The wempower’s Podcast

Fighting for Gender Equality

Adelasia Divona is a Senior Gender Officer at OSCE Mission in Skopje, and she is the guest of our new Podcast episode.  In this interview we will talk about how Adelasia has been fighting for gender equality, in and out of the field, as an handball player first, and as a gender officer working on different mission around the world. 

Migrant Women Press

Meet Juliana da Penha, an Afro-Latin woman from Brazil, journalist and founder of  Migrant Women Press, a media platform that aims at giving voice to migrant journalists and storytellers to break stereotypes and change the narrative.

Migrant Women Press is an independent media outlet created to give visibility to stories of migrant and refugee women, black and women of colour and women from marginalised communities.

 

 

Be Present, Be You

This time I have interviewed Manuela Lanza , creativity coach and former CNN journalist.

She will talk about her career change and how she is using her skills and knowledge to empower other women reaching their creative and entrepreneurial goals.

Manuela is empowering women entrepreneurs through coaching, leading them to create a path where they can BE who they want to BE, becoming more productive, creative and confident.

 

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The Black Policy Institute

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. 

The Power of Solidarity

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.

It’s OK to be different. Story of a young migrant woman

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.

How to restore migrants and refugees dignity through entrepreneurship

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.

We For Women, Employment and equality rights in Ireland

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.

 

Women in STEM, bridging the gap

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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Can technology be ethical?

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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