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S2 Huge News! We Need Your Help!
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S2 Presenting: Everyday Injustice Podcast
Today, instead of a Women Beyond Walls episode, we’re featuring an episode of Everyday Injustice.Everyday Injustice is a podcast from Davis Vanguard, a nonprofit watchdog news organization based in…
S2E10 What Can We Do To Fix This Broken System? with Senator Kim Pate
When we talk about ‘public safety,’ we rarely talk about what actually keeps people safe: strong communities, basic needs met, and systems that heal instead of harm. Senator Kim Pate is a lifelong…
S2E9 The Death Penalty is a Feminist Issue, with Leila of Iran Human Rights
In Iran, under the country’s “blood money” laws, even in death, women are valued less. And for those facing the death penalty, discrimination runs deep from child marriage to poverty and domestic…
S2E8 Legal Aid is a Right, Not a Privilege, with Nicolás Laino
Today Lawyer and human rights advocate Nicolás Laino discusses how poverty, violence, and inequality contribute to women’s criminalization. He shares stories from his work as a public defender in…
S2E7 Survived and Punished, with Harriet Wistrich
Harriet Wistrich is a pioneering lawyer and activist who has spent 30 years supporting survivors when the criminal legal system falls short. Today, we go beyond prejudices to discuss landmark cases…
S2E6 Women Are Paying the Price for the War on Drugs, with Marie Nougier
Women are the fastest-growing prison population worldwide, often locked up for low-level drug offenses tied to poverty, coercion, or survival. In this minisode, Marie Nougier from the International…
S2E5 Drug Users Need Care, Not Punishment with Rosma Karlina
Today, Rosma Karlina talks about her experiences with drug use and her time in prison, highlighting the harm caused by incarceration and forced rehabilitation programs. She also explains why…
S2E4 Imprison a Mother, Imprison a Family, with Dr. Shona Minson
Some say that when you imprison a mother, you imprison a family. Today, Dr. Shona Minson, Researcher at Oxford University’s Centre for Criminology, shares her groundbreaking work on the often…
S2E3 Pregnant Women Don’t Belong in Prison, with Pamela Winn
Pamela Winn discovered she was pregnant while incarcerated in the USA. Shackled during transport and denied proper medical care, she endured harsh conditions no pregnant woman should face.Today,…
S2E2 From Poverty to Punishment with Olivia Rope
From unpaid fines to laws that punish women for surviving violence, the system is locking up women who are simply trying to survive. Instead of addressing root causes, we’re criminalising poverty.In…
S2E1 When Does Poverty Become a Crime? with Teresa Njoroge
Today, Teresa Njoroge asks us to look beyond poverty and see the potential in women caught up in the criminal legal system.Teresa is a former banker in Kenya who was imprisoned with her 3-month-old…
S2 Women Beyond Walls Season 2
Across the world, women are being locked up in growing numbers—often not for serious crimes, but because they are poor, they’ve survived violence, or the system failed them.In Season 2 of the Women…
S1E6 Beyond Holloway: Creativity Unchained
On the final episode in the inaugural season of the Women Beyond Walls podcast, host Sabrina Mahtani is joined in conversation with Lady Unchained, the Founder and Creative Director of Unchained…
S1E5 Beyond the Industrial Prison Complex - Debbie Kilroy
On the fifth episode in the inaugural season of the Women Beyond Walls podcast, Sabrina Mahtani is joined in conversation by Debbie Kilroy OAM, the CEO of Sisters Inside, one of Queensland’s leading…
S1E4 Beyond the Barriers of Incarceration - Jhody Polk
On the fourth episode in the inaugural season of the Women Beyond Walls podcast, Sabrina Mahtani is joined in conversation by Jhody Polk, the Founder/Director of the Legal Empowerment and Advocacy…
S1E3 Breaking the Bias and Beyond - Samantha Chong
On the third episode in the inaugural season of the Women Beyond Walls podcast, Sabrina Mahtani is joined in conversation by Samantha Chong, a former prosecutor and practicing criminal defence lawyer…
S1E2 Looking Beyond Stereotypes - Simitie Lavaly
On the second episode in the inaugural season of the Women Beyond Walls podcast, host Sabrina Mahtani is joined in conversation by her friend and former colleague Simitie Lavaly from Sierra…
S1E1 Beyond Death Row - Susan Kigula
On the first episode in the inaugural season of the Women Beyond Walls podcast, host Sabrina Mahtani is joined in conversation with Susan Kigula. In 2002, Susan, then a young mother, was convicted of…
S1 Introducing: Women Beyond Walls
Over 741,000 women are in prison worldwide. The rate of women’s incarceration is growing at a faster rate than that of men’s. Women Beyond Walls is a podcast that takes you beyond tired prison…
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Women Beyond Walls has published 20 episodes since November 2021, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.
Women Beyond Walls is currently active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 35m.
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