People vs Inequality podcast & blog

Episode 3 is out and it is rich and relevant again, if we may say so! Read more about why we take a funder's perspective and what we learned from Anuradha Rajan below or go straight to the episode .   As the pandemic hit, many social change actors tried to figure out how to best support those most affected.  In episode 3 of the women's economic justice series we speak to a funder, because power is where the money is right? And we don't just speak to any funder of course! Meet Anuradha Rajan, long time gender expert and the executive director of the South Asia Women Foundation India.  India’s only women’s fund supports local movement building for women’s and trans people’s rights across the country. Over the past 1.5 years they took a real deep dive into how women were responding to the crisis and how to best support them. What did they learn and how has that shifted their work? How do they try to balance addressing urgent practical needs and long term strategic ch...

I am very excited about this second episode , featuring the amazing Emilia Reyes. Emilia is a 'technical activist' (great word!) and now also global campaigner as she doesn't only advocate at the highest levels of power, but also started the Campaign of Campaigns. What's so great about her? Emilia is not afraid to address the fundamental injustices in global decision-making and economic policies. But she's also not afraid to reflect on her own choices and dilemma's. What more could this podcast, that is all about reflection and bold change, wish for? What is this episode about? Feminists from the GS are coming together to shift power and transform the global economy. Why is this so important from a women’s rights perspective? What challenges and opportunities does she see in getting governments and UN to address tax avoidance, debt and austerity? And why did the pandemic compel her to start the Campaign of Campaigns?  Emilia explains it all! She reminds us of th...

I am excited to launch the very first real episode of the People vs Inequality podcast . In this first series focusing on women's economic justice we felt it only right to kick-off with Elizabeth Tang. Elizabeth Tang is a longstanding unionist and the Secretary General of the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWFed). Did you know that domestic workers, most of whom are women and many are migrant, were one of the groups hardest hit in the pandemic? That 8 out of 10 of domestic workers are informal and thus not protected by labour law, a longstanding injustice with enormous consequences during the pandemic? As their work hours got cut by half, many lost their jobs and very few have access to any social security: How have they been organizing and what can we learn from that as we try to turn the tide and build a more caring economy?  Elizabeth shares her story and personal reflections on the work she has been doing for so many years at the heart of the struggle for w...