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Wempower is a London based media platform focused on stories of ordinary women that are inspiring, powerful, inclusive and positive. We want to rewrite the narrative, with stories that sounds and looks like yours. Stories of women that are fighting and working to build a new generation of empowered women. These stories are the testimony that the world is filled with ambitious and remarkable women, ready to lift each other up, willing to fight and speak up for the one that can’t.
Episodes
Sunday Aug 22, 2021
The Black Policy Institute
Sunday Aug 22, 2021
Sunday Aug 22, 2021
How can we increase diversity in policy making inviting everyone to sit at the table?
In this interview with Valerie Bossman-Quarshie, we will try to answer to this question talking about the Black Policy Institute and the work done by this think tank to increase representation and diversity in policy making.
Monday Jul 26, 2021
The Power of Solidarity
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Monday Jul 26, 2021
How can a T-shirt change the life of a refugee?
We have answered to this question with Alexa Netty, Executive Director at SolidariTee, an international student-led charity with the aim of raising awareness about the refugee crisis and it's injustices.
Monday Jul 05, 2021
It’s OK to be different. Story of a young migrant woman
Monday Jul 05, 2021
Monday Jul 05, 2021
Stella, originally from Nigeria, moved to the UK when she was very young, to pursue a better education and access career opportunities.
Stella wanted to become a psychologist and she studied hard to reach her goal, despite all the obstacles she had to face related to her migrant status and peer pressure.
The reason why we have decided to share her story is because she represents a younger generation that wants to make a change and give back to the community and to the people that helped and supported her during her journey.
Monday May 31, 2021
How to restore migrants and refugees dignity through entrepreneurship
Monday May 31, 2021
Monday May 31, 2021
Meet Rosemary Kunene, founder of Dignity Partnership a social enterprise that aims at providing self-employment support services for refugees and asylum seekers.
Rosemary will share her experience living in direct provision as asylum seeker in Ireland and how she overcame difficulties and obstacles, studying and working to create a social enterprise that aims at restoring migrants' dignity through entrepreneurial skills and mentoring.
Monday May 10, 2021
We For Women, Employment and equality rights in Ireland
Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
Meet the founder of We For Women, a virtual hive created with the aim of empowering migrants and refugees women in Ireland through training, mentoring and workshops.
Ecem will tell you everything about her experience and career in the humanitarian field, sharing as well her own experience as migrant woman between paperwork, language barrier and home sickness.
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Women in STEM, bridging the gap
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Marzia Bedoni and Alice Gualerzi, researchers at Fondazione Don Gnocchi's Laboratory of Nanomedicine and Clinical Biophotonics, will talk about the role of women in STEM in Italy and what does it mean to be a female scientist, working in a male dominated field, achieving amazing results and inspiring young generation to pursue a career in STEM.
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Monday Mar 22, 2021
Can technology be ethical?
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Interview with Gail Rego, activist, intersectional feminist and ethical technologist based in Brussels. We talked about technology, gender biases and intersectionality.
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Monday Mar 01, 2021
Accelerating Careers for Women in Data
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Meet Sadie St Lawrence, founder and Executive Director of Women in Data. We talk about her mission to increase diversity in tech and about her own career and leadership journey as she built and expanded this global network that now reaches more than 12.000 members.
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Monday Feb 15, 2021
What does it mean to be a woman working in the STEM field in Italy?
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Follow us in this interesting interview with Raffaella Geometrante and discover more about her experience working in STEM. Interview by Amina, our Italian Correspondent, in collaboration with Women&Technologies.
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Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Muneera the SUPERSTAR of STEM
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Muneera Bano, Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering at Deakin University in Melbourne, was announced as the ‘Most Influential Asian-Australian Under 40’ in 2019. She is the 'Go Girl, Go For IT 2020' Ambassador with the aim to inspire the next generation of girls in STEM careers.
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