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 WatchDog mechanisms to ensure Respectful Maternity Care in Cyprus.

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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 and Informed Choice’ project comes to an end, Ioli Orphanides Eteocleous Spokesperson of Birth Forward & Giota Doukanari, the Director of the Board of Birth Forward, speak to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about the outcomes of the project, about future plans but especially about the message that the journey of parenthood should be one made up…

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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 challenges with Multiple Sclerosis, which she has had since she was a teenager.

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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 global context and about the Jewish Settlers and the definition of Apartheid and Zionism. Here are the links mentioned in the podcasthttps://www.btselem.org/https://www.alandforall.org/english/?d=ltrhttps://www.regthink.org/en/https://www.academia4equality.com/enBlog posts by Dr. Smadar Ben-Natan on Apartheid:https://opiniojuris.org/2022/04/12/the-apartheid-reports-a-paradigm-shift-on-israel-palestine-part-i/https://opiniojuris.org/2022/04/13/the-apartheid-reports-a-paradigm-shift-on-israel-palestine-part-ii/

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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.

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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 ‘weave together’ her human rights activism. To find out more about Nafsika, follow her on https://otherworlds.site/

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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 connected her to the almost lost lineage of Aphrodite’s frame drumming priestesses, about her keen interest in healing sisterhood trauma and helping women empower other women by leading women’s frame drumming circles, and about the ‘super food’ Cacao and leading ceremonial cacao ceremonies and cacao circles.

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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/

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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' Confessionary, and how these stories 're-weave' history.

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