When Feminists Rule the World

15/12/2021

S3.E5 is a must-listen. With host Comedian Martha Chaves, Manal Shqair (Palestine) and Ilaf Nasreldin (Sudan) show us the power of a shared dream, imagining a feminist utopia. Manal's utopia is liberation from occupation. Ilaf's is freedom from restraints on women that begin in childhood. Your ❤️ will 💔, then soar.

🎧 DOWNLOAD: https://bit.ly/3yrXPuS

13/12/2021

Solidarity and sisterhood shimmer through S3.E4 as Amy Lira of Mexico and Nicole Musimbi of the Democratic Republic of Congo talk about their feminist superpowers, and the incredible power of solidarity and love. Need to feel inspired, uplifted? This is the episode. 🎧 Download: https://bit.ly/3oRC9p6

10/12/2021

S3.E3—Power Within: Ounaysa Abbas Arabi was among the women in the streets of 2019 revolution in Sudan. Musu Kamara of Liberia urges other young women to "rise up in spite of the challenges, abuses, social sanctions, harmful traditional gender norms." 🎧: DOWNLOAD: https://bit.ly/3dC6Dos

07/12/2021

What would you do if a genie granted you absolute power? In S3.E2 Comedian Martha Chaves asks activists Dildar Kaya in Iraq & Norwu Kolu Harris in Liberia. They examine feminism and power, the qualities of good feminist leadership and workplace structure, and more. These women human rights defenders are unstoppable.

🎧 LISTEN: https://bit.ly/2ZZAfsN

06/12/2021

Are we experiencing the last gasp of the patriarchy? What comes next? In S3.E1 Comedian Martha Chaves sparks ideas from Fahima Hashim & Nancy Ingram-Briki about transforming hierarchal patriarchal power structures.

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Are we experiencing the last gasp of the patriarchy? If so, what comes next? Host Martha Chaves sparks ideas from Fahima Hashim and Nancy Ingram about transforming hierarchal patriarchal power structures embedded in some of our lives since childhood. “My mother was the boss of me, my father was th...

29/11/2021

Season three of When Feminists Rule the World has DROPPED.🔥 Host Comedian Martha Chaves and 10 badass and brilliant feminist changemakers are talking about power! Edgy and provocative, you'll be challenged and inspired. Above all, S3 is joyful - and you'll feel reassured that our future is in good hands. 🎧 LISTEN HERE or wherever you get your podcasts: https://bit.ly/2ITgGJY 🎧

17/12/2020

It's time to settle in & indulge — a full season of inspiration, hosted by the hilarious Comedian Martha Chaves, is at your fingertips. Have you downloaded season two yet? Tell us which conversation inspired you most!

Find it where you get your podcasts or here ⇩⇩

When Feminists Rule the World is a new podcast series from Nobel Women's Initiative and producing partner MediaStyle, hosted by comedian Martha Chaves. We're talking to badass women changemakers about the future they are creating.

16/12/2020

🚨Cancel your plans.🚨 Season 2 is *LIVE* for your binge-listening pleasure! Download SIX new episodes, grab your headphones and a beverage, and dig in! 🎧 ☕️

Host Martha Chaves—Latin-Canadian-LGBTQ award-winning comedian, actor, activist, and playwright—is talking to a whole new batch of feminist changemakers from around the world about the future they are creating. You'll hear whistleblowers and revolutionaries, filmmakers and peacemakers, thinkers and activists. It shouldn’t be groundbreaking. But it is.

We can't wait for you to hear these conversations! Download wherever you get your podcasts. Visit feministsruletheworld.com for more.

15/12/2020

Clear your schedules and get ready to binge-listen to SIX brand new episodes of ! Comedian Martha Chaves has been talking to a whole new batch of feminist changemakers — whistleblowers and revolutionaries, filmmakers & peacemakers, thinkers & activists. Season 2 drops Wednesday, December 16th! Sneak a peek at who’s coming up at feministsruletheworld.com!

It shouldn’t be groundbreaking. But it is.

When Feminists Rule the World is a new podcast series from Nobel Women's Initiative and producing partner MediaStyle, hosted by comedian Martha Chaves. We're talking to badass women changemakers about the future they are creating.

