{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Fix The News","title":"Women Moving the World","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/4d464c67\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2060,"description":"Meet Krystal Birungi, Carolina Morgado, Nice Leng’ete and Bhavreen Kandhari – four incredible women who are working on the frontlines of science, conservation, human rights, and environmental advocacy. Krystal is an entomologist with Target Malaria in Uganda developing gene-drive mosquitoes; Carolina is the executive director of Rewilding Chile; Nice leads community-based campaigns to end female genital mutilation in Kenya; Bhavreen co-founded Warrior Moms in India to force accountability on air pollution.Topics discussed: growing up with endemic malaria and the arrival of the Global Fund; proof-of-concept gene-drive trials in Italy and timelines to 2030; resistance to insecticides and drugs; elimination as a realistic regional goal; Chile’s Route of Parks as connected protected areas; park creation as local economic engine; carbon storage in temperate rainforests and kelp systems; Chile’s Cape Froward as a new national park; conservation grounded in community livelihoods and guide certification; outlawing FGM in Kenya in 2011 and the limits of law alone; elders’ councils and alternative rites of passage; mother-to-girl and father-to-son forums; measurable outcomes from community ceremonies and schooling; Delhi school closures during severe smog; COVID as a natural experiment in pollution control; formal complaints versus performative fixes; collective action by parents; clean air as a right, not a luxury.02:08 Krystal Birungi - The scientist using gene drive to fight malaria10:27 Carolina Morgado - Rewilding landscapes and communities in Chile19:42 Nice Leng’ete - Creating an alternative rite of passage for girls in Africa28:12 Bhavreen Kandhari - The warrior mum fighting for clean air Find out more:Krystal Birungi, Entomologist – Target MalariaCarolina Morgado, Director – Rewilding ChileNice Leng’ete – Nice Place FoundationBhavreen Kandhari – Warrior Moms IndiaThis podcast is hosted by Angus Hervey and Amy Davoren-Rosefrom ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fix The News⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Audio...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/YdXy91JIQt6aJpitbLw8JzwQu38QPTIabycDeCC1FdY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82MGQx/YTZmMDJmMDQ0MjA2/ZGVkNTgwYzk5YjRh/NzY2OS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}