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The Climate Brides Podcast

Climate Brides

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The Climate Brides podcast will bring to you a series of conversations on early and forced marriages, and the climate crisis in South Asia. We will listen to survivors, frontline workers, activists, and academics in and from the region, to unpack the everyday lives and resistances of young communities braving the biggest challenges of the 21st century.

Recent Episodes

SEP 16, 2026
Episode 10: Deep Purkayastha and Anindit Roy Chowdhury on climate risks and changing childhoods in the Sundarbans
In the Sundarbans, climate risks are reshaping what it means to grow up. Deep Purkayastha (Praajak Development Society, India) and Anindit Roy Chowdhury (Terre Des Hommes, India) discuss changing childhoods, migration, gender, child protection and the pressures that can lead to child marriage.
77 MIN
MAY 4, 2026
Episode 09: Sajeda Amin on marriage, work, and alternative futures in Bangladesh and beyond.
48 MIN
DEC 6, 2025
Episode 08: Rajini R. Menon on girlhoods, shifting gender norms, and building collective power
44 MIN
SEP 18, 2025
Episode 07: Atiya Bose and Janani Sekhar on protecting children and building ecosystems on the frontlines
55 MIN
MAR 17, 2025
Episode 06: Mary E. John on Childhood, Marriage, and Changing Narratives in India
In this episode, we speak with Mary E. John, professor, educator and author of 'Child Marriage in an International Frame: A Feminist Review from India'. Mary challenges simplistic perceptions of child marriage as merely a 'harmful practice' and explores its historical roots as both a social and feminist issue in India and globally. This episode is particularly relevant for understanding the structural fabric of marriage as a compulsory institution and how it has been strategically emplo...
62 MIN