On 30th of April 2020, Sudan made history by criminalizing the act of female genital mutilation (FGM), a dangerous and deeply embedded cultural practice. Writing for Vogue Arabia, Rozan Ahmed, a Sudanese writer shares the background and history of Sudanese women fighting against this practice, and why she says change will not be instant despite this landmark ... Show More
Sep 2020
Ep 428 Nimko Ali: What we’re told not to talk about (but we’re going to anyway)
Female genital mutilation is a practice that, according to the World Health Organisation, has affected 200 million women and girls alive today. Today’s guest, author and anti-FGM campaigner Nimko Ali is on a mission to end this worldwide by 2030. In her new book, What We’re Told ... Show More
39m 21s
May 2023
Listener Stories: How Somali Women Are Surviving Organized, Targeted, Patriarchal Crime
[*TRIGGER WARNING*] - Graphic descriptions of FGM, rape, and domestic violence. The Queens welcome Maya, a Somali woman, to describe how the men of her country have systemically disenfranchised women at every turn to maintain control and what the women are doing to take back thei ... Show More
1h 1m
Apr 2024
S4 EP5 | Sudan's Collective Grief Is Never Ending
Nothing prepares you for seeing your homeland being torn apart. Sudan, a country once brimming with life, vibrant with dreams and hopes for the future of the land and the future of the people, is currently being ravaged by war and a genocide that is being ignored by the internati ... Show More
1h 1m