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KaleidHERscope
by Magda Zenon
KaleidHERscope – a podcast with women from around the global talking openly and authentically about a kaleidoscope of topics, including politics, gender-based violence, peacebuilding, migration and theatre, hosted by peace and women’s rights activist Magda Zenon.
Episodes
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 68: “Not Ours To Carry”: Veronica Blecker on Tigray conflict & women’s stories (3/9/2026)
Magda Zenon speaks with Veronica Blecker in London, a Swedish/Swiss documentary filmmaker who focuses on human rights and women’s stories about Not Ours To Carry, her most recently completed documentary about the conflict related sexual violence against women during the 2020 to 2022 war in…
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 67: Identity, justice, activism with Megan Choritz, a S.African, a Jew, an anti-racist & an anti-Zionist (2/8/2026)
In this episode of KaleidHERscope, South African born Magda Zenon speaks with Megan Choritz, another South African, a Jew, an anti-racist and an anti-Zionist. Join us for a powerful conversation on identity, justice, activism, and storytelling.Megan is also the author of – Lost Property by Megan...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 66: Multidimensional artist-activist, Adelina Tershani on language being a tool of critique but also of healing (12/3/2026)
Multidimensional artist-activist, Adelina Tershani speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope from Pristina about building bridges between art and activism, grassroots struggles and global conversations and insists that language is not only a tool of critique but also of healing and of giving...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 65: Human rights lawyer Wazhma Frogh on the women in Afghanistan & initiatives to empower them (4/2/2026)
Human rights lawyer, peacebuilder, and founder of the Women & Peace Studies Organization (WPSO), Wazhma Frogh speaks to magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about the women in Afghanistan and in the diaspora and how she is helping lead grassroots movements, has advised on national legislation, and has...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 64: “Far Right Watch Cyprus”, Chris Mavrou & Orestis Matsas (22/1/2026)
Chris Mavrou and Orestis Matsas both committed activists and members of the coordination group of “Far Right Watch Cyprus” speak to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about what we mean by ‘far right’’ and to remind that the far right often shows up softly; in legislation, in bureaucracy and in the…
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 63: Syrian peace-builder Abir Haj Ibrahim speaks about achieving her goals and the links to her religious beliefs (7/1/2026)
Syrian peace-builder, mediator and member of WASL Abir Haj Ibrahim speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about her personal journey to Islam and how this gave her the freedom to achieve all her goals. The post KaleidHERscope – Episode 63: Syrian peace-builder Abir Haj Ibrahim speaks about...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 62: Catherine Ferrin, a domestic abuse educator & using drama to raise awareness about gender-based violence (23/12/2025)
Catherine Ferrin, a domestic abuse educator/activist from Northern Ireland spoke to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope during the 16 days against gender-based violence (GBV) about using drama and group interaction to raise awareness about many complex issues including GBV. The post KaleidHERscope –...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 61: Ambassador Androulla Kaminara on the U.S. Gaza plan & the crossroads at which the EU presently finds itself (8/12/2025)
Magda Zenon of kaleidHERscope caught up with Ambassador Androulla Kaminara to speak about gender and diplomacy, about the U.S. Gaza plan that the UNSC recently endorsed, about UNSR on the OPT Francesca Albanese and about the cross roads at which the EU presently finds itself. The post...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 60: Jane Houng, founder of Becky’s Button Initiative for women’s safety against harrasment (18/11/2025)
Jane Houng, founder of the Becky’s Button Initiative speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about how she tries to bring light to the darkness following the tragic murder of her daughter in 2017.Jane will be hosted at an event on 1 December 2025 at Ledra Palace as part of the #16Days of Activism...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 59: Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir, the National Commissioner of the Police in Iceland on dealing holistically with victims of GBV (9/10/2025)
Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir, the National Commissioner of the Police in Iceland, speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about how dealing with victims of GBV holistically has increased the number of convictions, about gender equality in the police force and about the safety of law enforcement...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 58: Cristal Downing of the International Crisis Group: current gender work in peace & security (2/10/2025)
Cristal Downing, Project Director, Gender & Conflict at the International Crisis Group, speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about how her focus on gender and conflict as a career developed quite organically, how the current political climate has affected gender work in peace and security and...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 57: Barbara Helfferich, the first SG of the EWL, speaks about animal rights, climate change & gender equality (8/9/2025)
Barbara Helfferich, the first Secretary General of the European Women’s Lobby and an expert on EU social and environmental policies, speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about animal rights and climate change and the connection to gender equality and about one of the most successful campaigns...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 56: Sarah Arnd-Linder of Political is Personal (PiP): in-depth interviews conducted with Palestinian and Israeli Jewish women (28/8/2025)
