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In this special miniseries we are hosting conversations with some of global debate's leading voices on making debate a more inclusive space. 

 In this episode we speak with Esinam Osei-Bonsu. Esinam is a prominent debater in the Ghanaian debating community, where she helped set up a Women's Tournament to allow women to join ánd stay in debating. She herself felt the hurdles of entering and staying in the debate community whilst moving to Cambridge University for her postgraduate degree.

 This episode includes the following topics: 

 * How the majority in a space can be blind to the adjustments needed to make everyone feel welcome into their club, and how concrete steps can - and must - be made to include this majority;
* How representation in adjudication cores and in organisation, learning from each other's backgrounds, taking complaints seriously, and reaching out to student communities beyond your own can make a real difference to increase the representation of minorities in the debate community;
* how ignorance by the majority in a space can be broken down by patient and good-faith conversation on both ends;
* what we can learn from the rise of women's debating in Ghana.  

IDI hosts conversations about making debate education better. Debate Education is a crucial 21st-century tool to improve young people's critical thinking, civic participation, and public speaking. We talk with leading experts in the field to unlock debate's potential.  IDI is a podcast by the International Debate Education Association.  

A list of further sources accompanying the podcast can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...