BONUS: Spotlight: Feminist Movement Builders' School with Cyprine Omollo

Spotlight on Feminist Movement Builders SchoolThese episodes are a conversation with participants from our second Feminist Movement Builders School convened in partnership with Just Associates in August 2024.About the episodeIn this bonus episode, Nadia Asri is joined by feminist and social Justice advocate Cyprine Omollo for a discussion on the obstacles and barriers she faces as an activist advocating for the rights of formerly incarcerated women. Together, they explore how the colonial penal code continues to shape carceral systems across Africa, and the ways gender, class, and systemic inequalities intersect within the justice system. Cyprine shares her strategies for helping formerly incarcerated women reclaim dignity and agency, while also reflecting on feminist approaches to divesting from punitive systems and investing in community-based alternatives.BioCyprine Omollo is currently the Deputy Vice Chairperson of Sisters on the Outside, a grassroots movement uniting formerly incarcerated women across Africa. She is deeply committed to advancing this cause, uplifting women, girls, and children impacted by the complexities of the criminal justice system. She is also currently the Program Lead of Dignified Rehabilitation at Clean Start Africa where she oversees all stages of the program across 43 prisons in Kenya.CreditsInterviewee: Cyprine OmolloInterviewer: Nadia AsriProduced by: The Feminist Centre for Racial JusticeSound design and editing: Almaz Anderson