Gender (Justice)

Episode 64: en(gender)ed Reflections on gender and international feminism

In this “Reflections” episode,Teri and Michael reflect back on episodes on the gender and international feminism – Episode 53: Seth Shelden on his work for Nobel Peace Prize winner ICAN and disarmament, Episode 54: Damien Mander on the Akashinga or “the Brave Ones”–an all female anti-poaching unit, and Episode 55: Leta Hong Fincher on Chinese…

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Episode 62: #SurvivorStories series with Hunter Maxwell on witnessing domestic violence and surviving childhood sexual abuse

**Please note that this episode contains some explicit descriptions of child sexual abuse.** On this episode of en(gender)ed #SurvivorStories series, our guest is Hunter Maxwell, a survivor of childhood domestic violence and child sexual assault.  As a child, he witnessed his mother in several abusive relationships and he himself was sexually abused by an older…

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Episode 61: #SurvivorStories series with Kathy Picard, on her book, “Life with My Idiot Family: A True Story of Survival, Courage and Justice Over Childhood Sexual Abuse”

**Please note that this episode contains some explicit descriptions of child sexual abuse.** On this #SurvivorStories series episode, our guest is Kathy Picard, a childhood sexual abuse survivor, author of the book, “Life with My Idiot Family: A True Story of Survival, Courage and Justice Over Childhood Sexual Abuse” and advocate for Massachusetts’ reform in…

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Episode 60: Gary Greenberg on the NYS “Child Victims Act”–activism and accountability in response to child sexual abuse

**Please note that this episode contains some explicit descriptions of child sexual abuse.** On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Gary Greenberg, childhood sexual abuse survivor, activist and founder of the Fighting for Children PAC, also known as Protect NY Kids, which was pivotal in helping NYS pass Child Victims Act legislation in 2019…

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Episode 56: en(gender)ed Reflections on the criminal justice system

In this “Reflections” episode,Teri and Michael reflect back on episodes on the criminal justice system – Episode 47: Dorchen Leidholdt on incarcerated women and survivors of gender-based violence, Episode 48: Dawn Elizabeth Wilcox of Women Count USA on femicide as a national crisis, Episode 49: Rachel Louise Snyder on “No Visible Bruises” and domestic violence…

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