The Fletcher Forum Podcast

The 27th session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - COP27 - is the world's most important conference on climate. The episode explores how diversity and inclusion look at COP. What challenges exist? What has been done? And what can be better for making it a space with diverse voices and representation? The speakers for this episode were: Eda Kosma. She is the Public Authorities, States, and Regions Fellow at the CDP, a global non-profit that runs the world's environmental disclosure system for companies, cities, states, and regions. Lily Hartzel. Editor and Chief of The Fletcher Forum, today's sponsor for this episode. Additionally, she interned for the US Department of Treasury Office of International Affairs Office Climate & Environment during the summer. Vanessa Daza. She has vast experience in Environmental Justice in Latin America and Feminist Sustainable Development. Currently, she is pursuing her SJD at Harvard Law school.

In today's episode, I talk about "Why women in Latin America should care about what is happening in Iran?" I interview Belen Torchiaro, an Argentinian political science major, Muslim, feminist, and women's rights activist. The episode is hosted in Spanish. You can follow Belen on social media as @BeluTorch This episode of The Gendering International Relations Podcast was sponsored by The Fletcher Forum at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram as @genderingir.

In this first Fletcher Forum Fireside Chat, Dr. Jonathan Donner and Dr. Pramod Varma talk about an open protocol approach to counter bigtech monopoly in digital commerce towards making it more inclusive for micro-enterprises. Dr. Varma elaborates on India's journey so far in democratizing access to public services through open technology, and the more recent efforts to demonopolize digital commerce. Dr. Jonathan Donner is a Visiting Faculty Fellow at The Hitachi Center for Technology and International Affairs at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, and also, Senior Director for Research, Caribou Digital, a research consultancy focused on building inclusive digital economies Dr. Pramod Varma was the Chief Architect of Aadhar (India's population scale unique biometric identity program), and many things India Stack. He's currently the Chief Technical Officer at Ekstep Foundation and the Co-Creator of the Beckn Protocol.

In this episode, Princess Anene-Maidoh speaks with two Colombian feminist activists Laura Vasquez and Valeria Surc who are part of a feminist network in Bogota called Somos Un Rostro Colectivo (We are a collective face). They discuss the causes the group advocates for, their organizing tactics, and the methods they use in dealing with opposition. This week's interviewees: Laura Vasquez and Valeria Surc Laura Vasquez is an anthropologist with a master's degree in Migration. As an activist, she is part of the national campaign for legal abortion and also participates in the feminist collective La creciente feminista. She's been involved in Somos un rostro colectivo (We are a collective face) a network for feminist activists in Bogotá, since its creation in 2019. You can find Somos Un Rostro Colective on Instagram @somosunrostrocolectivo This episode was produced, presented, and edited by Princess Anene-Maidoh with cover art by Jomely Breton. Opening music: Paradise Island by Muzaproduction Link: https://pixabay.com/music/island-paradise-island-96456/

In this episode, the Disobedience podcast dives into the Invasion Day protests in Australia. We discuss the role that indigenous women play in the fight for liberation and the power of representation in the media. This episode's interviewee: Chelsea Watego Chelsea Watego (formerly Bond) is a Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman with over 20 years of experience working within Indigenous health as a health worker and researcher. Chelsea's work has drawn attention to the role of race in the production of health inequalities. Her forthcoming book Another Day in the Colony, was published by UQ Press in November 2021 and has been shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award (in two categories) and longlisted for The Stella Prize. This episode was produced, presented, and edited by Princess Anene-Maidoh with cover art by Jomely Breton.

In this episode, the Disobedience podcast in collaboration with the Fletcher Forum podcast explores the Egba women's revolt - a feminist anti-colonial movement that took place in the late 1940s in Abeokuta, a town in southwest Nigeria. We discuss the various tactics used by the women in protesting the British colonial government as well as the erasure of women's liberation movements in Nigeria. This week's interviewee: Lanaire Aderemi Lanaire Aderemi is a poet, playwright and PhD researcher committed to amplifying and archiving untold stories. Her work on memory has appeared in the Republic, Warwick Arts Centre, Tate Modern, BBC and Lolwe. She can be found on lanaireaderemi.co This episode was produced, presented, and edited by Princess Anene-Maidoh with cover art by Jomely Breton. Opening music: The rhythm of Africa by Zakhar Valaha

As the war in Ukraine approaches its fourth week, many Western commentators are still wondering why Russian President Vladimir Putin chose a full-scale invasion, and why now. In this podcast, Kiana Nedele sits down with Professor Christopher Miller, head of the Fletcher School's Russia/Eurasia Program, to work through these questions and more. Professor Miller brings his years of experience working with Russians on Russian issues to share critical insights about the role of the U.S. and NATO, Putin's headspace, and the uses and limits of political theory.

Bangladesh currently hosts around 1.1 million Rohingya Muslim Minorities from Myanmar. The Rohingya people have faced decades of systematic discrimination, statelessness, and targeted violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Such persecution forced them to come to Bangladesh for many years, particularly in August 2017. In this episode, H. E. Ambassador Ms. Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York is interviewed by our Staff Editor, Md. Hasan Abdullah Towhid about the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh. Ambassador Fatima discusses the history of the Rohingya Crisis, the current situation of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camps and a potential security threat to the region, relocation of Rohingya Refugees to 'Bhasan Chor' island, and possible solutions to their repatriation. The ongoing case against Myanmar at ICJ and UNGA & UNSC resolutions; and deliberations of the International community for a sustainable solution of Rohingya crisis are also discussed.

COVID19 was a crisis that blurred the boundaries between state control and civil liberties. Technology solutions played a vital role in curbing the spread like contact tracing apps, telemedicine, vaccine scheduling and digital vaccination certificates. But it came with a lot of potential caveats like privacy invasions, state surveillance, and digital divide. In this first episode, our host Sarthak Satapathy talks about contact tracing apps from the lens of privacy, equity, and efficacy with cybersecurity expert, Dr. Susan Landau.

Zubair Torwali is a community activist, linguist and educator based in Bahrain, Pakistan who has sought to preserve and promote Pakistan's Dardic cultures and languages. He has authored and supervised a number of books in and about Torwali. In this episode, he speaks with Elizabeth Dykstra-McCarthy about hydropower development in the Swat valley, its impact on the indigenous Torwali people and how the local community have responded to it.