Join us for an insightful conversation about the state of women’s rights, human rights, and social justice. World YWCA is a global movement that has empowered women to transform themselves and their communities for over 125 years. From war zones to refugee camps, prisons to universities, World YWCA is at the forefront of advancing social justice.The Advocacy Toolkit Podcast is a four-part series produced by the World YWCA. It looks at successful campaigns from recent times within YWCA and the larger women’s rights movement, while talking about the stories behind them. With in-depth interviews, high quality sound editing and a visual backdrop of stunning global images, this podcast is a hands-on guide to advocacy success.If you need help advocating for change on issues such as gender-based violence, ending child marriage, and improving girls’ education, we have you covered here. Get some practical tips and some inspiring stories to get you going with your advocacy.
In this episode of RiseUp! We talk about talking - how do we decolonise our language to make it more feminist, and inclusive?The first guest to join host Chhavi Sachdev is Virisila Buadromo, from Fiji, who is a co-lead of the Urgent Action Fund, Asia and the Pacific. Next Nanako Tojo joins Chhavi from Kyoto, Japan, where she is a Youth leader implementing the RiseUp! Model with the YWCA in Japan. The conversation concludes with World YWCA Director for Global Engagement and Impact, Dr. Suchi G...
15 Dec 2023TRANSCRIPT
Episode 5: Evidence Generation
In this episode of RiseUp! we look at the ways that feminist techniques can inform one of the basic needs of community building and development work - Evidence Generation.Host Chhavi Sachdev starts off the episode in conversation with Bijita Dev Sharma – the RiseUp! Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Specialist with the World YWCA, from India. Next, she talks about development work in the Global South with Michelle Reddy, the Co-Lead of the Pacific Feminist Fund. And finally, we hear from our...
15 Dec 2023
Episode 7: Conflict
In this episode of RiseUp! we take a deep dive into all the different forms of conflict that women experience - military, political, environmental, and domestic.To get started, listen to Maggie Lulu, from the African Leadership Centre in South Sudan, in conversation with host, Chhavi Sachdev. Next from Yangon, our second guest, Naw Dohkalal is a World WYCA RiseUp! programme leader sharing her experiences of working under military conflict. Chhavi wraps up the discussion with Olivia Barrow, wh...
15 Dec 2023TRANSCRIPT
Episode 6: Young Women Leadership
In this episode of RiseUp! we talk to three women who have personal experience about fostering Young Women Leadership. Start the episode with Suju Poon from Women Lead in Nepal, talking to host Chhavi Sachdev about stories of women-led initiatives and movements. Next, Yadanar from the United Nations Population Fund shares her perspective on supporting young women in repressive conditions. Chhavi concludes the discussion with Rajina Neupane, a YWCA RiseUp! Lead in Nepal. What tools can or...
8 Jun 2023
Episode 4: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
In this episode of RiseUp! we unpack one of the thorny issues that any organisation aspiring for justice must deal with - Diversity, Equity and InclusionTo get the ball rolling, join DEI consultant Lara Rabala from Kenya, in conversation with host, Chhavi Sachdev. Next Amjad Mohammed Salim returns to the show to share his perspective as a Sri Lankan origin, global leader currently working in Geneva with the International Federation of the Red Cross Red Crescent societies. Chhavi concludes the...
8 Jun 2023
Episode 3: Safe Spaces
In this episode of RiseUp! we take a look at one of the founding principles of the YWCA - safe spaces and how to support them.We start with the World YWCA’s own Suchi Gaur, in conversation with host, Chhavi Sachdev. Suchi lays out the 10 principles of making safe spaces. Chhavi continues the discussion with Clara DCosta, a youth leader and RiseUp! Young woman lead from Bangladesh. Towards the end we are joined by Nirmala Gurung from Nepal, working with World YWCA, who shares the lessons she l...
8 Jun 2023
Episode 1: Faith And Feminism
In this episode of RiseUp! we dive deep into one of the most underestimated and often misunderstood relationships in social organisations today- that of faith and feminism.To kick it all off, join Ruth Mathen from Hong Kong in conversation with host, Chhavi Sachdev. Ruth talks about her work with the Christian Conference of Asia to bring together churches from diverse ecumenical traditions in support of feminist activism. Chhavi continues the discussion with Rajini Sureka, a RiseUp! Alumna, a...
8 Jun 2023
Episode 2: Intergenerational Leadership
In this episode of RiseUp! we dive deep into something that many of the activists the YWCA works grapple with: How do you foster a real intergenerational connection amongst activists working in the social justice and development sectors?To kick it all off, join Vandita Morarka from India in conversation with host, Chhavi Sachdev. Vandita talks about her work as the CEO of One Future Collective. Chhavi continues the discussion with Amjad Mohammed Salim, a Sri Lankan origin, global leader&...
8 Nov 2022
#BulletAndDove: When women are at tables, peace is long lasting
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 massivel...
28 Oct 2021
Ep 3: Online Advocacy: Lessons on empowering women and girls using the Internet and social media from Kenya, Norway, and Poland.
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 ...
28 Oct 2021
Ep 4: Building a Movement: Lessons from the work of activists who have kept their reach and impact ongoing from Kenya and Belarus.
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 commit...
28 Oct 2021
Ep 1: Mobilising a community: Lessons from campaigns about Gender-based violence, Hostility, and ownership from South Africa, South Sudan and Palestine.
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 wome...
28 Oct 2021
Ep 2: Policy Action: Lessons from active work done on improving policies focused on the sphere of public health, gender equality and development in South Africa and Palestine.
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...
28 Oct 2021
2020 Throwback: Organising & Acting for Peace & Justice: Episode 1 from Geneva Peace Week 2020
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.Product of the World YWCA.
28 Oct 2021
2020 Throwback: Organising & Acting for Peace & Justice: Episode 2 from Geneva Peace Week 2020
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 v...
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Episode 8: Decolonising Language
Published 15 Dec 2023 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Virisila makes language justice central to her own work by making sure that all the grant application paperwork is translated into seven languages of the Asia-Pacific region. However, we've also communicated to movements that they can apply to us in whatever language that they feel comfortable in. […]
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