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Change Making Women
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Change Making Women: The Podcast for Women who make a differenceChange Making Women is a podcast with Ziada Abeid in Tanzania & Mary Ann Clements (formerly Mhina) in London. We make this Podcast for women who want to make a difference in the world through something they do. It could be their business, art, writing, other creative work, their campaigning or community organising, their work in NGOs, social movements and socially minded- businesses, from volunteers through solo-preneurs to those working in and leading large NGOs, social enterprises or businesses. If you are a woman trying to make change happen we are talking to you. This stuff is complicated so this isn't a simple how to guide (although we will talk about some of the hows we and others have and are trying) and we don't shy away from exploring the problems and discussing the difficult stuff. Nevertheless the things we talk about, the stories we tell and interviews we broadcast are all reflections, observations and pointe
Episodes
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#85: Performative Allyship & Going Viral with Holiday Phillips
Ziada and Mary Ann talk with Holiday Phillips about her article that recently went viral 'Performative Allyship Is Deadly (Here’s What to Do Instead)'. She tells us about what made her write it, the experience of it going viral and some of her other thoughts about racial justice and anti-racist...
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#84: Speaking Up with Animah Kosai
In this episode, Ziada and Mary Ann talk with Animah Kosai about her work on Speaking Up in the workplace. Animah Kosai speaks, writes and advises on workplace sexual harassment & bullying, and speaking up on corporate wrongdoing. She formed Speak Up At Work and is co-founder of Speak Up Academy…
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#83: Launching 'The Space between Black & White' during a pandemic with Esua Goldsmith
Welcome to the second in a new series of episodes in which we are talking to women making a difference in this time of Covid-19. Today Ziada and Mary Ann talk with Esua Goldsmith author of a new memoir, The Space between Black and White about writing and publishing a book about her own life, why…
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#82: The impact of Covid-19 on girls and young women in Uganda with Immaculate Mukasa
Welcome to a new series of episodes in which we are talking to women making a difference in in this time of Covid-19. Today in our first show since the pandemic began Ziada and and Mary Ann talk with Immaculate Mukasa is the Executive Director of The Mentoring and Empowerment Programme for Young...
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Guest Series: Embodying Change 4 – Nasra Ismail, Director of the Somalia NGO consortium
In this conversation, Melissa Pitotti talks with Nasra Ismail, Director of the Somalia NGO consortium. They talk about wellbeing in the context of the localisation agenda in humanitarian aid and why conversations about wellbeing require us to consider our privilege and to think about our work in...
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Guest Series: Embodying Change 3 – Kate Gilmore, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
In this conversation, Melissa Pitotti talks with Kate Gilmore the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights. They talk about wellbeing in the UN system and other humanitarian and human rights work, about how Kate sees the connections between personal and political and some tangible...
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Guest Series: Embodying Change 2 - Care and Compassion with Shuhba Chako & Artemisa Castro
In this conversation, Mary Ann talks with Shuhba Chacko in India and Artemisa Castro in Mexico. They consider together how we might cultivate caring and compassion in our organisations and movements. Shubha Chacko is a joyful activist who has drawn strength, knowledge, and warmth from strong...
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Guest Series: Embodying Change 1 - Space and Wellbeing with Penelope Sanyu & Eshban Kwesiga
In this conversation, Mary Ann talks with Penelope Sanyu from Femme Forte (https://www.femmeforteug.org/) in Uganda about how she links space and wellbeing in her work. They are joined with Eshban Kwesiga who has experienced the spaces Penelope creates and who also shares his perspective on her...
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Guest Series: Embodying Change 1 - Space and Wellbeing with Penelope Sanyu & Eshban Kwesiga
In this conversation, Mary Ann talks with Penelope Sanyu from Femme Forte (https://www.femmeforteug.org/) in Uganda about how she links space and wellbeing in her work. They are joined with Eshban Kwesiga who has experienced the spaces Penelope creates and who also shares his perspective on her...
