Across Oceans

Creator: Nadia Ahmad

Sometimes, the most radical thing we can do is remember that we are not struggling alone.   Across Oceans is a feminist podcast connecting voices from Beirut, Lebanon, to Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) through conversations on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Hosted by Maha Al Mawla a Legal Researcher, Human Rights Activist , the podcast brings together feminist activists, researchers, lawyers and advocates to explore decolonization, access to justice, bodily autonomy and collective liberation through dialogue, shared experiences and feminist solidarity across regions.   From Beirut to Latin America, these conversations remind us that solidarity doesn't require us to share the same history. It begins by recognizing that the systems we resist are deeply connected and that our struggles become stronger when we listen across borders.   Creator: Nadia Ahmad        Co-Creator Maha Al Mawla

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    The Inheritance of Shame: Bodily Autonomy, Reproductive Rights, and Social Control

    Long before girls are told what they can do with their bodies, they are taught what their bodies mean. In Episode Three of Across Oceans, host Maha Al Mawla is joined by Alejandra Sosa and Melanie for a conversation on bodily autonomy, reproductive rights and the social norms that shape women's lives across generations. Together, they explore feminist practices of care, collective organizing, accompaniment and transnational solidarity not only as acts of support, but as political strategies for sustaining movements and imagining more just futures. Because reclaiming our bodies is more than a personal journey. It is also a political act.

    The Inheritance of Shame: Bodily Autonomy, Reproductive Rights, and Social Control

  2. 2d ago

    The Courtroom and the Kitchen Table: Institutional Violence, Family Law, and Women's Access to Justice (Feminist Legal Imaginations Beyond the State)

    Violence is not always visible. Sometimes it appears in laws, courtrooms and bureaucratic systems that claim to offer protection while reproducing harm. In Episode Two of Across Oceans, host  Maha Al Mawla speaks with Raquel Brítez about the relationship between law, justice, and feminist movements, exploring the possibilities and limitations of legal systems in advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights. Together, they reflect on community-based advocacy, strategic litigation and imagining forms of justice that extend beyond formal state institutions. Because justice is not only about what the law says. It is also about who can access it.

    The Courtroom and the Kitchen Table: Institutional Violence, Family Law, and Women's Access to Justice (Feminist Legal Imaginations Beyond the State)

  3. 2d ago

    Borrowed Maps: Decolonizing Feminism Across SWANA and LAC

    Long after empires disappeared from maps, many of the systems they built continue to shape our lives, our laws, and even the way we imagine freedom.    In the first episode of Across Oceans, host Maha Al Mawla sits down with Daniella Téllez del Valle and Roxana Hernández to explore how colonial histories continue to shape gender norms, legal systems, feminist organizing and sexual and reproductive health and rights across Southwest Asia, North Africa and Latin America.    Because solidarity doesn't begin with having identical experiences.  It begins by recognizing that the systems we resist are deeply connected.

    Borrowed Maps: Decolonizing Feminism Across SWANA and LAC
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About

Sometimes, the most radical thing we can do is remember that we are not struggling alone.   Across Oceans is a feminist podcast connecting voices from Beirut, Lebanon, to Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) through conversations on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Hosted by Maha Al Mawla a Legal Researcher, Human Rights Activist , the podcast brings together feminist activists, researchers, lawyers and advocates to explore decolonization, access to justice, bodily autonomy and collective liberation through dialogue, shared experiences and feminist solidarity across regions.   From Beirut to Latin America, these conversations remind us that solidarity doesn't require us to share the same history. It begins by recognizing that the systems we resist are deeply connected and that our struggles become stronger when we listen across borders.   Creator: Nadia Ahmad        Co-Creator Maha Al Mawla

Information

  • Creator
    Creator: Nadia Ahmad
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Across Oceans