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A conversation on intersectional movement building - catch up now

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  We are excited to share with you our first live podcast recording and event we hosted together with the Fight Inequality Alliance. You can find it here . How are the climate and inequality movement coming together? What are challenges and opportunities to making movements more inclusive, intersectional and systemic? What does it look like in practice? The People vs Inequality Podcast and the Fight Inequality Alliance join hands for a virtual event and podcast conversation on intersectional movement building. We speak with frontline leaders to explore how the climate and inequality movements are coming together. People across the world face a series of intertwined crises that need action on an unprecedented scale. We discuss how we can build more inclusive, intersectional movements that are key to driving the structural changes we are fighting for.  Catch up on a challenging and insightful conversation, reminding us of the importance of acknowledging knowledge and ideas from d

From youth leadership in Nepal to women's workers in Argentina: a recap on Emergent Agency

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After our succesful launch of the series 'Emergent Agency in a Time of Covid' with Kenyan widow's rights organizer Roseline Orwa, we had three other inspiring episodes . Here's your recap! In our first ever Spanish episode we spoke with Dina Sánchez (see Spanish description below*), a powerful workers' movement builder and feminist in Argentina. We heard how social movements in Argentina saved lives during the pandemic and how women from poor neighbourhoods are organizing for their rights.  From the personal to the political – we talk about how women and informal workers were particularly affected and what life in poor neighbourhoods looks like during a pandemic. We discuss important lessons on solidarity, addressing urgent needs and working for long-term structural change, and perseverance. But also what the pandemic meant for unpaid carework and the political agenda of movements who have the streets as their centre stage. Dina Sánchez is Deputy Secretary