In this eight-episode podcast series, listeners will travel the globe to meet women and girls taking a stand against gender injustice—and saving lives along the way. Join host Beth Murphy for intimate conversations with these hidden heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each episode is followed by a “deep dive” companion piece, in which experts in equality and public health help listeners better understand the forces driving harmful practices, violence, and other rights violations worldwide.

In this podcast, Jennifer O’Donoghue, fellow at the Center for Universal Education and coordinator of the Echidna Global Scholars program at Brookings, talks with the 2021 scholars about their research on improving learning opportunities and life outcomes for girls and women across the global south.

The "Hidden Heroes" podcast series introduces listeners to women and girls around the globe taking a stand against gender injustice—and saving lives along the way. This episode centers on an all-female hackathon team in Ecuador that devised a simple, brilliant way to reach endangered women while avoiding the watchful eye of abusers: a cookbook.

This podcast episode features an interview with Kluane Adamek, a Yukon regional chief in northern Canada. Adamek advocates for changes in the ways young people and the next generation are included in decision-making forums, and she is to committed advancing solutions and promoting values-centered leadership.

In episode two of the What’s a Man? Masculinity in India podcast, host Deepa Narayan, an award-winning researcher, explores what power means to young boys and men. Narayan highlights the most common responses about power from some of the 250 middle and upper-class boys and men interviewed before exploring the nature of power and its consequences in different models of masculinity.

The podcast hosts a discussion between two of UNICEF’s experts on sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and gender-based violence (GBV). They discuss how to promote a survivor-centered approach in SEA and GBV service provision and address recent SEA incidents in the aid sector.