13 APR 2022 · To conclude our podcasts, Katharina Ussling once again talks with two of the research group leaders - Dr. Alexandra Scheele and Prof. Julia Roth - about the results of the research group "Global Contestations of Women's and Gender Rights" at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) at Bielefeld University. She asks about the results of the joint work, the importance of interdisciplinarity and internationality, and the perspectives for further work. They also talk about the current publication, the anthology Global Contestations of Gender Rights (link: https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-6069-2/global-contestations-of-gender-rights/), and other events (link: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/(en)/ZiF/FG/2020Gender/Events/). guests: PD Dr. Alexandra Scheele (link), Prof. Julia Roth (link) production: Katharina Ussling music: Broke für Free – Melt (CC BY 3.0), Mello C – Deporaju (CC BY-NC 4.0)

10 APR 2022 · Already in other episodes of the podcast we have talked about how democratic principles are questioned and the representation and participation of individual groups is restricted. This is the case, for example, in Hungary when the government questions equality goals or puts massive pressure on the LGBTIQ community and makes them invisible. But it is also problematic when democratic participation is negated with the help of religion. Against this background, it is time to fundamentally address democracy - not only as a form of government, but as an idea of emancipation and self-determination within a community. In this episode, Katharina Ussling talks with Dr. Karsten Schubert and Lívia de Souza Lima, PhD student at the Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies at Bielefeld University, about the contribution of radical democratic theory to understanding the contestations of women's and gender rights. guests: Dr. Karsten Schubert, Lívia de Souza Lima production: Katharina Ussling music: Broke für Free – Melt (CC BY 3.0), Mello C – Deporaju (CC BY-NC 4.0)

8 DEC 2021 · One topic is all over the News since the beginning of 2020: the Covid-19 crisis. The global approach to societal, economic and social consequences varies widely. But one thing is clear: those who are already disadvantaged will be even more so: at home, more women are once again taking care of children and the household, people in underpaid jobs and especially in nursing - gender inequality seems more likely to be exacerbated by the Covid-19 crisis. Katharina Ußling talks about this in this episode with Prof. Martina Sproll and Associate Professor Ania Plomien. guests: Dr. Ania Plomien, Prof. Martina Sproll production: Steffi Polnik music: Broke für Free – Melt (CC BY 3.0), Mello C – Deporaju (CC BY-NC 4.0)

6 DEC 2021 · With his work Orientalism in 1978, some would say, Edward Said laid the foundation for today's post-colonialism and provided many linking points for academic and social debates. How important postcolonial perspectives are, we see not only in academic research, but also when the news reports that statues of colonial rulers and slave traders are sunk in harbor basins. In this episode we talk about post-colonial perspectives on women´s and gender rights, especially when it comes to women in politics, gender-based political violence and the rights of trans people within the intersection of law, gender studies and political theory. Katharina Ußling talks with Ligia Fabris, Assistant Professor at Rio de Janeiros Law School of Getulio Vargas Foundation and PhD candidate at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (Germany), where she carries out a comparative research on transgender rights in Brazil and Germany. guest: Ligia Fabris music: Broke für Free – Melt (CC BY 3.0), Mello C – Deporaju (CC BY-NC 4.0)

29 AUG 2021 · What happens when powerful people, companies and politicians exploit a country because it is rich in oil and gas? What does the fight for women’s rights look like when education is a scarce resource? This episode is about a very specific field study in Nigeria. Katharina Ußling talks about contestations when it comes to natural resource governance in the Niger Delta communities in Nigeria with Dr. Onyinye Durueke, a Peace, Conflict and Security Studies Scholar with special focus on Gender. Currently, she is a Senior Lecturer with the Centre for Conflict and Gender Studies, at the University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria. guest: Dr. Onyinye Durueke music: Broke für Free – Melt (CC BY 3.0), Mello C – Deporaju (CC BY-NC 4.0)

6 AUG 2021 · Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Victor Orban in Hungary or Sebastian Kurz in Austria – countries all over the world are still or again governed by right-wing conservative to right-wing populist politicians. But right-wing populist views and gender-hostile ideologies can also be found in our entire environment, among friends, at work, or in the family. How does the anti-gender discourse influence our daily lives, social debate and political discourse? What impact does it have on women’s and LGBTIQ rights? In this episode, Katharina Ußling talks about this with Prof. Birgit Sauer, Professor of political science at the University of Vienna and Prof. Julia Roth, Professor of American Studies at Bielefeld University. guests: Prof. Birgit Sauer, Prof. Julia Roth music: Broke für Free – Melt (CC BY 3.0), Mello C – Deporaju (CC BY-NC 4.0)

14 JUN 2021 · Only 55% of all women worldwide are physically self-determined. Almost half of all women cannot decide whether to have sex, have children or seek medical care. And we’re not even talking about LGBTQIA rights yet. Is a dystopian world à la Margaret Atwood’s “The handmaid’s tale” more conceivable than we would like to imagine? What influence do right-wing conservative and right-wing populist governments, as in Hungary or Poland, have on sexual and reproductive rights throughout Europe? Katharina Ußling talks about this with Prof. Andrea Pető, full professor at the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University, which study programm is currently no longer allowed to be accredited in Hungary. guest: Prof. Andrea Pető music: Broke für Free – Melt (CC BY 3.0), Mello C – Deporaju (CC BY-NC 4.0)

4 JUN 2021 · Women and gender movements exist all over the world, and while they often fight for the same goals, there is no one feminist movement or the one feminism. In this episode we talk about the relationship between religious and secular women´s movements in Pakistan and the countries of North Africa. Katharina Ußling talks to Prof. Fatima Sadiqi and Prof. Shirin Zubair about the influence of Western values, modernity, the Arab Spring and the instrumentalization of religion by extremist groups. guests: Prof. Fatima Sadiqi, Prof. Shirin Zubair music: Broke für Free – Melt (CC BY 3.0), Mello C – Deporaju (CC BY-NC 4.0)

19 MAY 2021 · Feminist and scientific critiques of religion are important for different reasons. In this episode, we clarify why with Prof. Dr. Ina Kerner. Katharina Ußling also discusses with Ina Kerner the appropriation of criticism of religion by right-wing groups, especially the AfD, and the mixing of feminism with anti-Muslim racism. guest: Prof. Dr. Ina Kerner music: Broke für Free – Melt (CC BY 3.0), Mello C – Deporaju (CC BY-NC 4.0)

7 MAY 2021 · In the first episode we introduce the interdisciplinary research group of the ZiF and its convenors. We discuss the three main research topics: gender division of labor and care work, authoritarian forms of religion and their instrumentalization as well as the gendering of citizenship and the questioning of sexual rights. guests: PD Dr. Alexandra Scheele, Prof. Heidemarie Winkel, Prof. Julia Roth music: Broke für Free – Melt (CC BY 3.0), Mello C – Deporaju (CC BY-NC 4.0)