Rights Talk
With authoritarianism, nationalism, and xenophobia on the rise, gaping global wealth disparities, and the accelerating climate emergency, human rights appear increasingly fragile. Rights Talk is devoted to engaging contemporary challenges around the world across the human rights spectrum of civil and political rights; economic, social, and cultural rights; and solidarity rights, including to a safe and healthy environment. The podcast invites critical perspectives and questions the future of rights in the twenty-first century. __________________________________________________ Music Carefree by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefreeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights Talk
E15: Female Fighters, Violence, and the UN with CCNY Prof. Nimmi Gowrinathan
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CCNY Downtown
This episode features Dr. Nimmi Gowrinathan, Founder and Director of the Politics of Sexual Violence Initiative, Visiting Research Professor at CCNY's Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, and Visiting Professor at Columbia University. Dr. Gowrinathan is also the creator of Guernica magazine's The Female Fighter Series and publisher of Adi magazine. The discussion centers on her new book Radicalizing Her: Why Women Choose Violence. It encompasses the themes of violence against women, gender and armed conflict, contemporary Sri Lankan politics, the limits of the UN, and how international aid initiatives may reproduce gender hierarchies in post-conflict contexts by re-feminizing ex-combatants.