Resist, Persist and Reimagine
Resist, Persist and Reimagine is Colmena Fund's first podcast amplifying the voices of women across the Global South who are transforming politics, defying authoritarianism, and building collective power. This series centers the stories that often go unheard—of resistance, resilience, and radical imagination 🐝.
Episodes
For our Season 2 finale of Resist, Persist and Reimagine, we’re in conversation with Congolese activist and lawyer Gloria Sengha.
Gloria has faced arrests and threats, but she refuses to step back. She reminds us that politics shouldn't just be for the rich or the few, it belongs to all of us.
Change is a process, and we are the ones driving it. 🌍
Episode 6 of Resist Persist and Reimagine is now live!
How do we make politics make sense to everyone?
In our newest episode, Tabitha Oluoch explains how she simplifies complex laws to reach young women. Instead of using confusing jargon, she breaks down the 2024 Finance Bill into its real impact on everyday items like bread and sanitary towels.
She calls this the "broccoli effect", using digital platforms to make civic edu...
We are honored to welcome Hon. Winnie Kiiza, Uganda’s first female Leader of the Opposition and a Member of Parliament for 15 years.
In this episode, we dive deep into:
- The Personal as Political: How her mother’s strength inspired her journey into activism.
- Legislative Wins: The impact of the Women’s Caucus in passing critical laws, including the Domestic Violence and Anti-FGM bills.
- Reimagining Democracy: A vision for a syst...
Her journey began as a shy child in Mombasa who found her voice through the performing arts, and today she uses that voice in the Kenyan Parliament to represent youth, women, and people living with disabilities.
In this episode, Crystal discusses her personal path and explains why she believes we must stop using "borrowed" ideas to build political systems that actually work for our context. If you’ve ever felt like you...
Fadzayi Mahere shares her experience as a women actively engaged in politics.
In this episode, we talk about:
The Power Gap: How structural barriers and online violence target women leaders.
Resilience: Finding purpose during and after severe state persecution.
Ubuntu in Politics: Why democracy and leadership should be about the community, not just one person.
Solidarity: The real, practical support and funding women need to bui...
The second episode of season 2 of Resist, Persist and Reimagine podcast we sit dowmn with Samia El Hashmi, a prominent lawyer and the co-founder of Mutawinat.
Samia has spent over three decades proving that "Mutawinat"—an Arabic word meaning "women working together"—is more than just a name; it is a lifeline. From providing legal aid to refugees to training law enforcement on anti-FGM legislation during activ...
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 1 of the Colmena Fund’s podcast: Resist, Persist and Reimagine: A New Era for African Women’s Political Power. 🎙️✨
In this season premiere, we sit down with Bina Maseno, Executive Director of Badili Africa, to explore how we can consolidate our numbers to move the needle on justice and safety across the continent. 🌍
Bina breaks down the barriers facing young women in political party structures, ...
Big news from the Hive! 🐝✨
On International Women’s Day, we are thrilled to announce Season 2 of the Colmena Fund podcast: "Resist, Persist, and Reimagine: A New Era for African Women’s Political Power." 🌍✊🏾
Host Lilian Njeri Mbuthi takes us on a journey across the African continent, amplifying the voices of women who are transforming politics and defying the status quo. This isn't just a podcast; it's a ...
Este é o relançamento do episódio do podcast, agora totalmente em português.
No quarto episódio de Resistir, Persistir e Reimaginar, Symmy Larrat compartilha sua história: da Amazônia à liderança governamental, e sua visão ousada de uma democracia baseada em direitos, verdade e liberdade de ser quem somos.
De suas raízes na Amazônia até se tornar a principal autoridade LGBTQIA+ do Brasil, a jornada de Symmy Larrat é uma história de ...
Te presentamos el relanzamiento del tercer episodio del podcast Resistir, Persistir y Reimaginar, con la participación de Epsy Campbell, exvicepresidenta de Costa Rica e integrante del Comité Directivo de Colmena Fund.
