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Ep 2: Policy Action: Lessons from active work done on improving policies focused on the sphere of public health, gender equality and development in South Africa and Palestine.

October 28, 2021 • World YWCA • Season 2 • Episode 2

CW/TW: Sexual violence survivor, gender-based violence survivor, domestic abuse.

In this second episode of the Advocacy Toolkit Podcast from World YWCA, we are looking at successful campaigns that women and young women have organised in recent times and talking about the stories behind them. In this episode, we will be looking at policy action – how to get people to participate in changing laws and governmental processes. We are joined by Shakira Choonara from South Africa and Duaa Sloman from Palestine each talking about how they used different tools to engage with stakeholders and effect change.

Credits:
Host & Producer: Chhavi Sachdev
Guests: Shakira Choonara, Duaa Sloman, and Selina Salameh (Interpreter).
World YWCA Team: Suchi Gaur & Talisa Avanthay.
Cover design: Maitree Muzumdar
Special thanks: (TBP)
Production: Sonologue.
Sound Engineering: Sharad Joshi.
Music: Corporate Heart by Mikael Manvelyan.
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