Episode 62 : Zeynep Karatas, Eugenia Ricciotti, and Tata Varadashvili part one

Episode 62 : Zeynep Karatas, Eugenia Ricciotti, and Tata Varadashvili part one

Washington, DC: HRE USA, 2025

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Human Rights Education Now! Podcasts; Season 3, Episode 62

Episode 62 features young feminists Zeynep, Eugenia, and Tata, who share how personal experiences—from femicide in Turkey to restrictive abortion laws and warnings about lost freedoms—inspired their commitment to women’s rights. They reflect on the 1995 Beijing Conference on Women as a turning point that remains underrecognized, stressing the importance of raising awareness and integrating women’s rights into education. Comparing struggles from 1995 to today, they note continuing limits on reproductive rights and education, the rise of authoritarian regimes, and the slow pace of change, while also recognizing feminism’s growing intersectionality. The conversation explores the promise and risks of digital activism and outlines the challenges young feminists face, including systemic inequality, lack of funding, backlash, media misrepresentation, and burnout from unpaid labor—closing with strategies for sustaining activism amid these barriers.

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