This morning, a <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/11/26/israel-and-hizbullah-strike-a-fragile-deal-to-end-their-war?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">deal halting fighting</a> between Israel and Lebanon for 60 days came into effect. Our correspondent considers if that can hold, and what it means for Gaza. What do Northvolt’s financial troubles mean for European hopes to produce batteries for electric vehicles (10:06)? And why the French are realising that <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/11/14/how-older-french-women-are-redefining-the-aesthetics-of-ageing?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">women can still be sexy</a> at 60 (16:08). Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—<a href="https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Subscribe to Economist Podcasts+</a> For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our <a href="https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FAQs page</a> or watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gczo71bg1uY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our video</a> explaining how to link your account.&nbsp; <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Moment of truce: a ceasefire in the Middle East

As <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/11/21/a-genocidal-militias-quest-for-legitimacy?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">civil war rages in the country</a>, millions of people have been displaced and famine is widespread. Why won’t the warring parties join talks to end it? Accusations of <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/11/22/bolsonaros-bid-to-regain-brazils-presidency-may-end-in-prison?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">assassination plots</a> and an attempted coup swirl in Brazil (9:28). And why Chinese bubble tea shops are conquering your local shopping street (17:33).&nbsp; Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—<a href="https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Subscribe to Economist Podcasts+</a> For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our <a href="https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FAQs page</a> or watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gczo71bg1uY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our video</a> explaining how to link your account.&nbsp; <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

A losing battle: Sudan’s elusive peace deal

In this two-part podcast series, we are exploring why efforts to mitigate climate change need to be aware of women’s equality and why efforts to achieve women’s equality must respond to the climate crisis.

This series is a joint project from the Oxford Human Rights Hub, led by Professor Sandra Fredman, and the National Research Foundation-funded South African Research Chair in Equality, Law, and Social Justice at the University of the Witwatersrand, held by Professor Cathi Albertyn.

The conversations in this podcast series stem from a new edited collection, ‘Feminist Frontiers in Climate Justice: Rights, climate change and gender equality’, published by Edward Elgar in February 2023 and edited by Cathi Albertyn, Meghan Campbell, Helena Alviar García, Sandra Fredman, and Marta Rodriguez de Assis Machado.

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Executive Produced by Meghan Campbell.
Produced, edited and narrated by Sophie Smith.
Music for this series is by Rosemary Allmann.

Feminist Frontiers in Climate Justice - Creating Climate Justice: Gender Equality for a More Just World

On this episode, Natalie Kerr and Jaime Kurtz explore five facts about loneliness, from its evolutionary origins to exercises we can all do to alleviate it, even when we're alone.

Natalie Kerr is a Professor of Psychology at James Madison University, where she studies social connection and loneliness. 

Jaime Kurtz is a Professor of Psychology at James Madison University, where she studies happiness and savoring. 

Learn more about 'Our New Social Life' here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/our-new-social-life-9780197749951

Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxQNezdTlTE

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Executive Producer: Steven Filippi
Host: Sarah Butcher

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Natalie Kerr & Jaime Kurtz on Loneliness - Episode 45 - The Side Comment

On this episode, Andrea Temkin-Yu, author of the new guidebook 'Supporting Your Teens Mental Health,' talks about the small, intentional activities that all parents of teens can adopt in order to focus on building connections and combating the rise of mental health symptoms in adolescents.

Andrea Temkin-Yu is Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine, having earned her PsyD from The Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. She completed her clinical internship at Bellevue Hospital Center/New York University Child Study Center and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Youth Mental Health at Weill Cornell Medicine. Temkin-Yu specializes in parent-focused interventions and has expertise in cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of anxiety, depression, ADHD, and disruptive behaviors. Her research focuses on transdiagnostic interventions and improving treatments for youth and parents through technology.

Learn more about 'Supporting Your Teen's Mental Health' here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/supporting-your-teens-mental-health-9780197768617

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Andrea Temkin-Yu on Supporting Your Teen's Mental Health - Episode 46 - The Side Comment

Vox pops on key human rights issues with human rights experts. (https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/)

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Executive produced and hosted by Meghan Campbell.
Produced and edited by Sophie Smith.
Music for this series is by Rosemary Allmann.


Melanie Field on the UK Supreme Court judgment For Women Scotland

'Rights in Crisis', is a new RightsUp series from the Oxford Human Rights Hub in collaboration with the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development. The series will feature topics on human rights and related issues in India with experts sharing their insights.
 
In this episode Dr. Janaki Srinivasan and Prof. Sandra Feldman, moderated by Dr Aradhana Cherupara Vadekkethil, discuss the nature of the Indian gig economy and how it affects workers’ rights. This conversation explores the precarious conditions of gig workers in India, the legal frameworks shaping their rights, and the broader implications of platform economies on labour protections. With rising digital employment, questions of fair wages, job security, and social protections are more pressing than ever.

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This episode is hosted by Neeraj Shetye.
Executive produced by Meghan Campbell.
Produced and edited by Sophie Smith.
Music for this series is by Rosemary Allmann.

Rights in Crisis - Indian Gig Economy and Worker Rights

In this episode, Frances Hand talks to Dr Clara Chapdelaine Feliciati, Lawyer and Associate Professor of Law at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University about her recently published monograph, The Status of the Girl Child under International Law: A Semioethic Analysis. 
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/status-of-the-girl-child-under-international-law/568D0F764A3E85960F03056352CADD74

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This episode is hosted by Frances Hand.
Executive produced by Meghan Campbell.
Produced and edited by Sophie Smith.
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The Status of the Girl Child under International Law

In this episode, Almas Shaikh talks with Dr Anthony Ubani and Dr Wycliffe Nyachoti Otiso discussing the book 'Sexual Harassment and the Law in Africa'. 

Dr Ubani is the pioneer executive director of #FixPolitics, fellow of the Chartered Institute of Administrators, author, speaker and alumnus of Manchester Business School and the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Dr Otiso is the Dean, School of Law at the Chuka University in Kenya and a contributor to the book. 

This book, edited by Furaha-joy Sekai Saungweme, Carol Chi Ngang and Graham Towl, presents new research into sexual harassment and violence across Africa and foregrounds the work of African scholars. 

RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub.
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Produced and edited by Sophie Smith.
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Sexual Harassment and the Law in Africa

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