Sarah Arnd-Linder, founder of Political is Personal (PiP), speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about PiP which is a collection of in-depth interviews conducted with Palestinian and Israeli Jewish women, who share how the conflict has affected their lives and contribute to the ongoing debate…
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 55: Khatima Emami: Challenges she & her family have faced as refugees in the USA since leaving Kabul (19/8/2025)
Originally from Afghanistan, Khatima Emami, a client services coordinator at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Utah, tells her story to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about life in Afghanistan before and after the fall of Kabul in 2021, about challenges faced by refugees in the USA...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 54: Hamutal Gouri, a cultural critic, consultant & transformative storyteller: why stories matter (11/8/2025)
Hamutal Gouri, a cultural critic, consultant, and transformative storyteller, speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about why stories matter and how we need to listen, and about political parenting. Big big thank you to both Costa Constanti and Kemal Baykalli for the all-round support always.…
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 53: Renowned women’s rights activist Mary Akrami on protecting the most vulnerable Afghan women (22/7/2025)
Renowned women’s rights activist and head of Afghan Women’s Network International Mary Akrami speaks with despair, vulnerability and realism to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about Afghanistan, about losing everything within 24 hours on the day Kabul fell on August 15, 2021, about being flown out…
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 52: Marzia Babakarkhail, a former Afghan judge, & her journey defending the rights of women/children (4/7/2025)
Qazi (Judge)Marzia Babakarkhail, a former Afghan family court judge and lifelong advocate for women’s rights, speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about her journey defending the rights of women and children, about surviving two Taliban assassination attempts and about being a voice for Afghan...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 51: Entrepreneur & author Despo Pavlou speaks about finding your voice (23/6/2025)
Entrepreneur and author Despo Pavlou, speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about growing up in South African, about the definition of normal and about finding your voice. The post KaleidHERscope – Episode 51: Entrepreneur & author Despo Pavlou speaks about finding your voice (23/6/2025) first...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 50: Dialogue, inclusion & peace processes expert Thania Pappenholz on creating new narratives to counteract the normalcy of a not normal situation (14/6/2025)
Thania Pappenholz, dialogue, inclusion and peace processes expert and founder of Inclusive Peace, speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about the state or better, ‘unstate’ of peace processes, the role of women and most of all about how to reactivate a process in Cyprus that does not…
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 49: Artist, director, curator and producer Ellpetha Tsivicos speaks about making theatre accessible to everyone (3/6/2025)
Ellpetha Tsivicos, a Cypriot-American artist, director, curator and producer speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about her creative arts healing program ‘I Wish I Knew How’ through which she mentors a community of formerly incarcerated people, about using public spaces and making theatre...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 48: Award-winning Palestinian theatre maker, Iman Aoun speaks about her inspiring professional career (22/5/2025)
Award-winning Palestinian theatre maker, Iman Aoun speaks on kaleidHERscope about her inspiring professional career that focuses on grassroots, indigenous, youth, and women empowerment, gender disparity and resistance to the occupation, including The Gaza Monologues, ASHTAR International Youth...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 47: Both oppressed and completely free: S.African poet Phillippa Yaa de Villiers talks about her identity journey (6/5/2025)
South African poet and performance artist Dr. Phillippa Yaa de Villiers discusses her identity journey with Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope, reflecting on her experience as a mixed-race African and adoptee raised by a white family in apartheid South Africa; a journey that placed her in the...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 46: Producer and director Nefin Dinç speaks about her documentaries (15/4/2025)
Producer and director Nefin Dinç speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about her documentaries including Wine Dark Sea that narrates the profound changes brought about by global warming in the Mediterranean, and The Other Town, a documentary about the Other and how natives of a Greek and…
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 45: Chris Mavrou (Birth Forward) & Andreas Christodoulou (Cyprus Federation of Patients’ Associations) speak about RespectWATCH (29/3/2025)
Chris Mavrou, advocacy & communications coordinator for Birth Forward and Andreas Christodoulou, Director of Operations of the Cyprus Federation of Patients’ Associations (CyFPA) speak to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about RespectWATCH; a project designed to develop an advocacy strategy and...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 44: Ioli Orphanides Eteocleous & Giota Doukanari of Birth Forward explain the ‘RESPECT – Toward a culture of Respectful Maternity Care (RMC)’ project (13/3/2025)
Ioli Orphanides Eteocleous & Giota Doukanari, both from Birth Forward, speak on kaleidHERscope about the ‘RESPECT – Toward a culture of Respectful Maternity Care (RMC)’ project. As the ‘RESPECT – Toward a culture of Respectful Maternity Care (RMC): Enhancing Provider-Client Shared Decision Making...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 43: Irene Stephanou, a South African born Cypriot performer on her experience of growing up in the diaspora (9/3/2025)
