The Peacebuilding Podcast : From Conflict To Common Ground
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I like to think of myself as fairly courageous. In fact, one of my mottos (adopted from Barbara Stanny (Huson — an earlier guest on the show) is to “do something scary every day”. So, I readily take work assignments in war zones in Afghanistan, South Sudan and most recently the Central African Republic; I go backcountry skiing on glaciers in remote parts of Alaska; I try to be courageous with my own inner evolution — to keep growing as a human; to be honest with myself and others, speak truth to power and to keep doing what I can to create a more peaceful and sustainable planet.
But whatever courage I may have doesn't hold a candle to my current podcast guest, Saba Ismail, who grew up in Northwestern Pakistan, the most dangerous place on earth to be a woman. Saba and her sister, Gululai, and the well-known Malala, who comes from the same region (and was shot in the head simply for advocating for girls’ education), are speaking up in the face of many forces that would like to silence them and which would terrify me if I was confronted with the same. I'm glad I can give a platform on this podcast to young women like Saba, who now is 32.
Here are a few excerpts from her bio:
"Saba Ismail is a feminist, peace activist and is working for the empowerment of young women. At the age of 15, with other young women fellows, she co-founded “Aware Girls”, a young women-led organization working for empowering young women by strengthening their leadership. . .
The young women of Aware Girls engage in Countering Violent Extremism (or CVE) programs in which young people are persuaded to not join militant groups and instead create open spaces for dialogue, and promote nonviolence and pluralism in the community.
She was one of the first to convince the diplomatic community of the importance of including youth in building a more peaceful world.
Foreign Policy Magazine acknowledged her bravery and activism by recognizing her as one of 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2013 and she has been acknowledged in the “30 under 30 Campaign by the “National Endowment for Democracy” for her long struggle for democracy, peace and women’s rights."
Here are some of my favorite "frames” of the episode:
I hope you enjoy the episode.
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Ep 49: Peter Coleman - Hurdles and Hope: Reflections on the Role of Gender
Ep 48: Rabia Roberts - Herstory, Part B
Ep 47: Rabia Roberts - Herstory, Part A
Ep 46: Susan Coleman and Dean Foster - Culture, Gender and Negotiation
Ep 45: Kristina Lunz: A Feminist Foreign Policy
Ep 44: Deborah Heifetz and Martha Eddy: Reclaiming the Female Body for Power in Negotiation
Ep 43: Thomas Hübl: Healing Collective Trauma
Ep 42: Riya Yuyada: Crown the Woman
Ep 41: Riane Eisler & Douglas P. Fry: Nurturing Our Humanity
Ep. 039: Stephanie Savell: The Costs of War
Ep. 038: Rob Fersh: Finding Common Ground in the Belly of the Beast
Ep. 037: Melanie Greenberg: Making Peace in a Polarized World -- And the US is No Exception...
Ep. 036: Priya Parker: The Art of Gathering
Ep. 035: Barbara Huson: Becoming Your Own Prince Charming - Women, Money, Power & Peace
Ep 34 Terry Real: Building Peace - From the Intimate to the Global
Ep 33 Dr. Catherine Barnes: Overcoming Our Addiction To Coercion
Ep 32 Graeme Simpson: What Young People Can Teach Us About Building Peace
Ep 31 Dr. Scilla Elworthy -- A Business Plan for Peace
Ep 30 Joe Washington: Reflections on 10 Years in South Sudan with the United Nations
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