Dialogues Across Contexts: Peace with Justice
By The Peace with Justice Network
The podcast aims to connect politically and culturally disenfranchised and conflict-affected communities across the world who are striving for peace, social justice and life with dignity. We promote a learning space that facilitates research, dialogue and solidarity across grassroots communities through the exchange of diverse knowledges about peace, human rights and social movements.
Cover image: Artist Maik Kaung Yan, Grade 9. Permission granted by Children Development Centre, Mae Sot, Thailand.
Knowledges born in the struggles of Madhesi in Nepal and Adivasis in India- Jacinta Kerketta and Tula N Shah in conversation with Tejendra Pherali
What can the struggles of Madhesi in Nepal and Adivasi struggles in India learn from each other? What do they see as the solutions to exclusions they face?
Jacinta Kerketta and Tula N Shah explore with Tejendra Pherali their stories, analysis and movements over the course of history and today.
Jacinta Kerketta is a poet, writer, and freelance journalist, belonging to an Oraon Adivasi community in West Singhbhum district.
Tula Narayan Shah is the Executive Director of Nepal Madhesh Foundation (NEMAF), a non-governmental organization working in the area of public education, youth migration and local governance in the rural areas of the Madhesh region of Nepal.
Tejendra Pherali is the Professor of Education, Conflict and Peace at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London.
Peace with Justice in Afghanistan and Rojava – Arif Sahar and Sardar Saadi in conversation with Elaine Chaise
What do the struggles of the Hazaras in Afghanistan and Kurdish populations in Rojava look like? What can the rights activists from both contexts learn from each other? What is the value of these conversations?
Dr Arif Sahar and Dr Sardar Saadi share with Professor Elaine Chaise their observations, experiences and the value of learning from each other.
Dr Arif Sahar is a researcher within the Centre of Excellence in Terrorism, Resilience, Intelligence and Organised Crime Research (CENTRIC) Institute at Sheffield Hallam University.
Dr Sardar Saadi is the director of the institute of social sciences at the University of Rojava. He is also one of the co-founders of the Center for Solidarity and Cooperation with Universities of North and East Syria (CSCUNES) which is based in Paris.
Professor Elaine Chase is the Professor in Education, well-being and International Development at UCL Institute of Education.