{"podcast":{"title":"The Borgen Project Podcast","slug":"the-borgen-project-podcast-5725444","podcast_index_feed_id":5725444,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5680652/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://borgenproject.org/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8279712248eaa240d40c13443ee3411e.jpg","author":"The Borgen Project","episode_count":100,"summary":"Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. The Borgen Project Podcast seeks to give an informative and humorous look at the biggest issues facing the world. From a humanitarian perspective The Borgen Project Podcast discusses issues like war, famine, genocide, refugees, poverty and hunger. The podcast covers global hotspots like Gaza, Ukraine, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Haiti and other countries experiencing major challenges. Learn more at borgenproject.org.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-21T14:20:05.993983+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-borgen-project-podcast-5725444"},"episode":{"title":"Human Rights Defender who Challenged the Pakistan Government - Gululai Ismail","slug":"human-rights-defender-who-challenged-the-pakistan-government-gululai-ismail","published_at":"2025-08-05T15:54:58+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-borgen-project-podcast-5725444/human-rights-defender-who-challenged-the-pakistan-government-gululai-ismail","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-borgen-project-podcast-5725444","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/human-rights-defender-who-challenged-the-pakistan-government-gululai-ismail--67259337","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67259337/20250804_gulalai_v1.mp3","summary":"Women’s rights activist Gululai Ismail is one of Pakistan’s most prominent human rights defenders and critics of the Pakistani security services. Authorities in Pakistan have falsely accused her of a litany of serious offences including sedition, financing terrorism and defaming state institutions as a result of her advocacy for a grassroots Pashtun rights movement.Ismail was forced to go on the run in 2019, managing to escape to the U.S. despite significant efforts to capture her. Pakistani security services have since targeted Ismail’s parents, throwing her 65-year-old father into jail on charges of sedition and terrorism financing, which human rights defenders say are bogus and thinly-veiled revenge against the family for embarrassing state security services.Ismail is well-known in the global human rights community for spotlighting the rampant abuse of women and girls in Pakistan, especially gang rapes perpetrated by government soldiers. She is the founder of a leading organization called Aware Girls, which focuses on women’s empowerment, peace-building and countering violent extremism. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty. The Borgen Project Podcast seeks to give an informative and humorous look at the biggest issues facing the world. borgenproject.org Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.","meta_description":"Women’s rights activist Gululai Ismail is one of Pakistan’s most prominent human rights defenders and critics of the Pakistani security services. Authorit…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2441,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-borgen-project-podcast-5725444/episodes/human-rights-defender-who-challenged-the-pakistan-government-gululai-ismail/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-borgen-project-podcast-5725444/human-rights-defender-who-challenged-the-pakistan-government-gululai-ismail.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}