Monika receives British Citizenship at last. "Last week I got my British Citizenship, which was really exciting as I’ve lived in the UK for the last 15 years. "I moved to…
Pippa Neill02/07/2021
Q&A on Roma and Traveller Rights (Episode 1, Series 2). In response to the first episode of the EarthRights Podcast Series Two, some listeners got in touch with questions surrounding…
Melanie Désert07/05/2021
Why the Policing Bill is racist. In the first episode of Series Two of the EarthRights Podcast we spoke to Roma Rights campaigner, Fil Sys. As we mainly focused on…
Melanie Désert20/04/2021
The digital gender divide and ending violence against women online. The events that took place last week - international women’s day, mourning the murder of Sarah Everard, police brutality against…
Melanie Désert19/03/2021
Vaccine inequality. As we discussed in episode eight of the EarthRights podcast, the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted but also exacerbated many existing inequalities within our society. Based on this, in…
Pippa Neill01/03/2021
Toppling the tower of growth During episode 5, EarthRights spoke with sustainability consultant, Curtis MacGeever, about how businesses are being advised to make their practices more sustainable. In the end,…
Melanie Désert16/02/2021
Why language matters In last week’s episode of the EarthRights podcast we talked about why the language we use when we are talking about the climate crisis is fundamental. As…
Pippa Neill02/02/2021
Cuba’s black market, socialismo, and ending the dual-currency era. On episode 3 of EarthRights podcast, Pippa interviewed me about human rights issues in Cuba and we discussed a great deal…
Melanie Désert22/01/2021
Fast fashion and Uyghur forced labour In the EarthRights podcast episode released on Wednesday 13th January, we talked about how many well-known fashion brands are involved in the most appalling…
Melanie Désert15/01/2021