The fourth episode of the ‘Women and Work: Why it Matters!’ podcast is here! Joining us for this episode is Grace Banu. Grace is a transgender activist and a leading voice in the anti-caste movement. She has also been advocating for Dalit and transgender rights, demanding along with other transgender people for reservation based on gender identity as well as caste.

Listen to the full episode as your hosts Purnima and Nilanjana talk to Grace about the relationship between caste, gender and work, the impact of the pandemic on trans workers, and much more!

This podcast series has been produced under ICRW Asia’s project, Rebuild: COVID-19 and women in the informal economy. Know more about the project: https://www.icrw.org/research-programs/assessing-covid-policy-impact-on-informal-workers-in-kenya-uganda/

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Podcast Editor: Shriya Roy (FII)

Podcast Hosts: Nilanjana Sengupta (ICRW), Purnima Singh (FII)

Podcast Conceptualization and technical content: (ICRW team) Sneha Sharma, Nilanjana Sengupta, Ketaki V Nagaraju, Sharmishtha Nanda,   Srishty Anand, and Pranita Achyut

Podcast Communication and Administrative Support:
(ICRW team) Ketaki V Nagaraju, Nitya Agarwal, Akriti Jayant and Sandeepa Fanda
(FII team) Nishtha Shanti, Purnima Singh, Japleen Pasricha and Shriya Roy