1 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha and welcome to Stepane. 2 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: Never told your production of iHeart Radio. Okay, before we 3 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 1: start this Activists around the World segment, I did want 4 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: to ask, did you ever do Model You in? Have 5 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:27,319 Speaker 1: we talked about this? I don't think we've talked about this. 6 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: I did something very similar. I don't know that it 7 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: was exactly Model You In. But I went to school 8 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 1: university for essentially I don't know, some kind of diplomacy. 9 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: So I had to take a bunch of classes like that, 10 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: and we did one. It was like a hundred person 11 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: class and everybody had to represent a country, and it 12 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,520 Speaker 1: was a project that lasted half the semester. I think 13 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: that class was tough. I think there was only two 14 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: grades and that was one of them, and I represented Turkey, um, 15 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: and I had to make a lot of I had 16 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: to talk to a bunch of different countries and gotta 17 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: make your deals and stuff, and it was very, very difficult. 18 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: So I don't think I did like the actual thing, 19 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: but I did something similar to it. Okay, like I've 20 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: never done it. I'm not cool enough, and I really 21 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: didn't understand what it was. Yeah, this was just what 22 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: the cool Kids Club. I was not a part of 23 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: the cool Kids Club because you got selected by teachers, 24 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: I think. And so the people who got it, there 25 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: was only like thirteen people of our school, maybe maybe 26 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: even five, I don't remember low number. And that was 27 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: sent for a couple of days and did this thing, 28 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: and I was like, I don't know what's happening. What 29 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: is happening? Um? And I think like it was a 30 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 1: whole big deal. Yeah, it was a big deal. And 31 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: I think it's the plot of like multiple kind of 32 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: teenage romance. Really, yeah, you know what, maybe so so 33 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: I didn't The only thing I have any clue as 34 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: to what it was is based on Parks and rec 35 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: and their episode about the model to you in. And 36 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: I did, like my friend, one of my best friends 37 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: at that point in time, did it actually like two 38 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: of three of them were gone. I was. I was 39 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: really sad. I don't wish it was excluded where all 40 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: our friends went anyway, but they all went and did 41 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 1: this thing and came back and they were telling me 42 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: about it, and yeah, there was like we met this 43 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: dude from this class, which, yeah, it is varying off 44 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,239 Speaker 1: in the whole way of what we're actually talking about 45 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: but anyway, but in this conversation of like trying to 46 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:24,119 Speaker 1: negotiate and talk about peace treatise and conversations about negotiating 47 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: for the future and what it looks like, and I 48 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 1: don't know much about it. So for those of you 49 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 1: who I'm sure we have many a listeners who's been 50 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,959 Speaker 1: a part of this and no exactly what this is about, 51 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: please let me know because I am still kind of 52 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: interested because obviously when we talk about activists around the world, 53 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,239 Speaker 1: we talk a lot about people who are involved with 54 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: different UN types of speeches and conferences and all of 55 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:51,639 Speaker 1: this UM and commissions and board members. There's a lot 56 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: going on in the u N. We know this, and 57 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,119 Speaker 1: we know there's a whole, like bigger scope of conversation 58 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: of what's going around the world and who is actually 59 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 1: doing what we thought the UN was supposed to do 60 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: versus everything else. But that's the whole side conversation. Again, 61 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: I would love to hear from people about the other stuff, 62 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: if you know a deeper like level than I, as 63 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: the novice that couldn't be a part of this exclusive 64 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: club that we are talking specifically about an activist who 65 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: has been a part of the UN talking about activism 66 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:26,359 Speaker 1: and advocacy for gender equality. UM. And that person we're 67 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: talking about is Tricia Shetty UM. And she was a 68 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: part of the youth movement in that and she has 69 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: a lot of if you look at her resume, her 70 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: CV it has a lot of her advocacy work as 71 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: well as her Actually I know it's not a tour, 72 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: but going around speaking, I guess, and I'm talking about 73 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: her work and what is needed in her country in 74 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: India as well as for everywhere. And yeah, she is 75 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: a pro at this. If you have a chance, look 76 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: up Tricia Shetty. UM, you will see her TED talk 77 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: as well as her as her UN speech when she 78 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: talks about advocating for victims of rape and abuse. So 79 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: go ahead, but that yes, we're talking. We're not talking 80 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: about any incidents specifically, but of course I just mentioned 81 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: of it and her advocacy work, so be aware of that. UM. Yeah. 82 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: And Shetty is a lawyer and activists, a speaker and 83 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: advocate who has been working for gender equality all over 84 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: the world. Shetty has shared her personal story publicly as 85 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: she's been working to fight for equal rights and protections 86 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: for the marginalized community around the world, demanding that the 87 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: leaders in her country and all over take a step 88 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 1: defending and protecting those who have been abused and continue 89 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: to suffer without being heard. Right and Shetty has talked 90 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: about her past experiences with being sexually abused as a 91 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: child and the effects as experiences caused, including her PTSD 92 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 1: due to that trauma. She talked about facing her abuser 93 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: and even feeling guilt for being angry or from the 94 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: trauma she suffered, and her TED talk titled Embrace your Scars, 95 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: Be your Own Hero, she says, I did not have 96 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,160 Speaker 1: any option but to be strong. I had to be 97 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: strong to survive and her resilience is something she will 98 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: not apologize for and something that she has used not 99 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 1: only to survive but to fight for others and yeah, 100 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 1: she's done just that. Shetty was born and Mumbai, got 101 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: her degree in political science and psychology at Jihnd College 102 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: and went on to get her law degree in Mumbai University. 