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Callie Ward and Joe Wager discuss the situation at the US-Mexico border with Julia Neusner, a Legal Fellow in Refugee Protection at Human Rights First. Julia, a Stanford alumna who has organized several trips to the US-Mexico border with Stanford students, reports on her recent experiences there and contextualizes immigration policy such as Title 42 within a larger history of the border.

Show Notes

1. The Report on Title 42: https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/resource/failure-protect-biden-administration-continues-illegal-trump-policy-block-and-expel-asylum
2. Human Rights First: https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/
3. Haitian Bridge Alliance: https://haitianbridge.org/
4. Al Otro Lado: https://alotrolado.org/

The views reflected in this podcast do not necessarily represent the views of the Stanford Center for Human Rights and International Justice.

Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod

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In this episode of the Rights Pod, Human Rights student Kyra Jasper sits down with Veni Deribeev and Delaney Hurley to discuss the protests that have flooded the streets of Sofia, Bulgaria for the past three months, including how the protests started, instances of police violence, and what the future might hold. 

Show Notes

Articles for further reading:

Bulgaria — and Borissov — have passed the point of no return

Riot police and protesters clash in Bulgaria as corruption crisis deepens

Thousands protest against Bulgarian government, scuffle with police

If you want to learn more about supporting Pravosadie Za Vseki, you can check out their Facebook page or their Paypal.

The views reflected in this podcast do not necessarily represent the views of the Stanford Center for Human Rights and International Justice.

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Alisha Zhao takes the host seat to interview Alina Utrata and Christina Schiciano, two of the three members of the first human rights minor cohort in the final episode of Notes from Alumni.

Center for Human Rights at Stanford

Human Rights Minor

David Cohen

Penelope van Tuyl

Jessie Brunner

Steve Hoeschele

Norman Naimark

Stanford Global Studies

Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES)

Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies

HUMRTS 103: Transitional Justice, Human Rights, and International Criminal Tribunals

ENGLISH 91: Creative Nonfiction

CDDRL Honors Thesis

Human Rights Internships

Counseling and Psychological Services at Stanford - CAPS

MA in Conflict Transformation and Social Justice at Queen’s University Belfast

Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod

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Alina Utrata sits down with Daniel Mattes, Stanford class of 2012, to discuss his life after Stanford in Notes from Alumni.

Center for Human Rights at Stanford

Human Rights Minor

David Cohen

Penelope van Tuyl

Jessie Brunner

Human Rights Internship in Phnom Penh

CDDRL Honors Thesis

HUMRTS 103: Transitional Justice, Human Rights, and International Criminal Tribunals

MSc in Global Politics and Global Civil Society at the London School of Economics

Tini Cafe

Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod

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On June 2nd, 2020, Stanford Human Rights Student Lauryn Johnson sat down with Nicole Baran, an academic and advocate in the field of gender studies, to discuss how COVID-19 is affecting womxn. They focus on the economic consequences of the pandemic, the idea of intersectionality, and how relationship abuse is manifesting. The views reflected in this podcast do not necessarily represent the view of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Stanford University.

Nicole Baran is the founding Executive Director of the Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation, an organization focused on eliminating obstacles facing marginalized populations in order to reach gender and racial equity. She is also the founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit the Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness and Action. Nicole holds a Bachelors and Masters in English from Stanford and a Masters in Social Work, and she lectured in the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Department at Stanford for 13 years. You can visit Nicole’s bio here: https://baskinfoundation.org/about-the-foundation/board-of-directors/nicole-baran/ 

Further reading on how womxn are affected by the pandemic:

“The Coronavirus Is a Disaster for Feminism”- https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/03/feminism-womens-rights-coronavirus-covid19/608302/ 

“Coronavirus: Will women have to work harder after the pandemic?”- https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53363253

“How coronavirus could do real, long-term damage to women’s careers”- https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/14/how-coronavirus-could-do-long-term-damage-to-womens-careers.html

“The coronavirus backlash: how the pandemic is destroying women's rights”- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jun/23/the-coronavirus-backlash-how-the-pandemic-is-destroying-womens-rights

Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod

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Alina Utrata sits down with two members of the human rights class of 2018 Alexis Kallen and Julian Bava to discuss their life after Stanford in Notes from Alumni. The views represented in this podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Stanford.

Center for Human Rights at Stanford

Human Rights Minor

David Cohen

Penelope van Tuyl

Jessie Brunner

Beth van Schaack

Paul Wise

Haas Center Fellowships

Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod

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Stanford human rights student Nuzhah Tarsoo was born and grew up in Mauritius. For this episode, she speaks to women in Mauritius and Dr. Roshni Mooneeram, an honorary professor at the University of Nottingham, about their experience and expertise with gender discrimination in her home country. The opinions reflected in this podcast do not necessarily represent the views of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Stanford.

Show notes:

Dr. Roshni Mooneeram

Real feminism from bra burning to bridge building - Prof Roshni Mooneeram's TED Talk

UN - Gender Equality

Gender equality and poverty are intrinsically linked: A contribution to the continued monitoring of selected Sustainable Development Goals

Gokulsing, Deepa, and Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur. "Gender, education and labour market: Evidence from Mauritius." International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2014).

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Human rights student Kyra Jasper sits down with experts Arsil and Azhe from the Indonesian Institute for an Independent Judiciary, or LEiP, who discuss their experiences and challenges in their work in Indonesia. LEiP is a leading NGO in judicial reform in Indonesia and one of the Center from Human Rights and International Justice's partners in the region. The views reflected in this podcast do not necessarily represent the views of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice.

Show Notes

LeIP's website: https://leip.or.id/

A Jakarta Post article about Indonesia's overcrowded prisons: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/04/07/activists-experts-caution-against-slapdash-reform-to-tackle-prison-overcrowding.html

Blasphemy Law Interpretation project: https://humanrights.stanford.edu/publications/interpretations-article-156a-indonesian-criminal-code-blasphemy-and-religious

Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod

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The Masterplan.

Alina Utrata sits down with two members of the human rights class of 2019 and 2018, Keith Nobbs and Emma Pair, to discuss their life after Stanford in Notes from Alumni. The views reflected in this podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of the Stanford Center for Human Rights.

Mentioned in this podcast:

Center for Human Rights at Stanford

Human Rights Minor

David Cohen

Penelope van Tuyl

Jessie Brunner

ETHICSOC 171, PHIL 171, POLISCI 103: Justice

ANTHRO 186: Culture and Madness: Anthropological and Psychiatric Approaches to Mental Illness engineering for good

Bing Overseas Studies Program

Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod

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