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In this episode of Voices Across Waters, Shereen speaks with Simona Getova about growing up in post-Yugoslav Macedonia. She talks about inheriting a strong sense of social justice and finding her political home in transnational climate justice organizing.
Simona recalls a defining moment in international climate justice organizing. At that time, comrades from the Global South challenged European activists to confront privilege, colonial histories, and unequal power relations inside the movement.
From that moment on, intersectionality stopped being only a theory. It became a daily political practice.
Together, Shereen and Simona explore why relationships are central to ecofeminist struggle. They explain why safe spaces must go beyond rhetoric. They also show that solidarity becomes meaningful only through mutual aid, shared platforms, and concrete care.
In a world shaped by late-stage capitalism, militarization, and patriarchal elites, this conversation offers a simple reminder: the future begins in how we relate to one another now.
Simona Getova (interviewee) is an intersectional decolonial feminist organizer, facilitator, and educator from Macedonia, currently based in Barcelona. She is Head of Operations at Research & Degrowth International and a researcher at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at UPF.
Shereen Talaat (interviewer) is a feminist economist and filmmaker from Egypt, currently based in Morocco. She founded the MENAFEM Movement, which leads regional advocacy for debt justice and feminist economic alternatives in the SWANA region.
This podcast series is part of the Ecofeminism in the Mediterranean initiative and was developed as a chain-interview format designed to create relational dialogue across territories, experiences, and struggles.
Research & Degrowth is an academic association dedicated to advancing research, training, and collective reflection on degrowth, ecological justice, and post-growth transformations. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, it supports critical thinking and collective action toward socially just and ecologically viable futures. Project coordination and leadership by Lena Penšek, activist and communicator of the Ecofeminism in the Mediterranean project, with visual identity and artwork by Alexandra Mestre. Find out more at https://degrowth.org/
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