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My MARS mantra: Stories from Changemakers

Rumana kabir, Urban Resilience Specialist

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Frequency: 1 episode/16d. Total Eps: 49

Listen to remarkable stories from changemakers, around the world, who will inspire you to make a better world! MARS stands for Motivations, Actions, Reflections and Sustainability. In each episode, we ask our guests, 1. What Motivates them to 'A'ct as changemakers? 2. What are their 'R'eflections? 3. How do they prioritise 'S'elfcare to 'S'ustain themselves, or their MARS mantra for a better world? Subscribe to hear more new stories every alternate Fridays. And ff you want to get involved, please email us at mymarsmantra@gmail.com

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E28 From Private Sector to Humanitarianism | ব্যবসা থেকে উন্নয়ন প্রতিষ্ঠানে প্রত্যাবর্তন _Shamira Hader with Rumana Kabir

Episode 28

Friday, September 20, 2024 • Duration 37:20

Listen to Samira Haider's unique journey transitioning from the corporate world to the humanitarian sector. She discusses the challenges and rewards of leaving successful careers in the private sector to make a meaningful impact through humanitarian and development work. Shamira's insights offer valuable lessons on navigating career shifts, finding purpose, and contributing to global development efforts.

Shamira grew up in Bangladesh during the independence war, witnessing her neighbour Rumi sacrificing his life for the country, and her dad, volunteering for the Red Cross. She was trained as an architect in Bangladesh and now works in the humanitarian sector worldwide. Shamira also warns us to be more prepared for future disasters like the earthquake, that will be impacting us too. Shamira calls us all to join force from all sectors to make a difference to this world by being brave and bold.

Producer: Zahid Sumon

Launch and promotion: Tasnim Latif and Rafia Safa Shayama

Music: এসেইস-Aseis

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Ep 27 Discrimination and decision making from grassroots to global scene_Bijay Kumar with Rumana Kabir

Episode 27

Friday, September 6, 2024 • Duration 38:25

Bijay Kumar is a strong advocate of shifting power from the international system to community-led capacities.
Bijay is from Odisha, one of the mineral rich as well as the most disaster-prone regions in India. From his younger years, Bijay was exposed to social inequalities and discrimination. During his childhood, Bijay used to join his civil servant father, vising the tribal communities exploited by the mining industries. After the end of his higher studies in the UK, Bijay was fortunate to receive a sponsorship to visit 14 African countries in 6 years. This experience strengthened his faith in humanity and the power of local wisdom. Bijay’s foundation work in humanitarianism started during the Odisha Super Cyclone 1999. Since then, Bijay has been leading and managing civil society organisations and networks across Africa, Europe, South Asia & Southeast Asia

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Ep 19 Bright ideas on sustainable fundraising _ Richard Turner with Rumana Kabir

Episode 19

Friday, April 26, 2024 • Duration 20:28

Have you ever thought why the world map is upside down in My MARS mantra podcast logo? Meet Richard Turner, who gave me this idea to look at things from a fresh perspective. As we are celebrating the Earth Day earlier this week, let’s find out from Richard, what Sustainable Fundraising mean? How can we bring both the profit and not-for profit sectors together to reach a common goal for saving our planet?

Richard has over 30 years of fundraising experience for many UK-based charities, like Solar Aid, Action Aid, Farm Africa and Oxfam. Richard also trains on fundraising for charities around the world to turn supporters into advocates, by offering a great experience, by learning from failure and by telling a great story.

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Ep 18 Stories from the Sri Lankan civil war to human rights activism and decolonisation_Farah Mihlar with Rumana Kabir

Episode 18

Friday, April 12, 2024 • Duration 30:29

Farah Mihlar grew up in Sri Lanka, witnessing the civil war. She then became a journalist, and now a human rights activist working at international policy level, while teaching at Oxford Brookes University. Farah is passionate on advocating minority rights and women's rights, working on conflict prevention, peace building and transitional justice. Farah holds a PhD, where she did an ethnographic field research on political Islam and Islamic religious movements in Sri Lanka. Farah also continues to challenge the concept of decolonisation, and its impact on us in our day to day lives in academia as well as in practice.

