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Jan 2025
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Naila Kabeer talks about how Gender Ineq...

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In this episode of "Think. Debate. Inspire." Atje Drexler and Pradnya Bivalkar talk to Naila Kabeer about different forms of inequalities, how gender driven inequalities make themselves visible at the intersection of climate change and how all of this contributes to conversations on democracy.


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Beijing conference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Conference_on_Women,_1995 

Cairo Conference: https://www.unfpa.org/icpd 

The social summit: https://www.un.org/en/conferences/social-development/copenhagen1995 

Wealth distribution statistics: https://wir2022.wid.world/executive-summary/ 

United States 4 out of 10 can't afford a 400$ emergency expense: https://fortune.com/2023/05/23/inflation-economy-consumer-finances-americans-cant-cover-emergency-expense-federal-reserve/ 

Podcast with Kwasi: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/kwasi-prempeh-on-the-state-of-democracy/id1667573696?i=1000678614767 

10 richest men: https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/#4ea402f63d78 

10 richest women: https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/#4ea402f63d78 

Naila's piece in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/women-are-seen-as-saviours-or-victims-in-climate-change-debates-why-this-is-a-problem-244529 

IG Metall: https://www.igmetall.de/ueber-uns/ig-metall--a-strong-community 

Ulrike Hermann: https://www.amazon.de/End-Capitalism-Climate-Protection-Incompatible/dp/1915590930 

Trump's first day in office: https://www.npr.org/2025/01/28/nx-s1-5276293/trump-executive-orders 

Triggerpunkte by Steffen Mau: https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/triggerpunkte-t-9783518029848 

Negotiating with the Devil by Pierre Hazan: https://www.amazon.de/Negotiating-Devil-Inside-Conflict-Mediation/dp/1911723111


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