En este episodio conversamos con María Arteaga Villamil, antropóloga colombiana y activista feminista radicada en Estados Unidos, sobre las mujeres, las migraciones y el poder de la organización colectiva. Desde su trabajo en The Women’s Building en San Francisco, María explora cómo las perspectivas feministas y decoloniales pueden transformar nuestra comprensión sobre la migración, el cuidado y la solidaridad.María es doctora en Antropología y cuenta con una amplia experiencia en metodologías cualitativas basadas en marcos teóricos feministas. Inspirada en la ética del cuidado feminista, su trabajo promueve prácticas de comunicación generativas que fomentan el impacto, la colaboración y la expansión de redes de solidaridad.Su investigación académica se centra en cómo las mujeres navegan la autoridad y la identidad en entornos laborales altamente masculinizados, utilizando la investigación narrativa feminista para visibilizar las barreras estructurales que limitan el acceso de las mujeres a la justicia y la igualdad.Conéctate a este episodio para descubrir cómo las mujeres migrantes están transformando las narrativas de resistencia y pertenencia, y cómo la solidaridad feminista puede abrir nuevos caminos hacia el empoderamiento y la transformación colectiva. ***** In this episode, we talk with María Arteaga Villamil, a Colombian anthropologist and feminist activist based in the United States, about women, migration, and the power of collective organization. From her work at The Women’s Building in San Francisco, María explores how feminist and decolonial perspectives can transform our understanding of migration, care, and solidarity.María holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology and has extensive experience in qualitative methodologies grounded in feminist theoretical frameworks. Inspired by the feminist ethics of care, her work promotes generative communication practices that build impact, collaboration, and solidarity networks.Her academic research focuses on how women navigate authority and identity in highly masculine work environments, using feminist narrative research to expose the structural barriers that limit women’s access to justice and equality. Tune in to this episode to discover how migrant women are reshaping narratives of resistance and belonging, and how feminist solidarity can create new paths for collective empowerment and transformation. ***** Recursos/Resources - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622723000370  - https://www.womensbuilding.org/who-we-are/our-history - https://www.academia.edu/38170197/_Women_are_Everywhere_Celebrating_The_Womens_Building - https://www.storiedsf.com/episodes/the-womens-building-s5e16 - https://www.artscabinet.org/imaging-gendered-violence/from-unbelonging-to-radical-connection-among-migrant-women -  Instagram de la Organización: https://www.instagram.com/thewomensbuilding/ - Página de Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Building_(San_Francisco)  - Historia de la Organización: https://www.womensbuilding.org/who-we-are/our-history  - Historia de la Organización en SF Digitial Archives: https://www.foundsf.org/THE_WOMEN%27S_BUILDING & https://www.foundsf.org/How_the_Women%27s_Building_Came_To_Be  - Another podcast that covers our history and the current programs we have: https://www.storiedsf.com/episodes/the-womens-building-s5e16  - Women are Everywhere’: Celebrating The Women’s Building.” Forum Journal 2019. https://www.academia.edu/38170197/_Women_are_Everywhere_Celebrating_The_Womens_Building  https://www.lucilleidi.net/?page_id=343

En este episodio conversamos con Gabriela Villacís Izquierdo, investigadora feminista ecuatoriana radicada en los Países Bajos, sobre cómo opera la colonialidad en la academia y en la acción humanitaria, y cómo la ética feminista del cuidado puede ofrecer alternativas decoloniales.Gabriela comparte sus reflexiones sobre la posicionalidad, las violencias epistémicas y la importancia del acompañamiento, la reciprocidad y el cuidado colectivo como prácticas políticas y transformadoras.Escucha este episodio para descubrir cómo poner el cuidado en el centro desafía los modelos extractivistas, patriarcales y neoliberales tanto en la investigación como en la acción humanitaria. **** In this episode, we talk with Gabriela Villacís Izquierdo, an Ecuadorian feminist researcher based in the Netherlands, about how coloniality operates within academia and humanitarian work, and how feminist ethics of care can offer decolonial alternatives.Gabriela shares her reflections on positionality, epistemic violence, and the importance of accompaniment, reciprocity, and collective care as political and transformative practices.Tune in to explore how centering care challenges extractivist, patriarchal, and neoliberal models in both research and humanitarian action. **** Recursos/Resources: - https://www.ritimo.org/Contra-la-colonialidad-de-la-cooperacion-y-solidaridad-internacionales - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/07255136241308894 - https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.12865265 https://www.lucilleidi.net/?page_id=341

