Women Interrupted - The Politics of Patriarchy

Nilanjana Bhowmick

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Women Interrupted - The Politics of Patriarchy

A podcast by and for women in the era of COVID. The pandemic has exposed our vulnerabities and inequalities. Especially in India. Every week I will bring you a different story of women interrupted and women rising. Tune in and join the conversation every FRIDAY.

25/09/2020

Ep 17 : The Long Road To Equality

A trip down memory lane and examining India's commitment to gender equality beyond political grandstanding.

35 min
04/09/2020

Ep 16 - Mumbai Traffic Lights & Other Highlights

In this episode we look at some advances in gender equality over the last few months and mark the 25th year of the Beijing Declaration and Platform For Action.

33 min
28/08/2020

Ep 15- Safe in the Smart City?

In this episode we try to find answers to questions such as how women experience cities and if smart cities can make cities safer for women. Feat. Ayona Datta

29 min
22/08/2020

Ep 14 : WINGS: Safe Cities

In 2005, the Jagori Women’s Resource Centre in Delhi began to develop a multi-stakeholder research and organizing project for women to evaluate their cities for safety, map the results, and use the data to call publicly for change. As of 2020, the project, now based in Haryana, India, and known as Safetipin, has spread to Latin America, Africa, and much of the Asia-Pacific region. Their reports can be found at safetipin.com. Kalpana Viswanath, described the project in her 2015 address to the International Association of Women in Radio and Television.

31 min
SEASON 1 TRAILER

Trailer - The Women Interrupted Podcast

A quick introduction to the podcast and what listeners can look forward to hearing every week.

1 min
TRAILER

Women Interrupted - The Politics of Patriarchy (Trailer)

Women Interrupted - The Politics of Patriarchy

1 min
14/08/2020

Ep 13 - Deconstructing the Period debate with Kavita Krishnan

The period debate is back in India after food delivery company Zomato announced it will offer period leave to menstruating employees. While the initiative was welcomed by many women, it was also criticized by others as being anti-feminist.

34 min
07/08/2020

Ep 12 - Frontline Fighters : Women Waste Collectors

India has one of the best recycling rates in the world - we recycle 70% of all water bottles and soft drink bottles as compared to 31% in the USA. All thanks to informal recycling chains in our cities. This chain starts with the waste pickers. There are an estimated 1.5 million to 4 million waste pickers in India, who pick up, clean, sort and segregate recyclable waste and sell it further up the value chain. 80 per cent of them are women. These waste pickers either sort and segregate waste from waste containers, or transfer stations and landfills. These women come from some of the most marginalized communities, they are barely educated and are often from the lower castes which makes it easy to erase or invisibilize their contributions to our billion dollar cleanliness programs or generally life in the cities.They are the ones who are cleaning up behind us, after us. A recent study of women waste pickers during lockdown in Delhi, had showed they faced difficulties in going out to collect waste because the police were patrolling the streets. They couldn't go out to work also because they lacked protective equipment. 68 per cent of those interviewed, reported that the shutting down of godowns and junk shops have made sorting and selling recyclables nearly impossible. The study found them facing a shortage of food and unable to access essential medicines and healthcare services. Now waste pickers are stepping out for work, irrespective of not having protective suits. Waste pickers are also on the frontline of defense against the spread of COVID-19 because they are managing the city’s waste while exposing themselves to disease and infection. The government needs to designate them as essential workers, provide them with a stipend, protective equipment and health insurance.

33 min

A podcast by and for women in the era of COVID. The pandemic has exposed our vulnerabities and inequalities. Especially in India. Every week I will bring you a different story of women interrupted and women rising. Tune in and join the conversation every FRIDAY.

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