FREE/DEM Community Podcast: Corona Special_Stories from the Ground_15_My COVID story

Corona Special_Stories from the ground: As the COVID 19 pandemic sweeps the country, migrants and those living on the margins of the city will be impacted the most both in terms of health as well as economic outcomes. The Freedem Initiative undertakes media literacy trainings with communities in and around Delhi. FreeDem community reporters bring you a series of stories from the ground in these difficult times as well as  information about the various Government relief programmes that have been announced.

Episode 15: My COVID story

 "The lockdown and the pandemic made me dependent on my husband once again"

 Episode producer Kanchan shares her account on how the COVID pandemic changed her whole life.

Free/Dem Community Podcasts, is the online avatar of the Freedem WhatsApp Radio run by community members of Tajpur Pahadi and other urban slums in and around Delhi. There are 6 shows built around ideas of gender equity, love, freedom of expression, human rights and justice. Through the podcasts community members discuss as well as share their lived realities. They are produced under Ideosync's FREE/DEM initiative, which provides marginalized communities - especially women and migrants - a platform to amplify their narratives and stories using audio and video.

FREE/DEM Community Podcast: Love Is Part Of Life Ep3_Sazwan Love Story

Love Is Part Of Life is a show about love and relationships. Episode Producer Sonam is a young woman who loves reading and sharing stories through podcasts. She is a college student who is also associated with Child Survival India.

Episode 3: Sazwan's Love Story

"How many of us wait patiently over the years for our love to be recognized and respected?"

Host Sonam shares her best friend's love story which is a tale of young love and challenges that comes with it in a society which is not comfortable with the idea of a love marriage.

Love is part of Life is one of 6 shows produced as part of the Free/Dem Community Podcasts, the online avatar of the Freedem WhatsApp Radio run by community members of Tajpur Pahadi and other urban slums in and around Delhi. The shows are built around ideas of gender equity, love, freedom of expression, human rights and justice. Through the podcasts community members discuss as well as share their lived realities. They are produced under Ideosync's FREE/DEM initiative, which provides marginalized communities - especially women and migrants - a platform to amplify their narratives and stories using audio and video.

FREE/DEM Community Podcast: Zyaada Bolne Waali Auratein Ep7_Aurat Aur Hinsa

Zyada Bolne Wali Aurtein (Women Who Talk Too Much) is a show about women and by women. It showcases their desires and dreams, questioning the limits imposed on them by society -  and explores what gender equality and freedom means. Episode Producer Heena is a FreeDem Fellow also engaged with an Women's rights organization and advocates for the same through her stories.

Episode 7:Aurat Aur Hinsa

"Sometimes, women endure a lot of  injustice in their marriage just because they have been conditioned to think it's their responsibility".

Many a times we find ourselves asking why some victims of domestic violence continue to stay with their abuser. There are layers to each issue and in this episode Heena uncovers one such layer, she shares a story of a woman who tells us why she chose to remain in an abusive relationship.

Zyada Bolne Wali Aurtein is one of 6 shows produced as part of the Free/Dem Community Podcasts, the online avatar of the Freedem WhatsApp Radio run by community members of Tajpur Pahadi and other urban slums in and around Delhi. The shows are built around ideas of gender equity, love, freedom of expression, human rights and justice. Through the podcasts community members discuss as well as share their lived realities. They are produced under Ideosync's FREE/DEM initiative, which provides marginalized communities - especially women and migrants - a platform to amplify their narratives and stories using audio and video.

FREE/DEM Community Podcast: Azad lab Ep6_Palat Kar Jawab Kyu Nehi Diya

Azad Lab (Free To Speak) is a show that discusses issues that are often sidelined by the mainstream but that cause much disruption and anxiety among young people like masculinity, caste etc. Episode producer Aarti loves to sing and is working as an Youth Auditor with Action India while also being associated with The FreeDem Initiative.

