FiLiA
FiLiA is a UK-based feminist charity, platforming and connecting women through our annual conference, blog posts, and podcasts. Listen to women sharing stories, wisdom, experience, feminism, sisterhood and solidarity. Find us at: www.filia.org.uk
The opinions expressed here represent the views of each woman. FiLiA does not necessarily endorse or support every woman's opinion, but we uphold women's rights to freedom of belief, thought and expression.
Episodes
203 episodes
#209 Tackling Strangulation: Working Together to Save Lives
We are increasingly hearing about cases of strangulation of women, both in relationships and, thanks to porn culture, increasingly in our sex lives. In this episode, Sally Jackson, FiLiA Trustee; Bernie Ryan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...
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#208 Women's Wednesday
"I don't feel that loneliness anymore. I feel part of something."After attending FiLiA in Portsmouth, one woman returned to her workplace determined to set up a women’s group. Two years later, the group has grown in size ...
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#207 Alternatives to Prison for Women
Does prison work for Women? What alternatives are being tried and how successful are they - what do we even mean by 'success'? "The short answer to How many Women are in prison, is far too many! The biggest challenges are funding an...
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#206 Introducing WAVE
FiLiA is a member of Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE)In this podcast we find out more about WAVE's work. Sally Jackson interviews, Stephanie Futter Orel Executive Director WAVE, Branislava Aradjan Project and Youth ambassador Coordi...
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#205 Huge Legal Victory for Feminists Over Pimps in France
In this episode Luba Fein, FiLiA volunteer, Alyssa Ahrabare, Advocacy Manager for European Network of Migrant Women and Hema Sibi, advocacy coordinator for The Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution discuss a huge legal victory in France.<...
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#204 Beyond the Rhetoric: The European Council and the Misrepresentation of Sex Industry Exploitation
"It is not our job to question individual choices of women in prostitution. We must examine the system and the context in which women's choices take place" Anna ZobninaIn February 2024, Dunja Mijatović, the Commissioner for Hum...
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#203 #HerNameWasChloeHolland - A Mother’s campaign following her daughter’s suicide
Tragically Chloe felt her only escape from the coercive and controlling behaviour she was subjected to was to end her own life. Her Mum Sharon wants the perpetrator held to account for her death and so is campaigning for a change in the law so ...
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#202 Women's Ways, Women's Plays - A story of working class women's theatre
"I just hope that in capturing these stories that we've done something to archive working class, women's experience and that it'll be there if people wanna watch it or read it. We've done our bit and we can use the methods to look at any is...
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#201 Sarah Ditum Exposes the ‘TOXIC’ Nature of Pop Culture and Charts A Way Forward
Raquel Rosario Sanchez and Sarah Ditum discuss the tropes and stereotypes about women in the public eye and how they reflect on the wider struggles women face in society. Ditum's clever analysis dissects how patriarchy operates to ensure that w...
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#200 Palestine and Israel: Women and the movement for peace
This interview took place on January 25th 2024 and permission was given to share this week."We don't want to live in this violence, in this conflict anymore. We want to end it. And as Yael always said, we shouldn't, you know, keep m...
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Episode 200
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#199 Widows for Peace with Margaret Owen OBE
In this episode, Margaret Owen OBE founder of Widows for Peace (WPD) highlights the plight of the world’s dark secret...
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Episode 199
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#198 Speak Out Survivors
"It's not rocket science... you investigate the suspect, not the victim," – Harriet Wistrich.In this episode, Suzy Angus and Emma Bryson, survivors of sexual violence and founders of
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#197 Live From FiLiA 2023 Glasgow
"One of the things I love about the feminist movement is that we're each other's catalysts. We are always pushing each other to go for our dreams and to maybe try that project that we're thinking of, make it a reality somehow."...
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#196 Hadley Freeman On Life Beyond Anorexia
Hadley Freeman On Life Beyond Anorexia and Breaking Out of the Good Girl SocialisationIn this episode, Hadley Freeman discusses her latest book 'Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia' with FiLiA spokeswoman Raquel Rosari...
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#195 Consuelo Rivera Fuentes at FiLiA 2019
"When they arrested me, I thought it was because I was protesting with other teachers, and students. But later, I realized that they targeted me and other women because I am a lesbian."We are paying tribute to Consuelo Rivera-Fuentes, w...
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#194 Own My Life - a feminist recovery programme for domestic abuse survivors
"Creating this women only space, we're creating a journey for women to be honouring each other, celebrating each other, and that's something that women haven't had much time with."Sally Jackson leads a discussion between
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#193 Laetitia Ky Revolutionises the Feminist Politics of Afro Hair and Art
We are delighted to interview Ivorian artist, social commentator and author Laetitia Ky on the FiLiA Podcast. She is a political artist known for her
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#192 Faika El-Nagashi's Intersectional Politics are Here to Stay
Austrian Parliamentarian Faika El-Nagashi joins FiLiA Spokeswoman Raquel Rosario Sánchez to discuss the intersectional nature of her multi-faceted work as a feminist politi...
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Episode 192
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#191 Discussion about the book Women Unsilenced: Our Refusal To Let Torturer-Traffickers Win
Lisa-Marie Taylor and Yagmur Uygarkizi interview authors Jeanne Sarson and Linda MacDonald about their best-selling book, Women Unsilenced Our Refusal To Let Torturer-Traffickers Win. This episode welcomes Jeanette Westbrook an...
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#190 A Revindication of Middle-Aged Women with Victoria Smith, author of ‘HAGS’
Feminist author Victoria Smith discusses her first book, ‘Hags’, about the demonisation of middle-aged women with FiLiA Spokeswoman Raquel Rosario Sánchez. Smit...
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Episode 190
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#189 Sex Trade Survivor's Fight to Shut Down an Escort Website
"We all understand what unwanted sex is; another word for that is rape. We all understand that, but when there's money involved, people suddenly don't seem to make that connection of what unwanted sex is bad for you. But if you're getting paid ...
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Episode 189
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#188 Woman! Life! Freedom! The Women-led Revolution
Maryam Namazie is an Iranian-born campaigner and writer living in the UK. Since the Islamic regime of Iran’s killing of Mahsa Amini on 16 September 2022 for ‘improper veiling,’ Maryam has been speaking on and organising protests in solidarity w...
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Episode 188
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#187 Julie Bindel and Jalna Hanmer: "Men need to be held accountable for violence against women"
Jalna Hanmer is a feminist of 70 years. She was responsible for bringing women's studies to UK academia and was a founder of the National Women's Aid Federation. Jalna talks with Julie Bindel about her life's work and the forthcoming exhibition...
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Episode 187
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#186 The Sex Buyers' Secrets Revealed
"When you normalize paid rape in prostitution, it becomes confusing to an entire culture, even for [the] government, to define what consent is and what isn't, what rape is and what isn't. "In this episode, FiLiA Volunteer Luba ...
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Episode 186
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#185 Parenting After Coercive Control - an American Perspective
Dr Christine Cocchiola talks to FiLiA Trustee Sally Jackson about the impact of coercive control on children and the Mother-Child relationship and how to heal together after abuse.Dr. Christine Marie Cocchiola, DSW, LCSW is a Coercive C...
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Episode 185
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