103 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: She has been working to advocate for sexual abuse survivors 104 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 1: and getting services to those who aren't able to advocate 105 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: for themselves. She has spoken about India's laws in regards 106 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: to married women and consent, which we know is still 107 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 1: an issue here in the US too, so I don't 108 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,919 Speaker 1: forget that. And also about how she has been working 109 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 1: with abused women in order to not only give them 110 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: a chance at a different life, but being able to 111 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 1: advocate for themselves in regards to rights within the marriage right. 112 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 1: And if you listen to our ted talk, she goes 113 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: into examples of what they've done and what she has 114 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: been able to do for those who are trying to 115 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: get help and to get people to listen about the 116 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: fact that this type of marriage is harmful and dangerous. 117 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,919 Speaker 1: Um In she had he started, she says, a movement 118 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 1: that is youth led that seeks to end gender based 119 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: discrimination and to help in the advancement of women's rights 120 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 1: in India. Uh their mission on she says dot Ian quote. 121 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: She says aims to end gender based discrimination and advance 122 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: women's rights in India by engaging with the youth and 123 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: activating them as agents of social change to achieve the 124 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: U N Sustainable Development Goals, which she was a part 125 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: of in creating. And something is still part of today 126 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 1: because it's supposed to go on to talk a little 127 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: bit more about that minute, and they were to do 128 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 1: so for several years now and have included different ways 129 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 1: of implementing these changes, including providing access to digital literacy 130 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 1: and providing a breakdown of rights and policies worldwide, providing 131 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: educational seiminars to teach consent UH and about consent and 132 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: a deeper understanding of gender based violence, and a curriculum 133 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 1: to teach by standard intervention skills and tactics. And also 134 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: has guidelines on how one can seek help if they 135 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 1: need it UM and they've gone beyond just giving access 136 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: to information, but I have been able to help in 137 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: regards to physical well being as well, whether it's helping 138 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: a survivor of abuse to access treatment physically or psychologically. 139 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: UH to being advocates for those who need assistance in 140 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: getting that help, as well as their initiative to get 141 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: rid of taxes on sanitary napkins and period products within 142 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: the country. UH. According to their site, a sanitary napkin 143 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: can be taxed from four point five to fourteen point 144 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: five percent, so pretty significant in India and with this 145 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: type of taxing can make it hard to afford that 146 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: type of product, she says, has used their platform to 147 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: talk about this type of tax and how it continues 148 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: to marginalize those with periods and then need to abolish 149 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: this type of taxing altogether. And Sitty is currently still 150 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: the CEO of she says, and with that she has 151 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: continued to work all over the world. In Shetty was 152 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: named as one of the Youth Leaders and the inaugural 153 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: you In Youth Leaders for Sustainable Development Goals, which seeks 154 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: to end gender inequality and injustice by UM. She was 155 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: inducted to the Queen's Young Leader cohort in by the 156 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: late Queen Elizabeth and in the same year was named 157 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: Vice President of the Paris Peace Forum Steering Committee, which 158 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: she would be president of the following year UM and 159 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 1: that's a committee working with the French President to host 160 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: the annual event to support international cooperation and global governance 161 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: to ensure durable peace during the recent pandemic. Shetty was 162 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 1: also a part of the Lance at Chatham House Commission 163 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 1: as a Health Commissioner on Improving Population, Health and post COVID, 164 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: which was an international effort to seek safeguards around the 165 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: world and also looks to see how it can change 166 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: for the future. Right, Yeah, I'm not sure exactly on 167 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:55,840 Speaker 1: what that is we were I was trying to look 168 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 1: through it, but it looks like it's doing a lot 169 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: of research about trying to prevent it for future times, 170 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 1: which is necessary. We know this, we know this. Um 171 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 1: and Chatty has been also been a part of the 172 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: High Level Advisory Commission that worked on the report of 173 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 1: security issues globally. So yeah, she's on a lot of 174 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 1: things right now. And not surprisingly, she's been named on 175 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 1: many Who's Who list, including Forbes thirty Under thirty Most 176 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: Powerful Warriors of Vogue. Indian Women of the Year was 177 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: one of the twelve Obama Foundation scholars who would go 178 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: on to a year long program in Columbia University, and 179 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: it was with the inaugural program. I'm not gonna I'm 180 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: not sure if it still exists, but you know, uh 181 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: so she was I believe the only Indian uh participant 182 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: to be a part of that, so that was awesome. 183 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 1: But yeah, she has been working since then to continue 184 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: in these programs, in these conversations because obviously we are 185 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: far far away from getting gender quality. Yeah yeah, but 186 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: this work is amazing, yes, and my much needed and 187 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: as always very inspiring. So I'm always happy to share 188 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 1: these stories and listeners, UM, if you have anybody you 189 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 1: think we should cover. 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