The United Nations House Scotland Podcast

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  Climate, Gender and Nuclear Disarmament Episode 1: Feminist Perspectives on Nuclear Disarmament with Janet Fenton 02.12.2025 1h 2min

  In this first episode of our new series, we explore nuclear disarmament through a feminist lens. Our guest, Janet Fenton—activist, co-founder of Secure Scotland, and Vice-Chair of Scottish CND—discusses the role of women in disarmament advocacy, the impact of nuclear weapons on marginalised communities, and why gender must be part of the conversation.Join us as we kick off a series that highlights the often-overlooked connections between gender, climate, justice, and disarmament and centers women’s voices and underrepresented perspectives in one of today’s most urgent global conversations.Contact us via email at ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter: @UNHouseScotlandInstagram: @UNHouseScotlandLinkedIn:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-house-scotland/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/⁠⁠⁠⁠  
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  Natural Disaster Resilience in Cities Episode 3: Uganda and Zambia – with Pearl Dutki, Joel Odota and Richard Kachungu 26.06.2025 46min

  In this third and final episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast special, the Sustainable Cities team at UNHS takes over with a series on natural disaster resilience in cities. Join hosts Elena Kerr and Jack Ringrose as they speak on food security and resilience in Uganda and Zambia with Pearl Dutki, a student of sustainable-urban development in Finland, Joel Odota, Co-founder of the China-Uganda Research network, and Richard Kachungu, Co-founder of the Young Emerging Farmers initiative in Zambia.Contact us via email at ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠Twitter: @UNHouseScotlandInstagram: @unhs_podcastLinkedIn:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-house-scotland/⁠⁠⁠ Website:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/⁠⁠⁠  
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  Natural Disaster Resilience in Cities Episode 2: Indonesia and Bangladesh – with Yann and Pavel 15.06.2025 39min

  In this second episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast special, the Sustainable Cities team at UNHS takes over with a series on natural disaster resilience in cities. Join hosts Luke and Jerry and special guests Yann and Pavel for a deep dive into how two Asian nations—Indonesia and Bangladesh—respond to natural disasters.Contact us via email at ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠Twitter: @UNHouseScotlandInstagram: @unhs_podcastLinkedIn:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-house-scotland/⁠⁠⁠ Website:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/⁠⁠⁠  
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  Natural Disaster Resilience in Cities Episode 1: Myanmar – with May East and Lilly 29.05.2025 18min

  In this first episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast special, the Sustainable Cities team at UNHS takes over with a series on natural disaster resilience in cities. Join host Elena Kerr and guest speakers May East, an international urbanist, consultant and educator, and Lilly, a filmaker and art-ivist, as they explore the responses to and impacts of the recent Myanmar earthquake. Contact us via email at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠Twitter: @UNHouseScotlandInstagram: @unhs_podcastLinkedIn:⁠⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-house-scotland/⁠⁠ Website:⁠⁠ https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/⁠⁠  
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  Human Rights Series Episode 3: Public Perception of the NHS – Featuring Audience Testimonies 29.04.2023 1h 1min

  In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast Human Rights special, the Human Rights team at UNHS takes over with the final instalment of the three part series on access to healthcare based on gender, sexuality and race. Join hosts Ifeoluwa Asefon, Jack Lenox and Hana Shono as they discuss social care and bring in other people's testimonies on their healthcare experiences in the UK. Contact us via email at ⁠[email protected]⁠ Twitter: @UNHouseScotland Instagram: @unhs_podcast LinkedIn:⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-house-scotland/⁠  Website:⁠ https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/⁠  
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  Human Rights Series Episode 2: 'An Appetite for Improvement' – with Kate Astbury and Lucy Wellman 18.04.2023 50min

  In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast Human Rights special, Ifeoluwa, Jack and Hana speak to Kate Astbury and Lucy Wellman about their work at CERT and the importance of improving access to healthcare for marginalised groups in Scotland and the UK. For more information about CERT, please visit the following link: https://www.certscotland.com/ Contact us via email at ⁠[email protected]⁠ Twitter: @UNHouseScotland Instagram: @unhs_podcast LinkedIn:⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-house-scotland/⁠  Website:⁠ https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/⁠  
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  Human Rights Series Episode 1: The Social Determinants of Healthcare – with Ifeoluwa Asefon, Jack Lenox and Hana Shono 15.04.2023 1h 17min

  In this first episode of a brand new season of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, the Human Rights team at UNHS takes over with a three part series on access to healthcare based on gender, sexuality and race. Join hosts Ifeoluwa Asefon, Jack Lenox and Hana Shono as they bring in their own experiences and research on this topic. Contact us via email at [email protected] Twitter: @UNHouseScotland Instagram: @unhs_podcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-house-scotland/  Website: https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/  
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  Gender Equality Series Episode 4: Gendered Unpaid Care And A Better Division Of Household Tasks – with Lori Mihalich-Levin 08.08.2022 31min

