S7E8 Violence Against Women: Ayesha Mago on the Sexual Violence Research Initiative

“There is such an unbelievable amount of violence. There is so much unnecessary hurt that women and children are suffering. There have got to be solutions, and we have to keep trying to find those.”

No matter where you are in the world, violence against women is frighteningly prevalent, taking many forms and rooted in the power imbalance between the genders.

Ayesha Mago is the global advocacy director of the the Sexual Violence Research Initiative, an organisation which works to advance research on violence against women and violence against children in low and middle-income countries. In this episode we hear the stark realities faced by women globally, and how badly the system can fail them. We find out why violence against women is so difficult to tackle, while getting an insight into the types of interventions that work. And we find out how people like Ayesha keep fighting, even when the problem feels too big to tackle.

In this episode, you will learn:

• How effective communication may mean adapting what you say and how you say it. 
• The importance of challenging prevailing ideals of toxic masculinity in your writing. 
• About the role of honest storytelling in highlighting the issue of violence against women.

Find out more about Ayesha here.

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