Estamos encantados de comenzar la cuarta temporada de nuestro podcast con Asier Hernando Malax-Echevarria, en conversación con Carla Vitantonio. En este episodio inaugural, exploramos la matriz colonial del poder y sus manifestaciones perdurables, la labor transformadora de ACAPACA y el papel de la solidaridad en la remodelación del desarrollo y la cooperación desde la perspectiva del Sur Global. Asier lleva más de 20 años dedicado a la cooperación internacional, centrándose en la defensa y las campañas en favor de los derechos indígenas, los derechos humanos, los derechos de las mujeres y otros. Un punto de inflexión en su carrera le llevó a replantearse los modelos de desarrollo tradicionales y a trabajar para transformar la cooperación internacional. Actualmente es codirector de ACAPACA, donde colabora con movimientos sociales y asesora a organizaciones de todo el mundo sobre estrategias de desarrollo y cooperación. También colabora a tiempo parcial con la Fundación Europea del Clima, apoyando a 700 organizaciones asociadas con estrategias de defensa y comunicación para una Europa descarbonizada. Colaborador habitual de El País, Asier escribe para cuestionar las narrativas dominantes y fomentar nuevos debates en el panorama del desarrollo y la ayuda. Conéctate para explorar cómo persisten las estructuras de poder coloniales y cómo la solidaridad y los enfoques de desarrollo alternativos pueden remodelar nuestro mundo ***** We are thrilled to kick off the 4th season of our podcast with Asier Hernando Malax-Echevarria, in conversation with Carla Vitantonio. In this opening episode, we explore the colonial matrix of power and its enduring manifestations, the transformative work of ACAPACA, and the role of solidarity in reshaping development and cooperation from a Global South perspective. Asier has spent over 20 years in international cooperation, focusing on advocacy and campaigns defending Indigenous rights, human rights, women’s rights, and more. A turning point in his career led him to rethink traditional development models and work toward transforming international cooperation. He is now Co-Director of ACAPACA, partnering with social movements and advising organizations worldwide on development and cooperation strategies. He also contributes part-time at the European Climate Foundation, supporting 700 partner organizations with advocacy and communication strategies for a decarbonised Europe. A regular contributor to El País, Asier writes to challenge dominant narratives and foster new debates in the development and aid landscape.Tune in to explore how colonial power structures persist and how solidarity and alternative development approaches can reshape our world. ***** Recursos/Resources - https://www.decolonialtranslation.com/english/quijano-coloniality-of-power.pdf - https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvfjd106  - https://fair.work/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2025/08/Reporte-ISBN-completo-14-julio-2025.pdf - https://www.jstor.org/stable/24697244 - https://azurrevista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/En-torno-a-lo-poscolonial-y-lo-decolonial-en-los-feminismos-del-Sur-Global.html - https://www.acapaca.org/

This bonus track is a cross-interview between Carla and Lars Peter Niessen, author of the podcast Trumanitarian After the end of the Humanitarian Leadership Conference, Carla and Lars Peter share their feelings and talk about how this experience will shape their future podcasts and life as humanitarian, podcasters and changemakers. They talk about power, leadership, localisation, decoloniality, but also about podcast as a way to collect memory and promote change. You can find the same interview on trumanitarian.org

This episode features Asier Hernando Malax-Echevarria, co-director of Acapacà, who has joined the conference from Peru.

This episode features Engwase Mwale, CEO of the Zambia Governance Foundation, who has Joined the conference from Zambia

This episode features Rami Nazem Rajjoub, CEO of  Al-Sham Humanitarian Foundation , who has joined the conference from Turkey

This episode features Tammam Aloudat, CEO of The New Humanitarian, who has joined the conference from Switzerland

This episode features Sandra Macias del Villar, co-director of the Alliance for Feminist Movement and travelling to Doha from Mexico.

 This episode introduces the podcast and features Mary ana McGlasson, director of the Center for Humanitarian Leadership.

In this last episode, we (Matilde and Carla) recollect the themes that touched us the most through the past season: co-creation, language, intersectionality, an

Living decoloniality · Episode

Di Carla Vitantonio Il decreto esecutivo emesso dal presidente Trump il 20 gennaio dal titolo “difesa delle donne dall’estremismo dell’ideologia di genere e ripristino della verità biologica nel gover...