What Girls Want: A Podcast

Litigância estratégica feminista: da vitória nos tribunais à transformação social Neste episódio especial de #WhatGirlsWant: A Podcast, exploramos a litigância estratégica como uma ferramenta feminista para promover a saúde e os direitos sexuais e reprodutivos (SDSR), a justiça de género e os direitos humanos. Em conversa com Célia Posser, com Khensani Charllote como anfitriã convidada, discutimos o que significa colocar as experiências e a liderança das comunidades no centro dos processos ju...

This episode explores strategic litigation as a tool for change examining landmark cases, legal risks, backlash, and the importance of pairing court victories with movement organising and community education. in conversation with ATHENA Network’s Executive Director Olaoluwa Abagun we unpack whether courts can be neutral spaces, legal victories and shortcomings, how we can ensure that strategic litigation reflects the realities of marginalized communities and the connection between strategic l...

Medical violence against women living with HIV is real and it must be named. In this episode of #WhatGirlsWant: A Podcast, we are joined by Lipuo Phori to unpack the often-silenced experiences of women living with HIV in healthcare settings, including coerced sterilisation, the denial of reproductive choices, breaches of confidentiality and provider abuse. These are not simply instances of “bad care.” They are human rights violations. What does healthcare look like when it respects the dignit...

Pandemics, authoritarianism, and economic instability are reshaping feminist organising. This episode and in conversation with Marline Oluchi we explore what leadership looks like in a polycrisis focusing on adaptability, care-centred leadership, collective decision-making, and sustaining movements for sustainable change.

Sexual health discourse often focuses on harm, disease, and risk. In this episode, we speak to Tiffany Mugo, who reframes sexual rights through pleasure, consent, and autonomy, examining how patriarchy, religion, colonial morality, and stigma suppress sexual agency, and why joy and desire are essential components of sexual and reproductive justice.