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Ep 17 Reflections on conflict and disability across cultures_Kate Bowen-Evans with Rumana Kabir

Episode 17

Friday, March 29, 2024 • Duration 31:55

Kate Bowen-Evans shares her story of growing up between two cultures in Buruni and England. This helped her to develop empathy and inner resilience to thrive and work in some of the most difficult places like Afghanistan, Palatine, Israel and many other conflict and disaster prone countries. Kate has now moved on from working in disasters and conflict zones to teaching on Humanitarian Practice. Kate’s own daughter's and her brother’s experience of living with disability motivated her to research on Disability Theology and to pursue a PhD in Biblical studies and marginalisation; and working on building leadership in various integrated projects in the Africa region.

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Ep16 A doctor's mantra on Disability প্রতিবন্ধী মানুষের অধিকার_Dr. Nafeesur Rahman with Rumana Kabir

Episode 16

Friday, March 15, 2024 • Duration 47:51

Dr. Nafeesur Rahman has been working for nearly 3 decades on raising awareness, designing disability inclusive policies and systems to advocate for the rights of the persons with disability in Bangladesh and across Asia. He believes that to bring changes in policies and to implement them, it is important to have a long-term vision and several back-up plans. We also need to bring along the government and civil society in the same page. He shares many success stories on influencing governments, NGOs and international agencies, on adopting disability inclusive policies and implementing them. However, he believes that we still have a long way to go implement many of these policies for a truly disability inclusive society. If we are passionate and persistent, then we can patiently manage our frustrations and stresses to achieve a supportive environment for all.

প্রতিবন্ধী মানুষের অধিকার

প্রতিবন্ধী মানুষের অধিকার উন্নয়নের লক্ষ্যে ড. নাফিসুর রহমান প্রায় তিন দশক ধরে বাংলাদেশ এবং এশিয়াজুড়ে প্রতিবন্ধী ব্যক্তিদের বিষয়ে সচেতনতা বৃদ্ধি, তাদের অধিকারের নীতিমালা পরিবর্তন নিয়ে কাজ করছেন। তিনি মনে করেন, নীতিমালা পরিবর্তন এবং বাস্তবায়নের জন্য দীর্ঘমেয়াদি ও স্থায়ী পরিকল্পনা থাকা জরুরি। সরকার, আর সমাজকর্মীদের একই কাতারে নিয়ে আসা জরুরী। তিনি সরকার, এনজিও এবং আন্তর্জাতিক সংস্থাকে প্রতিবন্ধী অন্তর্ভুক্তিমূলক নীতি গ্রহণ এবং তাদের বাস্তবায়নে প্রভাবিত করার ব্যIপারে অনেক সাফল্যের গল্প বলেন I তবে, তিনি বিশ্বাস করেন যে প্রতিবন্ধীর অধিকার ও সমাজে তাদের স্বচ্ছন্দমূলক সহবস্থানের জন্য নীতিমালা বাস্তবায়নের ক্ষেত্রে আমাদের এখনও অনেক দীর্ঘ পথ যেতে হবে। আনন্দ ও ধৈর্য্য নিয়ে একসাথে কাজ করলে হতাশাও কমবে।

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Ep 15 A civil servant's journey from the Philippines to Bangladesh_Nayoka Martinez-Bäckström with Rumana Kabir

Episode 15

Friday, March 1, 2024 • Duration 38:47

Nayoka Martinez-Bäckström currently lives in Bangladesh where she works as First Secretary (Environment & Climate) and Deputy Head of Cooperation at the Embassy of Sweden, Dhaka. Before Bangladesh, she promoted sustainable city planning and development in Asia and Africa. Nayoka was born and raised in the Philippines and considers Sweden her home. Nayoka is also a mother of two twins. In this episode, Nayoka shares her optimism about Bangladesh and Sweden's climate and youth movement, which gives us hope for a more sustainable future.

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Ep 14 Digging deep into urban displacement and forced migration_Zoe Jordan with Rumana Kabir

Friday, February 16, 2024 • Duration 32:02

Zoe Jordan is a researcher and Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP) in Oxford Brookes University. Zoe research looks into forced migration and humanitarianism. She focuses on how displaced populations respond to and manage their displacement in protracted and urban contexts. Zoe started her career working with NGOs in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Haiti, leading and supporting humanitarian projects responding to urban displacement, internal displacement, and disaster recovery. She also volunteers with community-based organisations working with asylum-seekers and refugees in Jordan and the UK.