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#80: HerAfrica with Zena Tenga
In this show Zena Tenga tells us all about the intiative she co-founded, HerAfrica. Zena Maajar Tenga is a PR and Communication Practitioner with a vast experience in Corporate Social Investment strategy. She has worked for both local and international organisations. Her recent focus is social...
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Replay: Beating Burnout for Idealists with Alessandra Pigni
This week we are re-playing Episode 55 which featured a conversation between Mary Ann and Alessandra Pigni who sadly died recently. In the show, recorded last year before she died, they talk about Alessandra's book ‘The Idealist’s Survival Kit. 75 Simple Ways to Avoid Burnout’, the causes of...
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#79: Formidable Initiatives with Ernree Bee Neeplo
This week we talk with Ernee Bee Neeplo from Formidable Initiatives in Liberia about her work with women and girls and particularly their work to address sexual violence and abuse. Ernree has over twelve years of experience in the nonprofit sector and earned a Master’s degree in Public Health…
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#78: Trying to find a home
This week Ziada and Mary Ann talk about homelessness and shelter insecurity in Tanzania and beyond.
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#77: My Always Experience Campaign with Christine Gatwiri
This week Ziada and Mary Ann talk with Christine Gatwiri about the #myalwaysexperience campaign in Kenya in which women used social media to share their expereince of using Always menstrual products.
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#76: Relating to our Businesses with Nicole Lewes-Keeber
This week Ziada and Mary Ann talk to Nicole Lewes-Keeber, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Masters in Social Work who is also a Speaker, Business Therapist, Mindset Coach and Podcaster about her work assisting entrepreneurs to reveal the blocks and blindspots in their businesses. She...
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#75: Telling Our Own Stories & International Women's Day
We've released our 75th show today celebrating International Women's Day. Hear us reflect on why our own stories matter, how storytelling might be 'balanced for better' and celebrate some of the shows we have loved in the past year. #BalanceforBetter #IWD2019
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#74: Refugee Mental Health in Tanzania with Esther Otieno
Esther Otieno works as Senior Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Manage with IRC Tanzania. She is based in Kigoma in North-Western Tanzania. This week she tells Ziada and Mary Ann all about her mental health work in Refugee Camps and what motivates and challenges her about it. They talk about...
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#73: Sauti Za Busara -Enjoying the Music Festival in Zanzibar
In this show, Ziada tells Mary Ann all about her recent trip to Sauti Za Busara, a Music festival held in Stone Town on Unguja Island, Zanzibar. They talk what music really excited her and Ziada gives us some top listening tips as well as telling us which festivals are next on her 'bucket list'!
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#72 - Welcome Back to Season Two
Ziada and Mary Ann re-introduce themselves for 2019 and give an update on what they have been up to since the last show.
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#71: The Change Making Women Book Club – Mighty Be Our Powers by Leymah Gbowee
In their first book club episode, Ziada and Mary Ann have been reading Mighty Be Ouw Powers by Leymah Gbowee, the Liberian Peace Activist whose leadership helped bring an end to Liberia's second civil war.
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#70: Healing Solidarity
In this episode, the first of season two. Mary Ann tells Ziada all about Healing Solidarity a conference she is currently working on which you can find more about at healingsolidarity.org. They also catch up after the summer and discuss Mary Ann's re-brand.
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#69: The Women Who Inspire Us
This week on the podcast Ziada and Mary Ann talk about the women who inspire them personally. They share the characters and moments that inspire them most and why they choose to draw inspiration from a whole range of different women, including the women who they are lucky enough to interview on…
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#68: Period Underwear with a Purpose with Ruby Raut
Ruby is the CEO and Co-Founder of WUKA Wear. She is a passionate environmental scientist who combines her scientific knowledge and passion for lean startup methodology to solve the problems that surround disposable menstrual products. She was born and brought up in Nepal and with WUKA , she wants...
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#67: Awakening Eros with Julie Daley
This week Mary Ann talks to Julie Daley about her life and work. They talk about Julie's exploration of Awakening Eros and how we might flourish in our essential nature at this time, overcoming our conditioning to do otherwise. They explore what it means to feel deeply connected and to experience...
