Welcome to Episode 3 of Care At the Centre: Voices from the Majority World. 

At the heart of this series is care - the life-affirming, life-sustaining practice honouring our interconnected relationships and our commitment to the wellbeing of ourselves, our environments, and each other.
As the world becomes increasingly hostile towards feminist activists and women's movements, Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights, Asia & Pacific, this series aims to bring to light the stories and experiences of women, trans, and gender-nonconforming human rights defenders who work tirelessly in the margins. 
In this episode, we bring you the voice of Nandar from Myanmar. 
Nandar is a feminist activist, a storyteller, and a podcaster. She is the founder of Purple Feminists Group. 
Nandar, a human rights defender from Myanmar, had to leave her home for an extended period of time after the military coup in 2020. Nandar talks about how she found herself having to reevaluate and revisit her work and her activism in the middle of political turmoil at home and a global pandemic and how these factors affected not just her work, but also her personal wellbeing. 
To know more about Nandar and the work her organization does, please visit: purplefeminist.org 
This series has been informed and guided by the Urgent Action Fund Report “How Can We Ground Ourselves in Care and Dance Our Revolution”. You can read the full report at rootingcare.org where you can also listen to podcast episodes from the Urgent Action Funds.
References: 
“The Guardian view on Myanmar’s military: in power but not control”
- 6 December, 2022
You can listen to all the episodes here:

Episode 1
https://on.soundcloud.com/4jgJb 
Episode 2 
https://on.soundcloud.com/7AWVp 
Episode 4
https://on.soundcloud.com/XPCYa
Episode 5
https://on.soundcloud.com/oL8kW 
Episode 6
https://on.soundcloud.com/rnazk 
Credits:

Production: Boju Bajai
Hosts: Bhrikuti Rai and Itisha Giri
Music and Sound Design: Rajan Shrestha and Irina Giri

UAF_EP3: Activism in Exile: Conversation with Nandar

भविष्यका शहरहरु, काठमाडौँको  पुनःकल्पना 
This is the first instalment of 3 part episode Future Cities; Re-imagining Kathmandu where we discuss public spaces, and unmanaged rapid urbanisation of Kathmandu valley. In this part, we speak with researchers and artist regarding environmental design, landscape architect, community involvement and open spaces and its impact on children.

You will also hear short clips from our upcoming contributors Rukshana Kapali and Rohit Ranjitkar in this instalment.

*********Note- This episodes are by no means or not even close to a definitive assessment of current situation in Kathmandu valley and does not seek to be one; they are merely random glimpses. ************

Contributors

Apekshya Dhungel
Architect, Landscape architect, Action Researcher, PHD Candidate
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Halle (Saale),  Germany.
web- https://archyatra.com/
insta- https://www.instagram.com/arch_yatra/

Bina Nikolova
Environmental designer and architect
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrabrina-nikolova-b1537141/
insta- https://www.instagram.com/bina_nik/

Milan Rai
Multi-disciplinary artist.
web- http://milanrai.art/
insta https://www.instagram.com/milan_rai5/

more info here - http://antariksa.space/2020/03/07/future-cities-re-imagining-kathmandu-part-1/

Antariksa is Bishwo Shahi in technical support and Subash Thebe Limbu your host and producer.

Future Cities Re-Imagining Kathmandu Part 1

हाम्रो समाजमा जातिय अपराध पश्चात सधै सुनिने आधारहीन कुतर्क अनि अस्वीकारोक्तिलाई केलाउने प्रयास
This is not a regular episode but an urgent one.


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UAF_EP3: Activism in Exile: Conversation with Nandar

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