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Ep 13. শিশুরাই সব_ Changing the lives of our children, Laila Khondkar with Rumana Kabir

Friday, February 2, 2024 • Duration 19:51

Laila Kondkar, is leading her own child rights based organisation ‘Shishurai Shob’ in Bangladesh. Laila engages people from all walks of life to create a child-sensitive society. Achieving gender equality and social justice remain at the centre of her work. Laila has worked and lived in Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea, Liberia, Australia and England, leading on Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS. She has studied in many well reputed universities including Harvard (USA), Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies (South Africa) and Mahidol University (Thailand). People's resilience, especially the local knowledge and the drive of women and children in many parts of the world, is the driving force or MARS mantra for Laila.

লায়লা খন্দকার বাংলাদেশের একজন উন্নয়নকর্মী। কাজ করেন মূলত শিশু অধিকার নিয়ে। বিভিন্ন আন্তর্জাতিক সংস্থার হয়ে বাংলাদেশ ছাড়াও লাইবেরিয়া, পাপুয়া নিউগিনি, মার্কিন যুক্ত্ররাজ্য ও অস্ট্রেলিয়ায় পেশাগত দায়িত্ব পালন করেছেন। জনস্বাস্থ্য নিয়ে গবেষণা করেছেন আফ্রিকা সেন্টার ফর হেলথ এন্ড পপুলেশন স্টাডিজ (দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকা) এবং মাহিদল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে (থাইল্যান্ড)। তিনি শিশু অধিকার ও উন্নয়ন সংক্রান্ত নানা বিষয়ে পত্র-পত্রিকায় নিয়মিত লেখালেখি করেন। "পাপুয়া নিউগিনি- স্বর্ণ পাখির দেশ" তার রচিত গ্রন্থ। তার অনুবাদে প্রখ্যাত লেখক নাইউরার কিছু গল্প প্রকাশিত হয়েছে "স্বপ্নভূমিতে রঙধনু সাপ - অস্ট্রেলীয় আদিবাসী গল্প সংকলন" নামে।তিনি শিশু সংবেদনশীল সমাজ গড়ার উদ্দেশ্য প্রতিষ্ঠিত "শিশুরাই সব" উদ্যোগটির আহ্বায়ক। তিনি এই পরিবর্তনীয় বিশ্বে শিশু ও নারী অধিকার অর্জন এবং সবার জন্য বাসযোগ্য একটা সমাজ গড়ায় কাজ করে যেতে আগ্রহী। নানা দেশে অসংখ্য মানুষ অনেক প্রতিকূলতার মোকাবিলা করে এগিয়ে যাচ্ছে-এই বিষয়টি তাকে অনুপ্রাণিত করে। সাধারণ মানুষের জ্ঞান এবং অভিজ্ঞতাকে গুরুত্ব দিয়েই উন্নয়ন কর্মকান্ডের পরিকল্পনা এবং বাস্তবায়ন করা উচিত বলে তিনি মনে করেন।

শিশুরাই সব ওয়েবসাইটঃ www.shishuraishob.com

ফেইসবুকঃ https://www.facebook.com/shishuraishob

ইউটিউবঃ https://www.youtube.com/@-shishuraishob3290

দ্য ডেইলি স্টারে প্রকাশিত লেখা

https://www.thedailystar.net/author/laila-khondkar

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https://www.prothomalo.com/author/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0

Ep12. Changing the lives of forgotten 5.5 million people of Sudan_Godfrey Lokuju with Rumana Kabir

Episode 12

Friday, January 19, 2024 • Duration 21:52

Sudan has over two decades long history of conflict. Recently 5.5 million people are displaced within and outside to neighbouring countries, as the conflict continues. There is not enough international funding for basic relief supplies like food, shelter and jobs for these displaced people. Sudan has not been in the global news either. People like Godfrey Lokuju, a former Civil Servant from Sudan and now a Humanitarian Coordinator for the United Nations, is voicing on behalf of the forgotten 5.5 million people for giving them the attention that they deserve.

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