Art and Activism for Gender Justice

About this episode

This episode explores the role of art and creativity in activism for gender justice.

In this fifth episode of Backlash, Resistance and the Path to Gender Justice, we explore how art and creativity can act as powerful tools for resistance, solidarity, and joy in activism. Moving beyond health into global development, this conversation looks at how artivism resists repression, engages young people, and connects struggles across borders — showing that gender justice is also imagined and sustained through culture and creativity. In this episode: Ishrat Jahan - Research Fellow at the Centre for Gender and Sexual and Reproductive Health at BRAC James P. Grant School of Public Health in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Ishrat’s research focuses on the intersection of gender, health, and environmental issues. She is involved in national and international projects exploring the impact of climate change on women’s health, adaptive practices in marginalised communities, and Global South-led curricula in higher education. Trishia Nashtaran - President, OGNIE Foundation, Bangladesh Trishia is a Human-centred Design Specialist and feminist organiser with over a decade of experience in grassroots activism, community building, and futures practice. She is the founder of Meye Network…

People in this episode

Guests: Ishrat Jahan, Trishia Nashtaran, Nusaiba Sultana

Topics covered

• artivism
• gender justice
• activism
• creativity
• global development
• solidarity

Keywords

• art
• activism
• gender justice
• creativity
• solidarity
• climate change
• health
• youth
• Bangladesh

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Centre for Gender and Sexual and Reproductive Health at BRAC James P. Grant School of Public Health, OGNIE Foundation, Oroddho Foundation

Places: Bangladesh

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