Campbell habla sobre la esperanza y hace un llamado a la "generación de la luz", jóvenes liderazgos, quienes organizan y sueñan, a ayudar a dar luz a algo radicalmente mejor: una democracia representativa, s...
¡We've reached the final episode of the first season! Syrian activist Mariam Jalabi reflects on what it means to build democracy from the margins.👇
She shares her insights on:
🔹 Decentralizing power from the West to the Global South
🔹 Why women in conflict zones must shape political futures
🔹 Building participatory systems for the majority
🎧 Subscribe to listen to the full season, with stories from diverse women reimagining dem...
On this episode of Resist, Persist, and Reimagine we feature Gui Mohallem Co-Director of VoteLGBT, where they reflect upon:
🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ political representation in Brazil
🛑 The rise of political violence and hate speech
🌍 Queerness as community and culture
🗳️ Democracy as the right to full citizenship for all
🎧 Subscribe to hear more stories from diverse women reimagining democracy from the margins—and share to help amplify their ...
On the ninth episode of Resist, Persist and Reimagine we interview Bonnita Nyamwire, Director of Research at Pollicy, a civic tech organization based in Uganda.
Bonnita shares her insights into how technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) is one of the greatest barriers keeping women out of politics—and what the role of civil society is for fighting back.
🎧 Subscribe to hear more stories from diverse women reimagining de...
We've reached episode 8 of our series Resist, Persist and Reimagine, and this time we share the microphone with Hibaaq Osman, CEO of Karama, an organization working to advance women's rights across the African and Arab regions.
“Democracy without women is hypocrisy,” says Osman in this episode. She shares her vision of what real democracy looks like: not something imposed, but something built through community, accountabilit...
In this episode of Resist, Persist and Reimagine we feature Adela Raz —former Afghan Ambassador to the U.S. and Director of the Afghanistan Policy Lab—.
She shares her story growing up during war, leading through crisis, and what it will take to reclaim democracy and political voice for women in Afghanistan and beyond.
🎧 Subscribe to hear more stories from diverse women reimagining democracy from the margins—and share to help amplif...
On the sixth episode of Resist, Persist and Reimagine, we travel Thailand to have a profound conversation with Kunthida Rungruengkiat, former MP and feminist leader.
After being banned from Parliament, she co-founded a groundbreaking academy to prepare women and LGBTQ+ leaders to shape policies across all areas of government.
🎧 Subscribe to hear more stories from diverse women reimagining democracy from the margins—and share to ...
We've reached the fifth episode of Resist, Persist and Reimagine, and we have a very special guest for this occasion.
From Open Society Foundations Laleh Ispahani shares how the Colmena Fund is fueling feminist leadership—supporting women to lead, thrive, and reshape democracy from the ground up.
🎧 Subscribe to hear more stories from diverse women reimagining democracy from the margins—and share to help amplify their voices.
...In the fourth episode of Resist, Persist and Reimagine, Symmy Larrat shares her story : from the Amazon to government leadership, and her bold vision for a democracy built on rights, truth, and the freedom to be who we are.
From her roots in the Amazon to becoming Brazil’s top LGBTQIA+ official, Symmy Larrat’s journey is a story of resilience and redefining what power looks like.
#TransLeadership #LGBTQVoices #PrideMonth #Col...
In the third episode of Resist, Persist and Reimagine Podcast, Epsy Campbell, former VP of Costa Rica and Steering Committee member at Colmena Fund, speaks about hope.
Campbell calls on what she names the generation of light—young leaders, organizers, and dreamers—to help give birth to something radically better: a democracy with representation, without discrimination, and a social contract that guarantees rights—and protects the p...
In the second episode of Resist, Persist and Reimagine, we share a conversation with Phumzile Mlambo-Ngucka, about feminist leadership, global solidarity, and resisting authoritarianism.
From her early activism under Apartheid to leading UN Women and serving as South Africa’s Deputy President, Phumzile reflects on the unfinished work of justice—and what comes next. #ColmenaHive
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