out more, you can go <a href="https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/podcast/2021/03/01/power-of-the-streets" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p>Follow Human Rights Watch on <a href="https://twitter.com/hrw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/humanrightswatch/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>. Join the conversation using #PoweroftheStreets to tell us how you’re speaking truth to power.</p><p>Follow host Audrey Kawire Wabwire on <a href="https://twitter.com/akawire" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/audreyhrw/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.</p>
April 12, 2021
7. Stand Up
<p>Student leader Ruth Yitbarek wants more Ethiopian women to understand their rights and speak up for themselves. She speaks about the Yellow Movement that continues to grow in Ethiopia’s universities and how it challenges abusive societal norms.</p><p>Read about the Yellow Movement <a href="http://www.aau.edu.et/the-yellow-movement/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Follow Ruth <a href="https://twitter.com/ruth_yitbarek?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p>To access the transcript of the show or find out more, you can go <a href="https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/podcast/2021/03/01/power-of-the-streets" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p>Follow Human Rights Watch on <a href="https://twitter.com/hrw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/humanrightswatch/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>. Join the conversation using #PoweroftheStreets to tell us how you’re speaking truth to power.</p><p>Follow host Audrey Kawire Wabwire on <a href="https://twitter.com/akawire" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/audreyhrw/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.</p>
April 5, 2021
6. Where The Heart Is
<p>How do you prove that the home you fled was unsafe, if you could never report the violence you faced there? Thomars Shamuyarira is a Zimbabwean migrant rights activist living in South Africa. He speaks on South Africa’s restrictive asylum process and the experiences of LGBT people from elsewhere in Africa seeking asylum there.</p><p>You can follow the Fruit Basket on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/everyfruit/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/everyfruit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/every_fruit/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.</p><p>The Fruit Basket won a prestigious award, read about it <a href="https://www.unhcr.org/innovation/unhcr-ngo-innovation-award-2020/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p>To access the transcript of the show or find out more, you can go <a href="https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/podcast/2021/03/01/power-of-the-streets" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p>Follow Human Rights Watch on <a href="https://twitter.com/hrw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/humanrightswatch/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>. Join the conversation using #PoweroftheStreets to tell us how you’re speaking truth to power.</p><p>Follow host Audrey Kawire Wabwire on <a href="https://twitter.com/akawire" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/audreyhrw/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.</p>
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