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FiLiA is a UK-based feminist charity, platforming and connecting women through our annual conference, blog posts, and podcasts. Listen to women sharing stories, wisdom, experience, feminism, sisterhood and solidarity. Find us at: www.filia.org.uk
The opinions expressed here represent the views of each woman. FiLiA does not necessarily endorse or support every woman's opinion, but we uphold women's rights to freedom of belief, thought and expression.
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#214 Exciting Outcome of FiLiA Panel on Non-State Torture (NST)
"The naming of non-State torture is crucial for women's healing"At FiLiA2025 , Linda MacDonald, Mariane da Cunha, Elizabeth Gordon and Jeanne Sarson presented a panel on non-State Torture. An idea…
#213 ANDREA DWORKIN: On Fire!
'I asked her: do you hate men? She said: ’This thing about hating men is really more about standing up to male dominance WITHOUT apology.Meet Andrea Dworkin!In this episode, Roberta Pyzel discusses…
#212 Healing from Non State Torture
'It's important to say that even today we know that children are in the court systems and their voices are not being heard in a way that is respected.If you can't name something, you can't heal from…
#211 Explaining the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention – What Every International Family Needs to Know
"What it has meant to me is that I haven't seen my children for over 10 years." In this episode, Anita Gera explains the work of Hague Explained, a registered non-profit organisation that provides…
#210 La Leche League: The Mother-to-Mother Breastfeeding Organisation Captured by Gender Ideology
“I don't ever want to make the mothers have to be the ones to gatekeep for who comes in. I'm going to do that for them.”La Leche League is a charity that was set up to offer mother-to-mother…
#209 Tackling Strangulation: Working Together to Save Lives
We are increasingly hearing about cases of strangulation of women, both in relationships and, thanks to porn culture, increasingly in our sex lives. In this episode, Sally Jackson, FiLiA Trustee;…
#208 Women's Wednesday
"I don't feel that loneliness anymore. I feel part of something."After attending FiLiA in Portsmouth, one woman returned to her workplace determined to set up a women’s group. Two years later, the…
#207 Alternatives to Prison for Women
Does prison work for Women? What alternatives are being tried and how successful are they - what do we even mean by 'success'? "The short answer to How many Women are in prison, is far too many! The…
#206 Introducing WAVE
FiLiA is a member of Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE)In this podcast we find out more about WAVE's work. Sally Jackson interviews, Stephanie Futter Orel Executive Director WAVE, Branislava…
#205 Huge Legal Victory for Feminists Over Pimps in France
In this episode Luba Fein, FiLiA volunteer, Alyssa Ahrabare, Advocacy Manager for European Network of Migrant Women and Hema Sibi, advocacy coordinator for The Coalition for the Abolition of…
#204 Beyond the Rhetoric: The European Council and the Misrepresentation of Sex Industry Exploitation
"It is not our job to question individual choices of women in prostitution. We must examine the system and the context in which women's choices take place" Anna ZobninaIn February 2024, Dunja…
#203 #HerNameWasChloeHolland - A Mother’s campaign following her daughter’s suicide
Tragically Chloe felt her only escape from the coercive and controlling behaviour she was subjected to was to end her own life. Her Mum Sharon wants the perpetrator held to account for her death and…
#202 Women's Ways, Women's Plays - A story of working class women's theatre
"I just hope that in capturing these stories that we've done something to archive working class, women's experience and that it'll be there if people wanna watch it or read it. We've done our bit and…
#201 Sarah Ditum Exposes the ‘TOXIC’ Nature of Pop Culture and Charts A Way Forward
Raquel Rosario Sanchez and Sarah Ditum discuss the tropes and stereotypes about women in the public eye and how they reflect on the wider struggles women face in society. Ditum's clever analysis…
#200 Palestine and Israel: Women and the movement for peace
This interview took place on January 25th 2024 and permission was given to share this week."We don't want to live in this violence, in this conflict anymore. We want to end it. And as Yael always…
#199 Widows for Peace with Margaret Owen OBE
In this episode, Margaret Owen OBE founder of Widows for Peace (WPD) highlights the plight of the world’s dark secret of marginalised ‘invisible’ widows: a vast and growing number of women of all…
#198 Speak Out Survivors
"It's not rocket science... you investigate the suspect, not the victim," – Harriet Wistrich.In this episode, Suzy Angus and Emma Bryson, survivors of sexual violence and founders of Speak Out…
#197 Live From FiLiA 2023 Glasgow
"One of the things I love about the feminist movement is that we're each other's catalysts. We are always pushing each other to go for our dreams and to maybe try that project that we're thinking of,…
#196 Hadley Freeman On Life Beyond Anorexia
Hadley Freeman On Life Beyond Anorexia and Breaking Out of the Good Girl SocialisationIn this episode, Hadley Freeman discusses her latest book 'Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia' with FiLiA…
#195 Consuelo Rivera Fuentes at FiLiA 2019
"When they arrested me, I thought it was because I was protesting with other teachers, and students. But later, I realized that they targeted me and other women because I am a lesbian."We are paying…
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FiLiA has published 206 episodes since May 2018, covering topics in Society & Culture.
FiLiA is currently sporadic with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 50m.
