Seagull Shahbazi, women’s rights activist and founder of the ‘Women of Cyprus’ initiative speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope after the first anniversary of the #WomenLifeFreedom revolution following the murder of Mahsa Amini, about why this fight is so important and that it is about more than just the hijab, what’s happening in Iran now and what she hopes will happen going forward.

Chiara Rosselli, co-founder & executive director of the APROPOS Group and a speaker at the Cyprus Forum on the 29th September 2023 speaks to kaleidHERscope about how redesigning or tweaking processes can help fix politics, whether at political party level or non-profit organization level. As a process designer and a political dialogue curator since 2015, she talks about being a firm believer that a better way for the political sector to communicate and collaborate is possible, about the big challenges, her dream clients and about using conferences more effectively. For more information about : Apropos Group: https://www.aproposgroup.org/ Cyprus Forum…

African mystic, author, healer, and midwife Mmatshilo Motsei speaks to Magda Zenon on KaleidHERscope about uncovering the old truth that Africa is great and powerful and that, because of the poisoning of our mind, our soul is afflicted, about multi-generational healing and community development and of the role of indigenous midwifery in countering obstetric violence.

Educator, actor, director and playwright Renos Spanoudes, a South African Greek Cypriot Diasporan speaks on kaleidHERscope about playing the role of Dimitri Tsafendas, the assassin of the architect of apartheid, and, advocate George Bizos in the landmark Rivonia Trials, about how the scenarios of these plays developed as archives were opened over time and the original narrative was no longer valid. He also speaks about Nelson Mandela, diversity and inclusion and how storytelling in all its forms – acting, narration, writing, drawing, etc – may ultimately be a more effective peacebuilding tool.