People vs Inequality podcast & blog

People vs Inequality Podcast goes Food Justice     There are few things in life we depend on and engage with as much as food. Yet, more and more people are finding it difficult to access healthy and adequate food. After the food price crisis of 2008, prices have rocketed again since last year and the UN declared 821 million people faced hunger in 2021. Covid-19, the climate crisis, and conflict are only some of the reasons for this. Whilst communities and governments are trying to grapple with this reality, we speak to those on the frontline of the food justice struggle to explore: What causes the food system to fail on us time and again? How do inequalities play out in different parts of the world and how are different constituencies responding? What are solutions and obstacles for a more just and sustainable food and agricultural system? What does that mean for shifting and transforming power (between farmers and big business, between glo...

  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 ide...

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 ...

We have been working hard to prepare a new series, this time in collaboration with Oxfam and their Emergent Agency project. And we are happy to share this with you! It is widely recognized that the pandemic and lockdowns led to an increase in poverty and inequality. But also that people showed incredible resilience and agency in responding to difficult and rapidly changing circumstances. For this series we teamed up with Oxfam, who spent 18 months collecting case studies and discussing lessons with activists, development practitioners, and researchers.  We highlight the stories of four changemakers that responded to the pandemic in new and innovative ways. From social entrepreneurs to organizers and movement leaders: what did they see, do, and learn in these past two years? How did they adapt and what does this tell us about how to move forward? Episode 1 is out now ! We start with Roseline Orwa, an award-winning advocate for widows and the founder of the Rona Foundation. W...

  It is time to wrap up our climate justice series, but not before we hear from another two amazing women who have a long history of climate activism - from the inside and the outside. In this last episode we look back on what we have heard and look forward on what's next for the movements. We ask where are we at with climate justice and what action is most needed today to turn the tide. Get ready to be challenged by these two powerhouses: Tasneem Essop is the director of CAN International , one of the biggest global climate networks with over 1500 organizations. She started out as an anti-apartheid activist and served as Provincial Minister in South Africa. She was the head of climate policy and strategy at WWF and served as Head of Delegation at the Paris climate negotiations. She is the Founding Director of the Energy Democracy Initiative in South Africa and a Commissioner in the National Planning Committee. Above all, she is a sharp analyst that spoke of the link bet...