14/12/2020

📣 BIG NEWS for your holiday binge-listening schedule! 🎧 You've been waiting, we've been talking... to badass feminist changemakers!

Season two of the When Feminists Rule the World podcast drops NEXT WEEK. We wanted you to be the first to know—six new episodes to binge!

⏰ Mark your calendar for December 16th. ⏰

Host Martha Chaves—Latin-Canadian-LGBTQ award-winning comedian, actor, activist, and playwright—is talking to a whole new batch of feminist changemakers from around the world about the future they are creating. You'll hear whistleblowers and revolutionaries, filmmakers and peacemakers, thinkers and activists.

It shouldn’t be groundbreaking. But it is.

We can't wait for you to hear these conversations! Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

11/12/2020

📣 BIG NEWS for your holiday binge-listening schedule! 🎧
You've been waiting, we've been talking... to badass feminist changemakers!

Season two of the When Feminists Rule the World podcast drops NEXT WEEK. We wanted you to be the first to know—six new episodes to binge on!

⏰ Mark your calendar for December 16th. ⏰

Host Martha Chaves —Latin-Canadian-LGBTQ award-winning comedian, actor, activist, and playwright—is talking to a whole new batch of feminist changemakers from around the world about the future they are creating. You'll hear whistleblowers and revolutionaries, filmmakers and peacemakers, thinkers and activists.

It shouldn’t be groundbreaking. But it is.

We can't wait for you to hear these conversations! Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

04/07/2020

Migration is a human right. And with the rise of the climate crisis, authoritarian governments, and gender-based violence—it is a reality. This fourth of July take half an hour out of your day to listen to our season one episode When —There Will Be No Wall, featuring Neesa Medina, Alice Driver, and hosted by Comedian Martha Chaves.

Listen, download and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your pods.

Migration is a human right. Clearly some people need a reminder. This week host Martha Chaves is talking to Honduran sociologist and feminist activist, Neesa Medina, and acclaimed American writer and journalist, Alice Driver, about the migration crisis at the US-Mexico border, and the root causes th...

17/06/2020

Excited to have When featured in Apt613 today! Click below to read more about our podcast, hosted by the incredible Comedian Martha Chaves, and produced by Nobel Women's Initiative and MediaStyle. We've got new episodes coming your way this summer—watch this space!

Incredible things happen when great people come together to make Ottawa a better place. Case in point: Last year, a collaboration between the Nobel Women's Initiative, MediaStyle and Martha Chaves created the When Feminists Rule The World (WFRTW) podcast.

06/06/2020

"What this movement needs most are informed and committed people who complete calls to action and do the work in their day-to-day lives. This means you." - Brea Baker, racial and gender justice activist.

Your weekend listening below:

Don’t post a black square without committing to educating yourself.

29/05/2020

Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Nina Pop, Sean Reed and now George Floyd. Our feminism must be intersectional and anti-racist. Read this important piece from Charlottesville-based activist, organizer, and social impact strategist Zyahna Bryant on how to take anti-racist action right now.

Here’s what you can do.

19/05/2020

One more time for the people in the back: when it comes to addressing a global health crisis—gender matters. A feminist response to the pandemic is an intersectional response.

For more on feminist response watch our Facebook live episode, When —There Will Be No Pandemics: https://www.facebook.com/107224647299459/videos/659276951525963/

Covid-19 is having gender impacts across every sphere, from health and education to jobs and social protection, and responses must take this into account.

11/05/2020

Women make up less than 7 percent of world leaders. And yet, this small percentage has done a disproportionately great job at handling the pandemic - from Germany to Taiwan to New Zealand. There really ought to be more of them.

For more on feminist response to the crisis, watch our special life episode When —There Will Be No Pandemics:
https://www.facebook.com/107224647299459/videos/659276951525963/

The success of these and other women-led governments in dealing with a global pandemic is all the more noteworthy, given that women make up less than 7% of world leaders.

08/05/2020

The crisis has exacerbated inequalities and gender-based violence for women in the Middle East (and globally). But it has also visibilized these issues, prevalent long before the pandemic—making them much harder to ignore.

For more on the impact of the crisis on women in the Middle East, watch our special Facebook live episode When —There Will Be No Pandemics: https://www.facebook.com/107224647299459/videos/659276951525963/

It is indeed such situations of crisis that show us the cruelty of the patriarchal system and its institutional ramification. The abysmal failure of our states to protect women and curb gender based violence can no longer be hidden or excused. What the crisis has showed us is that feminist organ ...