  In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, Georgie McLeman speaks to Lori Mihalich-Levin, best selling author, healthcare lawyer and CEO and founder of Mindful return. They spoke about unpaid care and productive conversations that can lead to better divisions of household labour. For more information about Lori’s work and story, please visit the following links: Mindful return website: https://www.mindfulreturn.com/about-lori-mihalich-levin/ Her book: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16483376.Lori_K_Mihalich_Levin Her podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/parents-at-work/id1239258343 Contact us via email at [email protected]. Twitter: @UNHouseScotland Instagram: @unhs_podcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-house-scotland/ Website: https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/
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  Gender Equality Series Episode 3: ‘Grow Through What We Go Through’ – On Trauma and Healing with Madeleine Black 29.11.2021 34min

  [Content Warning: this episode contains references to violence against women and girls, including reference to sexual violence and rape.] In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, Hannah Lawrence speaks to Madeleine Black, best-selling author, international public speaker, and survivor of sexual violence. For more information about Madeleine’s work and story, please visit the following links: Her website: https://madeleineblack.co.uk/ Her book: https://www.amazon.com/Unbroken-Journey-Shattered-Violence-Survival/dp/1786062763 https://www.bookdepository.com/Unbroken-Madeleine-Black/9781786062765 Her podcast: https://open.spotify.com/album/44xpQm2AZx8Uqxsa4kGHsf Contact us via email at [email protected]. Twitter: @UNHouseScotland Instagram: @unhs_podcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-house-scotland/ Website: https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/
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  Gender Equality Series Episode 2: Women, Peace and Security – with Varsha Thebo 15.11.2021 1h

  In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, Jess speaks to Varsha Thebo, the Hillary Rodham Clinton Research Fellow (2020-2021) at Georgetown Institute of Women Peace and Security about the Women, Peace and Security Agenda at the United Nations. For more information about the work of Varsha and her colleagues at the Georgetown Institute of Women Peace and Security, visit their website: https://giwps.georgetown.edu/. They also produce an interesting e-newsletter which you can sign up to on the website. Find out more about the GIWPS Women Peace and Security Index 2021-22 here: https://giwps.georgetown.edu/the-index/. Contact us via email at [email protected]. Twitter: @UNHouseScotland Instagram: @unhs_podcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-house-scotland/ Website: https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/
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  Gender Equality Series Episode 1: Women’s Rights and Gender Equality at the United Nations – with Pat Black 01.11.2021 1h 4min

  [Content Warning: this episode contains references to violence against women and girls, including reference to sexual violence, rape and female genital mutilation/cutting.] In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, Jess speaks to Pat Black, advocacy advisor for Soroptimist International, about gender equality, women’s rights and the role of the UN in supporting and empowering women. For more information on the topics discussed in this episode, please visit the below links which Pat has kindly provided for your reference: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women: https://www.unwomen.org/en Commission on the Status of Women (CSW): ​​https://www.unwomen.org/en/csw Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) CSW Forum: http://ngocsw.org The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) (1979): https://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/cedaw/pages/cedawindex.aspx SDG 5 on Gender Equality: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal5 Beijing Platform for Action (1995): https://www.soroptimistinternational.org/what-is-the-beijing-declaration-and-platform-for-action/ Soroptimist International: https://www.soroptimistinternational.org/ Contact us via email at [email protected]. Twitter: @UNHouseScotland Instagram: @unhs_podcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-house-scotland/ Website: https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/
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  Episode 7: Ethnic Equality and the UK – A Life Reflective with Prof Sir Geoff Palmer 05.07.2021 1h 11min

  In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, host Hannah speaks with Prof Sir Geoff Palmer on his life experiences moving from Kingston, Jamaica to the UK and addresses historical black representation in England and Scotland. For more information about the topics discussed in this episode, please visit: https://www.eis.org.uk/Anti-Racism/BHM19 https://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/for-journalists/graduation-ceremonies-1/summer-2016/orations/oration-for-professor-sir-godfrey-palme http://www.elrec.org.uk https://www.abertay.ac.uk/news/2020/professor-sir-geoff-palmer-scotlands-caribbean-slavery-connections/ Contact us via email at [email protected]. Twitter: @UNHouseScotland Instagram: @UNHouseScotland LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-house-scotland/ Website: https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/
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  Episode 6: Young Social Entrepreneurs Addressing Global Challenges – with Alexander Taylor, Madhavi Shankar and Siya Tayal 21.06.2021 1h 6min

  In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, host Hana speaks with young social entrepreneurs Alexander Taylor (founder and president of Artem NextGen), Madhavi Shankar (co-founder and CEO of SpaceBasic), and Siya Tayal (founder of Bee Nifty) as they share their experiences and give advice to aspiring social entrepreneurs. For more information about the topics discussed in this episode, please visit: https://www.artemleaders.com https://www.spacebasic.com https://www.1m2030.org https://www.instagram.com/project.i.am.enough/?hl=en Episode Error: Please note that Siya is NOT a Youth Ambassador to 1M2030 as is said in the introduction but rather a millennium speaker. To connect with our guests: https://www.linkedin.com/in/artemnexgen/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/madhavishankar/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/siyatayal/ Contact us via email at [email protected]. Twitter: @UNHouseScotland Instagram: @UNHouseScotland LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-house-scotland/ Website: https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/
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  Episode 5: United Nations Association Scotland Branches – with UNAS Branch Officers 07.06.2021 1h 12min

