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# Pathways podcast and article
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/pathways-podcast-and-article/
- Published: 2007-07-27T16:07:37.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-17T10:24:18.000Z
- Author: Jessica Reed
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:23, #ImagesUploaded

In our first podcast, Jane Gabriel talks to Dr Hania Sholkamy about gender and empowerment in Egypt, and the challenge of engaging with global feminism. Click on the image below to listen now.

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You can also read our opening Pathways articles; [Andrea Cornwall](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/pathways%5Fof%5Fwomens%5Fempowerment) on moving beyond "development-lite" and [Srilatha Batliwala](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/putting%5Fpower%5Fback%5Finto%5Fempowerment%5F0) on reclaiming empowerment for the women's movement.