All Episodes

KaleidHERscope – Episode 66: Multidimensional artist-activist, Adelina Tershani on language being a tool of critique but also of healing (12/3/2026)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 65: Human rights lawyer Wazhma Frogh on the women in Afghanistan & initiatives to empower them (4/2/2026)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 64: “Far Right Watch Cyprus”, Chris Mavrou & Orestis Matsas (22/1/2026)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 63: Syrian peace-builder Abir Haj Ibrahim speaks about achieving her goals and the links to her religious beliefs (7/1/2026)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 62: Catherine Ferrin, a domestic abuse educator & using drama to raise awareness about gender-based violence (23/12/2025)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 61: Ambassador Androulla Kaminara on the U.S. Gaza plan & the crossroads at which the EU presently finds itself (8/12/2025)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 60: Jane Houng, founder of Becky’s Button Initiative for women’s safety against harrasment (18/11/2025)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 59: Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir, the National Commissioner of the Police in Iceland on dealing holistically with victims of GBV (9/10/2025)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 58: Cristal Downing of the International Crisis Group: current gender work in peace & security (2/10/2025)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 57: Barbara Helfferich, the first SG of the EWL, speaks about animal rights, climate change & gender equality (8/9/2025)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 56: Sarah Arnd-Linder of Political is Personal (PiP): in-depth interviews conducted with Palestinian and Israeli Jewish women (28/8/2025)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 55: Khatima Emami: Challenges she & her family have faced as refugees in the USA since leaving Kabul (19/8/2025)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 54: Hamutal Gouri, a cultural critic, consultant & transformative storyteller: why stories matter (11/8/2025)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 53: Renowned women’s rights activist Mary Akrami on protecting the most vulnerable Afghan women (22/7/2025)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 52: Marzia Babakarkhail, a former Afghan judge, & her journey defending the rights of women/children (4/7/2025)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 51: Entrepreneur & author Despo Pavlou speaks about finding your voice (23/6/2025)

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)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 49: Artist, director, curator and producer Ellpetha Tsivicos speaks about making theatre accessible to everyone (3/6/2025)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 48: Award-winning Palestinian theatre maker, Iman Aoun speaks about her inspiring professional career (22/5/2025)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 47: Both oppressed and completely free: S.African poet Phillippa Yaa de Villiers talks about her identity journey (6/5/2025)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 46: Producer and director Nefin Dinç speaks about her documentaries (15/4/2025)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 45: Chris Mavrou (Birth Forward) & Andreas Christodoulou (Cyprus Federation of Patients’ Associations) speak about RespectWATCH (29/3/2025)

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)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 43: Irene Stephanou, a South African born Cypriot performer on her experience of growing up in the diaspora (9/3/2025)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 42: Dr. Smadar Ben-Natan discusses the intersection of international law & human rights in Israel/Palestine (22/2/2025)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 41: From IRA combatant to storyteller: Anne Walker speaks about the transformative power of storytelling (29/1/2025)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 40: Documentary maker & long-time traveller, Nafsika Hadjichristou on her love of photography & travelling (12/1/2025)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 39: Anglo-Armenian film-maker & writer from Cyprus, Victoria Harwood Butler-Sloss on home, love & loss (25/12/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 38: Ianthi Sparsis, an experienced Keith’s Cacao practitioner, Reiki Master, on healing sisterhood trauma (19/12/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 37: Poet, ethnographer, and researcher Nafia Akdeniz on the meaning of “home” (1/12/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 36: Slovenian documentary filmmaker, Anja Medved, speaks about collecting & documenting cross-border memories (20/11/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 35: Mixing art & history, Aliénor Gandanger discusses turning the wartime godmothers of WW1 into a comic book (30/10/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 34: Education advocate Kainat Riaz talks about the day Taliban attacked Malala and more (18/10/2024)

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)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 32: Evie Theocharous, board member of Cyprus Youth DiplomaCY, discusses substantive inclusion of youth in the Cyprus peace process (26/9/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 31: Naw Angeline, a women human rights defender speaks about Myanmar, one of the ‘invisible’ conflicts (3/9/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 30: Phyllis Ellis, film-maker & former Olympian, discusses sport organizations, misogyny& disinformation (15/8/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 29: Cultural practitioner, writer, & researcher Myriam Dalal: stories of different groups of women that helped survival of communities (12/8/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 28: Rosa Emilia Salamanca explains how peace is being built in Colombia (29/7/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 27: Koraly Dimitriadis, Cypriot-Australian writer, performer & bestselling poet, a fearless feminist voice (23/7/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 26: Nitsan Joy Gordon, director of the Together Beyond Words, an organization founded by Arab and Jewish peacemakers (5/7/2024)

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)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 24: Jo Even Caspi, psychologist & a member of Women Wage Peace: Situation in Israel & Gaza (5/6/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 23: Lorna Vassiliades, a PhD student investigating displaced heritage in solo performance (20/5/2024)

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)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 21: Xenia Economidou, a Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) practitioner, speaks about ‘Being Enough’ (23/4/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 20: Editor and translator Maia Tabet on how being a global nomad shaped her identity (2/4/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 19: Ioli Orphanides & Nicos Middleton: Toward a culture of Respectful Maternity Care – RESPECT project (1/3/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 18: Susana Malcorra of GWL Voices for Change & Inclusion on why gender equality is imperative at UN level (20/2/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 17: Israeli peace activist Yael Treidel speaks about the political climate in Israel and the occupied territories now (6/2/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 16: Huda Abu Arqoob, an expert in MENA region speaks from Hebron,West Bank about the situation in Gaza & the West Bank (24/1/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 15: Actress, producer, writer Nedie Antoniades & her experience performing on stage & screen in CY, UK, US, Greece (17/1/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 14: Elisabeth Nauclér of the NWMN from the autonomous region of Åland discusses its unique status & minority-majority relations (5/1/2024)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 13: Director, festival organizer Petra Terzi – Arts is a key communication channel for promoting culture (26/12/2023)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 12: 16 days of activism against gender-based violence – Mine Atlı & Susana Pavlou (10/12/2023)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 11: Στο kaleidHERscope συζήτηση για ενδοοικογενειακή βία και την επιμέλεια παιδιών (26/11/2023)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 10: Lebogang Botlhoko, a women’s rights advocate from VOIS Cyprus (16/11/2023)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 9: Elizabeth Villiger Toufexis, a podcaster, tour guide, interpreter, mother and much more (2/11/2023)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 8: Seagull Shahbazi, founder of the ‘Women of Cyprus’ discuss #WomenLifeFreedom revolution (16/10/2023)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 7: Chiara Rosselli: Redesigning processes can help fix politics (27/9/2023)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 6: African mystic, author Mmatshilo Motsei on multigenerational healing & community development (8/9/2023)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 5: Director Renos Spanoudes on playing personalities of apartheid era (28/8/2023)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 4: Character-driven narratives for the page & the screen about memory, conflict and displacement with Argyro Nicolaou (9/8/2023)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 3: Scenarios for the Cyprus problem with İpek Borman & Myrtani Pieri (21/7/2023)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 2: In inter-generational conversation with Despina Psara (2/7/2023)

KaleidHERscope – Episode 1: ‘A Letter to Nikola’ by Hara Kaminera (6/6/2023)