Episode 6: Palat Kar Jawab Kyu Nehi Diya

 "I consider myself to be an independent woman and work in an organization that advocates for Women rights. But the irony is even though on field, I  advocate the fact that women and girls should speak up but I feel powerless myself when faced with such situations like eve teasing in field.

This episode has Aarti introducing us to her field work and community experiences from a gendered perspective.

Azad Lab is one of 6 shows produced as part of the Free/Dem Community Podcasts, the online avatar of the Freedem WhatsApp Radio run by community members of Tajpur Pahadi and other urban slums in and around Delhi. The shows are built around ideas of gender equity, love, freedom of expression, human rights and justice. Through the podcasts, community members discuss as well as share their lived realities. They are produced under Ideosync's FREE/DEM initiative, which provides marginalized communities - especially women and migrants - a platform to amplify their narratives and stories using audio and video.

FREE/DEM Community Podcast: Zyaada Bolne Waali Auratein Ep6_Periods Leave

Zyada Bolne Wali Aurtein (Women Who Talk Too Much) is a show about women and by women. It showcases their desires and dreams, questioning the limits imposed on them by society -  and explores what gender equality and freedom means. Episode Producer Kalpana from New Seemapuri, Delhi is engaged with Action India as a community Mobilizer.

Episode 6: Periods Leave

"This leave is according to the needs of women..during periods a lot of women experience pain and so need rest...if men also had  such needs, we would have stood up for them...so it is wrong to make it sound in anyway that providing special leaves during periods will belittle women."

In this episode, Kalpana tries to gain insight on the much debated issue of providing period leaves to women and how both men and women are perceiving it in her office.

Zyada Bolne Wali Aurtein is one of 6 shows produced as part of the Free/Dem Community Podcasts, the online avatar of the Freedem WhatsApp Radio run by community members of Tajpur Pahadi and other urban slums in and around Delhi. The shows are built around ideas of gender equity, love, freedom of expression, human rights and justice. Through the podcasts community members discuss as well as share their lived realities. They are produced under Ideosync's FREE/DEM initiative, which provides marginalized communities - especially women and migrants - a platform to amplify their narratives and stories using audio and video.

FREE/DEM Community Podcast: Azad lab Ep5_Ye Ishq Nehi Aasan

Azad Lab (Free To Speak) is a show that discusses issues that are often sidelined by the mainstream but that cause much disruption and anxiety among young people like masculinity, caste etc. Episode producer Asha loves to question societal norms and structures and is currently engaged with Action India.

Episode 5: Ye Ishq Nehi Aasan

 "If India's women are free citizens then should they not have freedom to choose their life partners? I feel, Religion and caste divides that our country is seeing today will only be overcome in marriages that cross these caste and religion boundaries. It is in these families that the children of tomorrow will be born."

This episode features FreeDem trainee Asha talking to fellow women who defied society and married according to their will and how the rigid caste and religious divide disable so many women from making the same choice.

Azad Lab is one of 6 shows produced as part of the Free/Dem Community Podcasts, the online avatar of the Freedem WhatsApp Radio run by community members of Tajpur Pahadi and other urban slums in and around Delhi. The shows are built around ideas of gender equity, love, freedom of expression, human rights and justice. Through the podcasts, community members discuss as well as share their lived realities. They are produced under Ideosync's FREE/DEM initiative, which provides marginalized communities - especially women and migrants - a platform to amplify their narratives and stories using audio and video.

FREE/DEM Community Podcast: Zyaada Bolne Waali Auratein Ep5_Auratein Wale Shabd:Periods, Bra,Panty

Zyada Bolne Wali Aurtein (Women Who Talk Too Much) is a show about women and by women. It showcases their desires and dreams, questioning the limits imposed on them by society -  and explores what gender equality and freedom means. Episode Producer Rupa, a first year BA student looks to cook and read books. Presently, she is engaged as a Youth Auditor with Action India  and works with Adolescents under the project Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights(SRHR).