Irene Stephanou, South African born Cypriot performer and educator, speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about bringing together her political consciousness and the experience of growing up in the South African Greek speaking community with her own unique blend of storytelling and about her...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 42: Dr. Smadar Ben-Natan discusses the intersection of international law & human rights in Israel/Palestine (22/2/2025)
Dr. Smadar Ben-Natan, an Israeli international lawyer/ academician speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about the intersection of international law and human rights in Israel/Palestine, about the Israeli military courts and incarceration, about the significance of International Law in today’s...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 41: From IRA combatant to storyteller: Anne Walker speaks about the transformative power of storytelling (29/1/2025)
From IRA combatant to storyteller, Anne Walker speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about her journey and sharing her story for the first time, about helping others break free from a cycle of violence and hatred and about the transformative power of storytelling in its various forms. The post...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 40: Documentary maker & long-time traveller, Nafsika Hadjichristou on her love of photography & travelling (12/1/2025)
Documentary maker and long-time traveller, Nafsika Hadjichristou speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about her love of photography and of travelling, about the countries through which she has travelled, especially the 2 years she spent in Latin America and how photography and travelling…
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 39: Anglo-Armenian film-maker & writer from Cyprus, Victoria Harwood Butler-Sloss on home, love & loss (25/12/2024)
Anglo Armenian film maker and writer from Cyprus, Victoria Harwood Butler-Sloss speaks on kaleidHERscope from Los Angeles about finalizing her latest novel Love in Aleppo, about home, about love and loss and about memories….. Find out more about Victoria and her work: http://www.planetvix.com/…
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 38: Ianthi Sparsis, an experienced Keith’s Cacao practitioner, Reiki Master, on healing sisterhood trauma (19/12/2024)
Ianthi Sparsis, an experienced Keith’s Cacao practitioner and Reiki Master, with many years of training in meditation, embodiment work, shamanic rites, and the ancient practices of women frame drummers speaks on kaleidHERscope about her first steps on the rhythmic path to transformation that...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 37: Poet, ethnographer, and researcher Nafia Akdeniz on the meaning of “home” (1/12/2024)
Poet, ethnographer, and interdisciplinary qualitative researcher Nafia Akdeniz speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about the meaning of home, forced displacement, and about her poetry-based project “We Are Not Ghosts” – Varosha Narratives. https://d6.eu/sound-walking/ The post KaleidHERscope…
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 36: Slovenian documentary filmmaker, Anja Medved, speaks about collecting & documenting cross-border memories (20/11/2024)
Slovenian documentary filmmaker, Anja Medved, speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about the priceless value of storytelling, about her collaboration with her mother, Nadja Velušček on collecting cross-border memories between Gorizia and Nova Gorica and her documentary Smugglers’…
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 35: Mixing art & history, Aliénor Gandanger discusses turning the wartime godmothers of WW1 into a comic book (30/10/2024)
With a background of mixing art & history, PhD candidate Aliénor Gandanger discusses the wartime godmothers of WW1, a theme about women, relationships, emotions and about portraying a wartime godmother through a comic book heroine and turning a history subject into a comic book. KaleidHERscope is...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 34: Education advocate Kainat Riaz talks about the day Taliban attacked Malala and more (18/10/2024)
Kainat Riaz, an education advocate and the keynote speaker at the ‘United for Peace, EU-UWC youth leadership’ forum in Cyprus recently, speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about October 9th 2012 when she was with Malala when she was targeted by the Taliban, about the value of education and…
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 33: Dr. Habiba Sarābi, 1 of 4 women at the Doha negotiation table with the Taliban discusses life of Afghan women (2/10/2024)
Dr. Habiba Sarābi, the first Afghan woman to become a provincial governor and 1 of the 4 women at the negotiation table with the Taliban in Doha this year, speaks on kaleidHERscope about the life of the women in Afghanistan, the mental health of all Afghans and the rise in suicides and about how…
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 32: Evie Theocharous, board member of Cyprus Youth DiplomaCY, discusses substantive inclusion of youth in the Cyprus peace process (26/9/2024)
Evie Theocharous, a researcher and a board member of Cyprus Youth DiplomaCY, speaks on kaleidHERscope about why it is imperative that there is a substantive inclusion of youth in the Cyprus Peace Process and about transitional justice, especially its gender perspective. Disclaimer: The House of...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 31: Naw Angeline, a women human rights defender speaks about Myanmar, one of the ‘invisible’ conflicts (3/9/2024)
Naw Angeline, a Women Human Rights Defender, an educator and a member of WASL speaks on kaleidHERscope about Myanmar, one of the ‘invisible’ global conflicts; what is happening in the country now, the lack of security, the internal displacement, the humanitarian needs, the role of the women and…
