Agents of the Matriarchy
by The 49%
Women's rights aren't won in headlines. They're won in homes, courtrooms, and coalitions. Join Paula Kweskin, human rights lawyer and Founder of The 49%, as she sits down with the women (and a few men) on the front lines: the organizers, the lawyers, the storytellers, and the survivors turning outrage into action. Become an agent of the matriarchy... Listen now!
Episodes
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Mandy Sanghera OBE | Turning Advocacy Into Action
Episode 6: Mandy Sanghera OBE on Turning Advocacy Into Action Mandy Sanghera OBE is a British human rights activist, philanthropist, and global advocate for women’s rights, social justice, and ethical AI. Over a career spanning decades, she has worked on human trafficking, forced marriage…
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Mursal Rahim | 30 Minutes to Leave Kabul
Episode 5: Mursal Rahim on Escaping Afghanistan and Starting Over Mursal Rahim is an Afghan refugee, a Cornell MPA graduate with a concentration in Human Rights and Social Justice, and a human rights advocate. She is also one of four women featured in the new book The Last Free Women. In this...
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Fainy Sukenik | Changing Community From Within
Episode 4: Fainy Sukenik on Changing Community from Within Fainy Sukenik is a Haredi feminist, social entrepreneur, and the founder of Ba'asher Telchi, an organization that has supported more than 10,000 divorced and separated women. She also founded Gvul Nachon, a forum of rabbis, therapists…
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Raheel Raza | Activism Through Love
Raheel Raza is an author, journalist, activist, spiritual leader, and Paula's fairy godmother. They first met while making Honor Diaries, and they've been fighting side by side ever since. In this episode of Agents of the Matriarchy, Paula and Raheel talk about growing up in Pakistan, what's...
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Dame Jasvinder Sanghera | Escaping Forced Marriage
Episode 2: Dame Jasvinder Sanghera on Escaping Forced Marriage At just 16 years old, Jasvinder Sanghera escaped a forced marriage. Today, she is a British author, activist, grandmother, and the founder of Karma Nirvana, the charity supporting victims of honor-based abuse and forced marriage. But…
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Zahra Joya | Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan
Episode 1: Zahra Joya on Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan One Sunday morning in August 2021, Zahra Joya was at her desk in Kabul. By that afternoon, she had lost her freedom. In our very first episode of Agents of the Matriarchy, host Paula Kweskin sits down with Zahra, an Afghan journalist…
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Coming Soon!
Meet Agents of the Matriarchy, a new podcast from The 49%, hosted by Paula Kweskin. On this show, Paula sits down with the women actually doing the work: leading the fight for global women's rights, challenging the status quo, and building toward something more equal. These are the conversations...
About this show
Women's rights aren't won in headlines. They're won in homes, courtrooms, and coalitions. Join Paula Kweskin, human rights lawyer and Founder of The 49%, as she sits down with the women (and a few men) on the front lines: the organizers, the lawyers, the storytellers, and the survivors turning outrage into action.
Become an agent of the matriarchy... Listen now!
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