Human rights protector Rabiaa El Garani shares the challenging, heartbreaking story of sexual violence committed against Yazidi women and girls in Iraq by ISIS -- and her work seeking justice for the survivors. “These victims have been through unimaginable pain. But with a little help, they show how resilient they are,” she says. “It is an honor to bear witness; it is a privilege to seek justice.” (This talk contains mature content.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Folge vom 11.11.2019Hope and justice for women who’ve survived ISIS | Rabiaa El Garani
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Folge vom 08.11.2019A historical musical that examines black identity in the 1901 World's Fair | Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe KootinIn this lively talk and performance, artist and TED Fellow Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin offers a sneak peek of her forthcoming musical "At Buffalo." Drawing on archival material from the 1901 Pan-American Exhibition, a world's fair held in Buffalo, New York, the show examines conflicting representations of black identity exhibited at the fair -- highlighting unsettlingly familiar parallels between American society at the turn of the century and today, and asking: Are we all still part of the show? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Folge vom 07.11.2019What obligation do social media platforms have to the greater good? | Eli PariserSocial media has become our new home. Can we build it better? Taking design cues from urban planners and social scientists, technologist Eli Pariser shows how the problems we’re encountering on digital platforms aren’t all that new -- and shares how, by following the model of thriving towns and cities, we can create trustworthy online communities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Folge vom 06.11.2019Our immigration conversation is broken -- here’s how to have a better one | Paul A. KramerHow did the US immigration debate get to be so divisive? In this informative talk, historian and writer Paul A. Kramer shows how an “insider vs. outsider” framing has come to dominate the way people in the US talk about immigration -- and suggests a set of new questions that could reshape the conversation around whose life, rights and thriving matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.