29/04/2020

COVID-19 is not an equalizer, it is a magnifier. The global pandemic has highlighted gross inequalities within societies around the world. Women, girls, and marginalized communities are hit the hardest, while simultaneously leading the response.

That’s why host Martha Chaves is talking to Egyptian women human rights defender, Mozn Hassan, and Mexican-American journalist, Maria Hinojosa, about the urgent need for peace and feminist leadership in a crisis. In a feminist future of global collaboration and human security—you can be sure there will be no pandemics.

29/04/2020

Today is the day! Just one hour to go until our very special Facebook live episode. Host Comedian Martha Chaves is talking feminist response with legendary Egyptian women human rights defender, Mozn Hassan, and groundbreaking journalist Maria Hinojosa. In a feminist future of global collaboration and human security, there will be no pandemics.

Tune in at 1:30pm EST sharp. This live broadcast is part of Nobel Women's Initiative campaign. Don’t miss it:
https://www.facebook.com/FeministsRuleTheWorld/live/

28/04/2020

One of our awesome guests on tomorrow's special Facebook live episode is legendary Egyptian women human rights defender and founder of Nazra for Feminist Studies—Mozn Hassan! Mozn has been facing judicial harassment for her brave activism, including a travel ban and asset freeze of her organization. Her most recent appeal has just been postponed yet again until June.

Learn more about the situation impacting women human rights defenders on our episode tomorrow at 1:30pm EST:
https://www.facebook.com/FeministsRuleTheWorld/live/

The Cairo Criminal Court -Circuit 30 has decided to postpone the ruling on the requests to overturn the travel ban decision imposed on Mozn Hassan and the asset freeze order imposed on Nazra for Feminist Studies to 18 June 2020.

28/04/2020

One of our amazing guests on tomorrow's special Facebook live episode is groundbreaking Latina journalist and founder of Futuro Media—Maria Hinojosa! Maria has a powerful new memoir coming out later this year, now available for pre-order. Check it out below and be sure to catch her on the show tomorrow at 1:30pm EST!

Pre-order your copy here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Once-I-Was-You/Maria-Hinojosa/9781982128654

And tune into the episode here:
https://www.facebook.com/FeministsRuleTheWorld/live/

28/04/2020

TOMORROW: has revealed the cracks—more like chasms—in our social fabric. But in a feminist future of global collaboration and human security, you can be sure there will be no more pandemics. Join us for a very special Facebook live episode to discuss building a better world post-COVID with Egyptian women human rights defender Mozn Hassan and Mexican-American journalist Maria Hinojosa, hosted by the incomparable Comedian Martha Chaves.

Tune tomorrow April 29 at 1:30pm EST. This live broadcast is part of the Nobel Women's Initiative campaign to highlight the work of women human rights defenders at this uncertain time. Don’t miss it: https://www.facebook.com/FeministsRuleTheWorld/live/

27/04/2020

The climate crisis, r**e culture, and now a pandemic—the patriarchy has really done it this time. Tune in for a very special live episode to talk inequality, opportunity, and the feminist response to the crisis with Egyptian women human rights defender Mozn Hassan and Mexican-American journalist Maria Hinojosa, hosted by the incomparable Comedian Martha Chaves.

Join on April 29 at 1:30pm EST. This live broadcast is part of the Nobel Women's Initiative campaign to highlight the work of women human rights defenders at this uncertain time. Don’t miss it: https://www.facebook.com/FeministsRuleTheWorld/live/

25/04/2020

In the midst of an international health emergency—who you gonna call? , that’s who. Women and girls are both disproportionately impacted by crisis AND making moves for a better world. That’s why When Feminists Rule the World is hosting a very special live episode to discuss feminist response with Egyptian defender Mozn Hassan and Mexican-American journalist Maria Hinojosa, hosted by the incomparable Comedian Martha Chaves When —There Will Be No Pandemics.

Tune in on April 29 at 1:30pm EST. This live broadcast is part of our campaign to highlight the work of women human rights defenders at this uncertain time. Don’t miss it: https://www.facebook.com/FeministsRuleTheWorld/live/