Fulbright Forward - A Diversity Podcast

Feminism and Women's Rights in the (Post-)Soviet Space - Dalia Leinarte

August 13, 2021 FulbrightD&I Season 1 Episode 17
Fulbright Forward - A Diversity Podcast
Feminism and Women's Rights in the (Post-)Soviet Space - Dalia Leinarte
Show Notes

In this episode, Lithuanian author, historian and activist Dalia Leinarte and Susanne Hamscha, EUR Diversity Coordinator, talk about feminism and women's rights in the Soviet Union and the Post-Soviet space. Dalia experienced the former Soviet Union as an insider and and met the restoration of the Independence of Lithuania as a young woman. Dalia interviewed a large number of women and wrote the oral history book, Adopting and Remembering Soviet Reality: Life Stories of Lithuanian Women, 1945–1970 (Rodopi, 2010), which is referenced in this episode. Dalia is a current member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). She held a Fulbright scholar grant in 2002-03.

Please note: Dalia uses both "LGBTIQ" and "LBTIQ" in the podcast as the acronym LBTIQ is officially used in the context of CEDAW.