In this episode, Hannah Brock speaks to Kolbassia Haoussou MBE, co-founder of Survivors Speak Out a national network of torture survivors connected with the charity Freedom From Torture. A survivor himself, Kolbassia has been through the journey of life after torture and shares his insights about policy issues surrounding torture survivors and asylum seekers both … Continue reading “Speaking Out About Torture” with Survivors Speak Out co-founder Kolbassia Haoussou MBE
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Join us as Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, an activist for women, peace and security, consultant to the UN, and CEO and co-founder of the International Civil Society Action Network, talks us through the role of women in peace-making. We’ll be drawing on her work with women living in conflict zones who are fighting without weapons for … Continue reading “Women in Peacemaking” with Sanam Naraghi Anderlini
In this episode we’ll be talking to Jordan Schneider, the host of the ChinaTalk podcast and newsletter about Chinese social media, how information is controlled and disseminated in China and what the advent of Covid-19 has meant for the CCP. Along with unpacking all that, we’ll explore the potential changes this might bring about to … Continue reading “We Talk ChinaTalk” with host Jordan Schneider
In this podcast with Liberian academic, activist and author Dr. Robtel Neajai Pailey, we discuss the intersections between her recently published Al Jazeera English commentary, “Africa does not need saving during this pandemic”, and Development and Change journal article, "De-centring the 'White Gaze' of Development". We use race as a lens of analysis to interrogate … Continue reading “Challenging the ‘White Gaze of Development’ During COVID-19” with Dr. Robtel Neajai Pailey
Join us in a conversation with Gita Parihar, former Head of Legal at Friends of the Earth and current freelance environmental and human rights lawyer, as we consider the intersection of environmental and human rights law. We'll also be discussing the future of the climate movement, exploring questions of inclusivity and diversity, and how to … Continue reading “The Future of Climate Activism” with Gita Parihar
Join us as co-founders of Uncomfortable Oxford, Olivia Durand and Paula Larsson, walk us through the history of international development and its entanglement with colonialism. We’ll be exploring the legacies that colonial practices have left behind, and the ways in which these legacies continue to be perpetuated by our institutional structures. In addition, we’ll be … Continue reading “Let’s Talk Uncomfortable” with Uncomfortable Oxford co-founders Olivia Durand and Paula Larsson
Currently with COVID-19 wreaking havoc globally, it seems opportune to discuss the most appropriate responses different countries have taken around the world. It has become clear that some countries are not as well equipped to respond to this global pandemic as others. Italy and Spain have now reached a death toll higher than that of … Continue reading Fighting a Virus and Winning: COVID-19 in South Korea
https://youtu.be/CVLCDXom1eI OxSID's Michelle Cho documents her journey back to South Korea, exploring how the government has managed to run such a successful containment strategy whilst maintaining transparency and civil liberties.
In 2010 David Cameron announced the creation of a UK government funded International Citizen Service (ICS) for 18-25 year olds, designed to fit into the vision of an austerity-driven ‘big society’ as an extension from the well-known National Citizen Service. Since 2010, the programme has now sent over 40,000 volunteers abroad for 12 weeks on … Continue reading Putting the First Last: DFID and International Volunteering
How the United States’ deportation policies established the street gang violence of today’s Central America Mural in La 72 Hogar-Refugio para Personas Migrantes, a migrant shelter in Tenosique, Tabasco, Mexico Jakelin Caal Maquín from Guatemala was seven-years-old when she died on 8 December 2018 in the custody of the United States. Angie Valeria Ramírez was twenty-three-months-old … Continue reading Two Letters, Two Numbers: Gang Violence in Central America
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