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#66: Supporting women around food and nourishment with Marcie Goldman
In this week’s show Ziada and Mary Ann speak to Marcie Goldman about her approach to coaching and supporting women around food and nourishment. We hear about why she does the work she does, why she believes that flourishing is feminist and how she helps women unpick restrictive dieting and eat…
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#65: Exploring The Heart of the Labyrinth with Nicole Schwab
In this show, we talk with Nicole about her book 'The Heart of the Labyrinth' about a woman who takes a journey to rediscover her lost connection with Mother Earth and the sacred feminine. We find it what motivated her to write the book, how she created the conditions in which it could be written...
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#64: Building a Business that makes a difference by following your gut with Wambui JL
This week Ziada and Mary Ann talk with Wambui JL the creator of Hairpolitian Lifestyle, an online magazine that focuses on African women who have or want to return to their natural hair. Wambui, who is based in Nairobi Kenya is also a Graphic Designer with a passion for women in Business. We talk...
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#63: Alternative approaches to working internationally with Sara Lim Bertrand
Today Mary Ann talks with Sara Lim Bertrand about Proteknôn, a consultancy group and foundation she co-founded which is focused on the protection, care, and wellbeing of children internationally. They discuss how the group came together, the strategies they use to enable flexible working across...
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#62: The Wisdom of Grandmothers with Ilana Landsburg-Lewis
This week Ziada and Mary Ann speak with Ilana Landsberg-Lewis about how she become so interested in talking with Grandmothers, building global solidarity between them and sharing their voices. Ilana also shares with us why she is passionate about a feminist, egalitarian and anti-colonial model of...
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#61: Building a Meaningful Business with Jo Casey
In this episode, Mary Ann talks to Jo Casey about how she supports people to run meaningful businesses that reflect their values and make a difference in the world. We talk radical approaches, challenging accepted wisdom and re-making our work in a way that feels true for us.
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#60: Seasonal living and self-care with Madeleine Forbes
This week Ziada and Mary Ann talk with Madeleine Forbes one of Mary Ann's collaborators in www.jijaze.com about her life in Portugal, her own project www.theseasonedyear.com and why she believes that leaving seasonally is a choice that can sustain and nourish us all.
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#59: Choosing Your Voice - A musical journey with Chelima
This week we spend some time talking with Chelima in the middle of her European Tour which marks the release of her first EP, The Beholder. She tells us about her love of singing and how she discovered, after many years working in the business with other artists, that she wanted to become an…
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#58: Digging for Stories with Beverley Glick
Our guest this week is Beverley Glick the 'Story Archeologist' who Co-Founded the Story Party with Mary Ann. She shares with us her process for supporting people to share and tell their stories and why it can have a profound impact on both them and their audience.
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Replay: International Women's Day
One from the archives! The Replay of our show from this week in 2017 when we talked about International Women's Day - why it is celebrated, what it means to them and why we should think about women and their rights each and every day of the year!
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#57: Practicing Collective Grief with Sophie Macklin
This week we have a rich, deep conversation with Sophie Macklin about what it means to grieve, not only the loss in our lives, but our pain and sadness about things in the world and in our particualr cultures which we feel sad and angry about. We explore what it means to express our grief and how...
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#56: What does the Oxfam scandal mean for International Aid & Development?
This week Ziada and Mary Ann discuss their perspectives on the recent Oxfam Scandal about sexual abuse and aid workers. They talk about the reaction whilst this story has been high profile in the UK and what needs to change on International Aid and Development in future.
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#55: Beating Burnout for Idealists with Alessandra Pigni
This week Mary Ann talks to Alessandra Pigni author of 'The Idealist’s Survival Kit. 75 Simple Ways to Avoid Burnout' about the causes of burnout in the Humanitarian Sector, why you aren't alone if you are experiencing it and why a mixture of strategies are the best way to address it.