Episode 5: Auratein Wale Shabd: Periods, Bra, Panty

"When I was 16, the first time I went to buy a sports bra, I felt so embarrassed doing that, thoughts like what if the shopkeeper is a young guy.....what  if someone is watching me were constantly running in my mind, so I quickly purchased without even checking it, stuffed it in my bag and ran away from the shop".

This episode underscores the societal shame associated with words like Periods, Bra, Panty etc usage of which in public spaces amounts to women being extremely conscious, shameful and under confident and highlights the need to make them a part of the general discourse and dissociate the shame.

Zyada Bolne Wali Aurtein is one of 6 shows produced as part of the Free/Dem Community Podcasts, the online avatar of the Freedem WhatsApp Radio run by community members of Tajpur Pahadi and other urban slums in and around Delhi. The shows are built around ideas of gender equity, love, freedom of expression, human rights and justice. Through the podcasts community members discuss as well as share their lived realities. They are produced under Ideosync's FREE/DEM initiative, which provides marginalized communities - especially women and migrants - a platform to amplify their narratives and stories using audio and video.

FREE/DEM Community Podcast: Love Is Part Of Life Ep2_Sulaiman’s Uncle’s Love Story

Love Is Part Of Life is a show about love and relationships. Producer Sulaiman is 18 years old school dropout who loves to tinker with electronic and question social norms and structures.

Episode 2: Sulaiman's uncle's Love Story

Host Sulaiman shares his Uncle's love story and how it withstood over the course of time.

Love is part of Life is one of 6 shows produced as part of the Free/Dem Community Podcasts, the online avatar of the Freedem WhatsApp Radio run by community members of Tajpur Pahadi and other urban slums in and around Delhi. The shows are built around ideas of gender equity, love, freedom of expression, human rights and justice. Through the podcasts community members discuss as well as share their lived realities. They are produced under Ideosync's FREE/DEM initiative, which provides marginalized communities - especially women and migrants - a platform to amplify their narratives and stories using audio and video.

FREE/DEM Community Podcast: Zyaada Bolne Waali Auratein Ep4_Naam Main Kya Rakha Hain

Zyada Bolne Wali Aurtein (Women Who Talk Too Much) is a show about women and by women. It showcases their desires and dreams, questioning the limits imposed on them by society -  and explores what gender equality and freedom means.Producer Divya is a 16 year old who loves to dance and aspires to be a dancer one day.

Episode 4: Naam Main Kya Rakha Hain

This episode question the idea on how a woman's identity is always associated with the husband or the father.

Zyada Bolne Wali Aurtein is one of 6 shows produced as part of the Free/Dem Community Podcasts, the online avatar of the Freedem WhatsApp Radio run by community members of Tajpur Pahadi and other urban slums in and around Delhi. The shows are built around ideas of gender equity, love, freedom of expression, human rights and justice. Through the podcasts community members discuss as well as share their lived realities. They are produced under Ideosync's FREE/DEM initiative, which provides marginalized communities - especially women and migrants - a platform to amplify their narratives and stories using audio and video.

FREE/DEM Community Podcast: Azad lab Ep4_School Uniform and Fashion

Azad Lab (Free To Speak) is a show that discusses issues that are often sidelined by the mainstream but that cause much disruption and anxiety among young people like masculinity, caste etc.This episode has been produced by FreeDem trainer Anand.

Episode 4: School Uniform and Fashion

This episode has young FreeDem trainees from Tajpur Pahadi put forth their thoughts on school uniform being discriminatory at some point.

Azad Lab is one of 6 shows produced as part of the Free/Dem Community Podcasts, the online avatar of the Freedem WhatsApp Radio run by community members of Tajpur Pahadi and other urban slums in and around Delhi. The shows are built around ideas of gender equity, love, freedom of expression, human rights and justice. Through the podcasts, community members discuss as well as share their lived realities. They are produced under Ideosync's FREE/DEM initiative, which provides marginalized communities - especially women and migrants - a platform to amplify their narratives and stories using audio and video.