In this episode of the Celebrating Hertie Women series, Natalie Petit speaks with Prof. Dr. Cornelia Woll, president of the Hertie School. President Woll offers an honest look into the challenges many women face balancing… [Read more]
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Celebrating Hertie Women – Prof. Dr. Thurid Hustedt
This recording is part of a new endeavour at the Governance Post, the Shaping Tomorrow podcast. The motto of the Hertie School is ‘Understanding Today, Shaping Tomorrow’. With this podcast, we aim to talk to… [Read more]
Women Agricultural Workers in Tunisia are Dying on the Road
Women agricultural workers in Tunisia continue dying on the road due to hazardous transport conditions. A deeper look, however, reveals that solving the transport predicament alone is just a band-aid solution to an issue wherein extreme precarity, systemic sexism,… [Read more]
A Force to be Reckoned With: The Aurat Marchers of Pakistan
Aurat March – Urdu for ‘Women’s March’ – is an annual demonstration held on March 8th in the Pakistani cities of Lahore, Karachi, and Islamabad. Women, non-binary people, the LGBTQIA+ community, and cis male allies… [Read more]
Sexualised Violence Requires Smarter Policy-Making
With a man who once bragged about sexually assaulting women now sitting in the White House, it’s easy to despair over the lack of justice for victims of sexual assault across the world. However, this should only serve… [Read more]