Tea & Politics with Maya

30/09/2025

This was the most difficult conversation I've recorded so far in the Tea & Politics series.There is no fancy intro, please just go and listen.Shabnam is a fo...

28/08/2025

Today we celebrate Tea! Happy birthday to the wonderful Jarc! We need more women from the East and the South making a change and we need more loud voices speaking about the gender pay gap, workers rights and social justice!

On the second episode of "Tea & Politics with Maya" we have Tea Jarc, Slovenian powerhouse, trade union leader, trainer working in the field of equality and ...

22/08/2025

Our special collaboration with Tea & Politics with Maya continues with Mika Ioannidou, attorney, public servant, and lifelong feminist leader.

With over two decades steering the Greek Coordination of the European Women’s Lobby, alongside a distinguished career in law, government, and international policy, Mika has helped shape some of the most defining feminist battles in Greece and across Europe.

We speak about:
◾️Her journey from a young woman challenging patriarchy in a Balkan household
◾The behind-the-scenes struggle for the ratification of the Istanbul Convention in Greece
◾The strategic role of feminist networks in influencing European legislation
◾Violence against women, political resistance, and systemic change
◾How real democracy is impossible without gender equality
◾Why solidarity and sisterhood are more than just words

Discover this new episode right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gjTV0vr2qQ&t=1s

13/08/2025

New episode out 💪🏽
Marion Boeker on gender budgeting, the European Women's Lobby 35th Anniversary and so many more 💫

💡 Budgets aren’t neutral, they tell a political story.

As part of our look back at 35 years of the European Women's Lobby, Tea & Politics with Maya sat with Marion Böker, a trailblazer in gender budgeting and feminist policy.

With decades of experience as a human rights consultant, UN advocate, and founding voice in Germany’s gender budgeting movement, Marion brings clarity to one of the most important yet overlooked areas of feminist politics: public budgets.

Here’s some of what was explored in this new episode:
🔹 The origins of gender budgeting and why it still matters
🔹 How budget lines reveal political priorities, or the lack of them
🔹 What Pakistan, not the EU, can teach us about strategic implementation
🔹 The risks of rising authoritarianism across Europe and beyond
🔹 Feminist resistance and coalition-building in the face of backlash
🔹 Why international treaties and local action must work hand in hand
🔹 The role of the EU as a safeguard, and where it’s falling short

Listen to it now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GArOGfHbC78&t=4s

27/07/2025

New episode 🎤

In the 13th episode of Tea and Politics with Maya, we open our special series marking the 35th Anniversary of the European Women’s Lobby with a compelling co...