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 30: Phyllis Ellis, film-maker & former Olympian, discusses sport organizations, misogyny& disinformation (15/8/2024)
Following the brutally public discussion and treatment of Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting’s during the Paris Olympics especially online, on kaleidHERscope Magda Zenon speaks with Phyllis Ellis, film-maker and former Olympic field hockey player about gender and the focus on ‘what you look like’…
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 29: Cultural practitioner, writer, & researcher Myriam Dalal: stories of different groups of women that helped survival of communities (12/8/2024)
Lebanese cultural practitioner, writer, and researcher, Myriam Dalal, speaks to Magda Zenon on KaleidHERscope from Luxembourg about being an artist and how forced migration disrupts, yet creates opportunities for new creative expression including a totally contemporary ‘love dance’, about...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 28: Rosa Emilia Salamanca explains how peace is being built in Colombia (29/7/2024)
On kaleidHERscope this week from Bogota, Colombia, Rosa Emilia Salamanca, Director of CIASE (www.ciase.org), a Colombian peacebuilding organisation with a particular focus on women’s rights, and a member of WASL speaks about inclusive peacebuilding within a peace process in a very diverse…
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 27: Koraly Dimitriadis, Cypriot-Australian writer, performer & bestselling poet, a fearless feminist voice (23/7/2024)
On kaleidHERscope Cypriot-Australian writer, performer and bestselling poet Koraly Dimitriadis, a fearless feminist voice for the southern-European diaspora, speaks to Magda Zenon from Melbourne about violence against women and opening up the space to talk about the violence of men, about the...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 26: Nitsan Joy Gordon, director of the Together Beyond Words, an organization founded by Arab and Jewish peacemakers (5/7/2024)
On kaleidHERscope Nitsan Joy Gordon, author and director of the Together Beyond Words Organization ( Together Beyond Words | Healing For Peace ) speaks to Magda Zenon about the organization she helped found together with Arab and Jewish colleagues, to help empower and train women as peace…
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 25: Tatiana Der Avedissian of Economist Impact’s World Ocean Initiative: the nexus of gender equality, climate change and peace & security (24/6/2024)
Tatiana Der Avedissian, head of business development for Economist Impact’s World Ocean Initiative, the recently appointed chief adviser and climate-justice coordinator for the 2024 meeting of the W7, and a women’s rights and gender equality engagement group within the G7 in Italy, speaks to…
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 24: Jo Even Caspi, psychologist & a member of Women Wage Peace: Situation in Israel & Gaza (5/6/2024)
Jo Even Caspi, an Educational and Developmental Psychologist and a member of Women Wage Peace, speaks on kaleidHERscope about relocating to Israel from the USA in the ‘70’s, about Women Wage Peace, about setting up successful inter-group dialogues within Israel and about the situation in Israel…
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 23: Lorna Vassiliades, a PhD student investigating displaced heritage in solo performance (20/5/2024)
Lorna Vassiliades, a PhD student investigating displaced heritage in solo performance at Queen Mary University of London speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about transitioning to academia from a career in journalism, about childhood memories of Varosha and the events of ‘74, about the many...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 22: Natasa Loizou, consultant on military&security affairs, on migrating to Argentina & her journey in a traditionally ‘masculine-centred’ career (12/5/2024)
Researcher and consultant on military and security affairs, Natasa Loizou, speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about migrating to Argentina in 2006, constructing all her identities including her Cypriot one, whilst simultaneously integrating into the local community, her journey in her...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 21: Xenia Economidou, a Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) practitioner, speaks about ‘Being Enough’ (23/4/2024)
Xenia Economidou, a Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) practitioner, speaks on kaleidHERscope about her transition from the corporate world to becoming certified as a Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) practitioner, about ‘Being Enough’, and about the profound connection between our past...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 20: Editor and translator Maia Tabet on how being a global nomad shaped her identity (2/4/2024)
Editor and translator Maia Tabet speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about being a global nomad and how it helped her recognize her true identity, about her love of languages and words, about Cyprus and about the horror of the situation in Palestine now The post KaleidHERscope – Episode 20:...
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KaleidHERscope – Episode 19: Ioli Orphanides & Nicos Middleton: Toward a culture of Respectful Maternity Care – RESPECT project (1/3/2024)
Within the context of the ‘RESPECT – Toward a culture of Respectful Maternity Care (RMC): Enhancing Provider-Client Shared Decision Making and Informed Choice’ project, Ioli Orphanides Spokesperson on RMC & Nicos Middleton, Principal Investigator & Scientific Coordinator of the project, speak to...
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KaleidHERscope – a podcast with women from around the global talking openly and authentically about a kaleidoscope of topics, including politics, gender-based violence, peacebuilding, migration and theatre, hosted by peace and women’s rights activist Magda Zenon.
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