{"id":10248,"date":"2026-04-23T21:07:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/?post_type=cjp_podcast&#038;p=10248"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:32:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:32:01","slug":"ep-22-maria-arias-women-justice-and-the-work-of-healing","status":"publish","type":"cjp_podcast","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/podcast\/ep-22-maria-arias-women-justice-and-the-work-of-healing\/","title":{"rendered":"22. Maria Arias: Women, Justice, and the Work of Healing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EP. 22 Maria Arias: Women, Justice, and the Work of Healing\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5HBi0ZzmdZA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode of the Peacebuilder Podcast, host Diego Crespo sits down with Maria Arias, an Argentinian lawyer, researcher, and peacebuilder, currently conducting her practicum in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maria shares her work at the intersection of human rights, restorative justice, and gender, focusing on amplifying women\u2019s voices and addressing gender-based violence. Drawing from her research in Argentina, including her book on women\u2019s autonomy in criminal processes, she highlights the importance of listening to survivors and creating alternative, more human-centered justice pathways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conversation follows her journey from Argentina to Mexico, where she was first introduced to restorative justice, and eventually to the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP), where courses like STAR and peacebuilding formation shaped both her personal healing and professional path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now in South Africa, Maria is applying these learnings in practice, conducting research with women, facilitating peacebuilding circles with youth, and creating safe spaces for dialogue and healing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the episode, she reflects on the importance of collective healing, the role of justice systems in empowering women\u2019s voices, and her broader goal of fostering global conversations around gender, trauma, and peacebuilding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guest(s)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-peacebuilder-online-profiles-block wp-block-profiles col-1\"><div class=\"profile profile-0\"><div class=\"profile-media\"><div class=\"no-profile-image\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"profile-content\"><h3 class=\"profile-name\">MARIA ARIAS<\/h3><p class=\"profile-bio\"><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transcript<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":312,"featured_media":10250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","season":[1734],"class_list":["post-10248","cjp_podcast","type-cjp_podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","season-season-four"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cjp_podcast\/10248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cjp_podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cjp_podcast"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/312"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/season?post=10248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}