Finding Humanity Podcast

Advancing Access to Justice: What will it take to be ‘Generation Equality’?

In this episode, Mary Robinson is joined by Hina Jilani to discuss access to justice for women and girls, ending GBV, and discussing what it will take for this to truly be ‘Generation Equality’.

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Seneca's 100 Women to Hear

Alyssa Carson: She Plans to Be the First Person to Set Foot on Mar‪s

Ever since she was 3, Alyssa Carson has dreamed of traveling to Mars. She's now 19, and she's spent the years in between getting experience at NASA space camps and earning fame as an aspiring astronaut. Alyssa is also partnering with Olay on their campaign to get more women and girls into STEM fields.

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Aspen Ideas To Go

Learning from the Pain of the Pandemic

As many of us know personally, the coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on mental health. As lockdowns were enacted, loneliness, isolation, and depression increased. Concerns of loved ones dying and fear of contracting the virus affected our well-being. Since April of 2020, about 40 percent of US adults have reported symptoms of depression and anxiety. In 2019, that figure was just 11 percent, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association. Arthur Brooks, a Harvard business professor and behavioral social scientist, says it’s possible to turn post traumatic stress from pandemic into post traumatic growth. He shares how to emerge from the pandemic happier, stronger, and more resilient.

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The Brookings Cafeteria

Policy Priorities for Women, By Women

March is typically a time to celebrate women’s contributions in history, but the past year of COVID-19 has had a disproportionate impact on women – especially women of color. On this episode, in honor of Women’s History Month, we asked women at the Brookings Institution to share their thoughts on what top policy considerations they have for the Biden administration to help address the needs of women – both in the U.S. and around the world. Also on this episode, Senior Fellow Marcela Escobari offers another edition of our of Sustainable Development Spotlight series, with a focus on her new policy brief on how federal infrastructure investment can put America to work.

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