  In this roundtable episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, hosts Hana and Hannah speak with the different United Nations Association Scotland (UNAS) branch officers – Dr Nigel Dower (Aberdeen), Michael Butler (Highlands and Islands), Elena Gastaldo (Dundee), Laura van Overbeek Crusells (Dundee), Simen Jordsmyr Holm (Edinburgh), Zothile Nkosi (Stirling), and Jurin Katayama (St Andrews) – to talk about their thoughts and experiences working with UNA. For more information about the topics discussed in this episode, please visit: https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/our-branches https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/from-paris-to-cop26 http://wfuna.org Contact us via email at [email protected]. Twitter: @UNHouseScotland Instagram: @UNHouseScotland LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-house-scotland/ Website: https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/
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  Episode 4: Mental Health Awareness – with Dr Oluwole Oluwaniyi 24.05.2021 1h

  In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, hosts Hana and Hannah speak with Dr Oluwole Oluwaniyi – a medical doctor and public health specialist – to talk about the importance of mental health awareness following mental health awareness week in the UK (mental health awareness month in the US). Mental health has become increasingly acknowledged by both society and governments across the world and has been especially highlighted since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information about the topics discussed in this episode, please visit: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal3 https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/post/launched-today-our-adolescent-mental-health-report Contact us via email at [email protected]. Twitter: @UNHouseScotland Instagram: @UNHouseScotland LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-house-scotland/ Website: https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/
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  Episode 3: Introduction to Nuclear Disarmament – with Nathalie Balabhadra 10.05.2021 1h 10min

  In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, hosts Hannah and Jess speak with Nathalie Balabhadra – an economics and politics student at the University of Edinburgh and an intern at the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy – to provide an introduction to the broad and critical campaign that is nuclear disarmament. On the 22nd of January 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) came into force. It is the first international agreement prohibiting States Parties from the use of nuclear weapons. It crucially illustrates a framework for the elimination of these weapons and provides assistance to the victims of their use and testing. For more information about the topics discussed in this episode, please visit: https://www.un.org/disarmament/wmd/nuclear/npt/ https://www.icanw.org https://www.un.org/disarmament/wmd/nuclear/tpnw/ Contact us via email at [email protected]. Twitter: @UNHouseScotland Instagram: @UNHouseScotland LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-house-scotland/ Website: https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/
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  Special Episode: World Malaria Day 26.04.2021 16min

  In this special news episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, hosts Jess and Hannah speak about the life-threatening malaria disease, prevention, and hope for a vaccine. For more information about the topics discussed in this episode, please visit: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria https://www.who.int/malaria/areas/elimination/e2020/en/ https://www.who.int/initiatives/malaria-vaccine-implementation-programme Contact us via email at [email protected]. Twitter: @UNHouseScotland Instagram: @UNHouseScotland LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-house-scotland/ Website: https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/
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  Episode 2: What are the Sustainable Development Goals? — with Paul Bradley 12.04.2021 54min

  In this episode of the UN House Scotland Podcast, hosts Jess and Hannah speak with Paul Bradley (SCVO and SDG Network Scotland) about the implementation of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in Scotland, and on an international level. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals were set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, and include No Poverty (1), Zero Hunger (2), Reduced Inequalities (10), Climate Action (13) and Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions (16). For more information about the Sustainable Development Goals, please visit: https://sdgs.un.org/goals https://globalgoals.scot/ https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/sdgs Contact us via email at [email protected]. Twitter: @UNHouseScotland Instagram: @UNHouseScotland LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-house-scotland/ Website: https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/
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  Episode 1: What is the United Nations? — with Dr Gari Donn and Dr Dorothea Christiana 29.03.2021 48min

  In this inaugural episode of the UN House Scotland Podcast, our hosts speak with Dr Gari Donn (Executive Director of UNHS) and Dr Dorothea Christiana (Chair of the UN Association in Scotland and Head of Strategy and Operations at UNHS). The discussion provides a framework for understanding the role of the United Nations from its founding on the 24th of October 1945 to 2021. For more information about the topics discussed in this episode, please visit: https://www.un.org/disarmament/wmd/nuclear/tpnw/ https://www.amazon.com/2nd-Charter-United-Nations-Peoples/dp/B08GV91YLQ https://una.org.uk https://www.unwomen.org/en/csw Contact us via email at [email protected]. Twitter: @UNHouseScotland Instagram: @UNHouseScotland LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-house-scotland/ Website: https://www.unhscotland.org.uk/
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  Introducing The UNHS Podcast 11.03.2021 1min

  United Nations House Scotland (UNHS) interns Jessica Craig, Hannah Lawrence, and Hana Shono invite expert guests to talk about contemporary issues targeted in the work of the United Nations. The project hosts conversations about the role of the United Nations Association (UNA) and other grassroots non-governmental organisations in the mission led by the UN in Geneva, New York, and across the world.