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#54: Resourcing International work with Carrie Brownlee
This week we talk to Carrie Brownlee about financing international work for non-governmental organisations. We discuss the challenges of growth, sustainability and future planning, why fundraising and finance are part of the work and what she thinks needs to change in the sector in relation to...
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Replay: Don't let the Imposter Complex prevent you creating positive change, with Tanya Geisler
A replay of one of our favourite shows from 2017 with Tanya Geisler, coach and reluctant expert in the Imposter Complex. In this episode we spoke with her about about why you shouldn't let your own self-doubt stop you from making the difference you are passionate about making in the world. We…
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#53: Looking Forward - Ziada and Mary Ann look forward to 2018
On the podcast this week Ziada and Mary Ann look forward to 2018 and share some of their hopes, plans and dreams for the year to come.
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#52: Looking Back - Ziada and Mary Ann share their reflections on 2017
On the podcast this week Ziada and Mary Ann look back over 2017 and share some of their own reflections about the year gone by, who and what inspired them, what they have been reading and listening to and their own most important personal learning and challenges.
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Replay: Self Care and Making a Difference with Pamela Brannon
Revisiting an episode from early on 2017 in which Mary Ann talks to Pamela Brannon, Executive Director of Children of Uganda. They speak about the experiences that inspired her to make a difference, the work of her organisation and their belief looking after ourselves is an important part of how…
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#51: Being a Mum and Trying to Change the World with Hannah Thompson
This week Mary Ann talks to Hannah Thompson about mothering and humanitarian work, the challenges of travelling and risky contexts when you are a mum and how becoming mothers has affected our approach to our work in the international development sector.
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#50: Sex After Trauma (& why it makes a difference) with Rachael Maddox
This week Ziada and Mary Ann talk with Rachael Maddox a trauma resolution educator, coach and guide about how she supports people to heal from sexual trauma in their lives, the new book she is currently writing and raising funding for and why healing our trauma is such important work in the world...
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#49: Shadow Work - Creating Change from the inside out with Liz Remande-Guyard
This week we talk to Liz Remande-Guyard about her work as a Shadow Work Facilitator and Coach. Mary Ann, also a Shadow Work Coach shares her experience as well while Ziada asks the questions this week. We find our what Shadow Work is and how it can help us to create change from the inside out.
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Replay: Using Human Rights to make a difference with Claire Mahon
Revisiting another of our favourite shows in this show Mary Ann talks to Claire Mahon, a human rights lawyer based in Geneva who consults, coaches and mentors others to do human rights work as well as running her own not-for-profit human rights legal work. We talk about how she got in to human...
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#48: Exasperating Change
Unfortunately, this show is no longer available.
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#47: #MeToo
In this episode Ziada and Mary Ann discuss '#MeToo', the hashtag that went viral recently as a means of identifying our experience of sexual harassment and assault. They talk about whether 'hastag's matter and what the impact of this one has been and might be in future. They also discuss the...
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Kipilipili Expose 2017
Mary Ann asks Ziada about the Kipilipili Expose that will take place on Sat 4th Nov. They talk about how the event has changed from last year, what Ziada and her business partner have learnt in the process and all the exciting things that will be happening during this years event.
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#46: Beating Burnout
#46: Beating Burnout by Change Making Women
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Change Making Women: The Podcast for Women who make a differenceChange Making Women is a podcast with Ziada Abeid in Tanzania & Mary Ann Clements (formerly Mhina) in London. We make this Podcast for women who want to make a difference in the world through something they do. It could be their business, art, writing, other creative work, their campaigning or community organising, their work in NGOs, social movements and socially minded- businesses, from volunteers through solo-preneurs to those working in and leading large NGOs, social enterprises or businesses. If you are a woman trying to make change happen we are talking to you. This stuff is complicated so this isn't a simple how to guide (although we will talk about some of the hows we and others have and are trying) and we don't shy away from exploring the problems and discussing the difficult stuff. Nevertheless the things we talk about, the stories we tell and interviews we broadcast are all reflections, observations and pointe
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