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From Passion to PurposeChangemakers Aruna Rao, Founder and Executive DirectorJoin us for an inspiring and thought-provoking journey into the heart of nonprofit leadership as we interview trailblazers in the critical areas of reproductive health, environmental justice, LGBTQ+ advocacy, and immigration reform.In this engaging podcast, we delve into the lives and experiences of dynamic leaders who break barriers, challenge norms, and drive impactful change in these pivotal sectors.My guest, Aruna, shares their unique path to nonprofit work and the passion that fuels their unwavering commitment to equity, justice, and human dignity. Through this intimate conversation, we uncover their challenges, the victories they’ve ce...2025-03-2533 min
3 ThingsThe Catch Up: 24 JanuaryThis is the Catchup on 3 Things by The Indian Express and I'm Ichha Sharma.Today is the 24th of January and here are this week’s headlines.A Sealdah court on Monday sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment for raping and murdering a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College in August. Roy was convicted on Saturday, nearly six months after his arrest. The court imposed a Rs 50,000 fine and ordered the West Bengal government to pay Rs 1.7 million in compensation to the victim’s family. Junior doctors at RG Kar expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict.2025-01-2403 min3 ThingsThe Catch Up: 21 JanuaryThis is the Catchup on 3 Things by The Indian Express and I'm Floar Swain.Today is the 21st of January and here are the headlines.Saif Ali Khan was discharged from Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital after being attacked at his Bandra home on January 16. The actor, who sustained multiple stab wounds during an alleged robbery attempt, was photographed leaving the hospital and visiting the site of the attack. His wife, Kareena Kapoor Khan, and daughter Sara Ali Khan were seen at the hospital. Saif underwent two surgeries—neurosurgery and plastic surgery—after the intruder’s knife injured his thor...2025-01-2103 min
London VārtaI helped establish Israeli relations with India but it was a mistake: Saeed Naqvi, veteran journalistIndia’s veteran journalist, columnist and author, Saeed Naqvi is in conversation with Pervaiz Alam on Cine Ink podcast series ‘London Vārta’. “Rajiv asked me, Saeed, what do you think about opening the embassy of Israel in India as some of my people are against it. Muslim leaders tell me that the Muslim vote will slip away from Congress if I allowed an Israeli Embassy,” reveals Naqvi. Formerly associated with the Statesman, Indian Express and Sunday Times, Saeed Naqvi is also known for his ground-breaking television interviews with world leaders such as Mikhail Gorbachov, Ne...2024-11-101h 28
Two Old Bitches: Stories from Women who Reimagine, Reinvent and RebelSO 9 Episode 07: Screen BITCHES – Introducing the TOBies (and much more!)TOB followers know that we are obsessed with discovering positive and powerful roles for older women in movies and TV. That’s why we lure our sister Screen Bitches -- Debbie Zimmerman (Women Make Movies), Malaga Baldi (Baldi Literary Agency) and Aruna Rao (Gender at Work) – onto the podcast at least twice a year to schmooze about what we’re watching and how TV and movies challenge (or regrettably affirm) stereotypes of older women in popular media. This time, we were kind of gobsmacked. For three reasons. First, because Debbie was inducted into the Academy of Motion Pictures and Science...2024-07-0141 min
Books and Beyond with Bound6.1 Tara & Michelle: Why Is India Drawn To Real Stories?Why do some peoples’ life stories fascinate us?Back with a bang for a brand new season, Tara and Michelle share their love for stories about real people. They discuss tales of extraordinary courage, struggles, perseverance, successes, and failures. What draws us to these stories? Are only some stories deserving of a platform? Whose stories do we not hear enough of? Tune in to find out!Books and authors mentioned in this episode:Meow Meow: The Incredible True Story of Baby Patankar - Sri...2024-01-0943 min
Our Voices, Our ChoicesFeminist Leadership: Unveiling Feminist Leadership (1/3)
In the first episode of our 3-part series, we embark on an exploration of feminist leadership. What exactly is it, and what is it not? Join us as we uncover the beliefs and principles that underpin this transformative leadership approach. For this, we’ll hear from two remarkable women who've dedicated their lives to feminist causes. Srilatha Batliwala, a lifelong feminist activist and scholar from South India, shares her insights, emphasizing that feminist leadership goes beyond mere gender identity. Elena Ghizzo, co-founder of the Feminist Hiking Collective, reveals how feminist leadership challenges existing power structures and offers a fresh pe...2023-10-1730 minOur Voices, Our ChoicesFeminist Leadership: Unveiling Feminist Leadership (1/3)
In the first episode of our 3-part series, we embark on an exploration of feminist leadership. What exactly is it, and what is it not? Join us as we uncover the beliefs and principles that underpin this transformative leadership approach. For this, we’ll hear from two remarkable women who've dedicated their lives to feminist causes. Srilatha Batliwala, a lifelong feminist activist and scholar from South India, shares her insights, emphasizing that feminist leadership goes beyond mere gender identity. Elena Ghizzo, co-founder of the Feminist Hiking Collective, reveals how feminist leadership challenges existing power structures and offers a fresh pe...2023-10-1730 min
Alle Podcasts und Audiofiles der Heinrich-Böll-StiftungFeminist Leadership: Unveiling Feminist Leadership (1/3)In the first episode of our 3-part series, we embark on an exploration of feminist leadership. What exactly is it, and what is it not? Join us as we uncover the beliefs and principles that underpin this transformative leadership approach. For this, we’ll hear from two remarkable women who've dedicated their lives to feminist causes. Srilatha Batliwala, a lifelong feminist activist and scholar from South India, shares her insights, emphasizing that feminist leadership goes beyond mere gender identity. Elena Ghizzo, co-founder of the Feminist Hiking Collective, reveals how feminist leadership challenges existing power structures and offers a fresh perspective on...2023-10-1730 min
That's Total Mom SenseAruna Rao & Shamina Singh: South Asians Celebrate Pres. Biden's Respect for Marriage ActThe South Asian LGBTQ+ community celebrates Pres. Biden Respect for Marriage Act at Sona with hosts Maneesh K. Goyal, Shamina Singh, Aruna Rao, and Kal Penn.Meet My Guests:
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Align With Your DharmaDr. Shri Rao talks about Weight Loss, The Correct Way
Dr. Shri Rao, Internal Medicine Physician who owns and operates Ageless Integrated Medicine has a passion for helping his patients achieve their best health possible.
He has completed extensive research in cardiology for 4 years at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
He has written several book chapters. As a physician, he desires to learn new methods and technologies to help his patients. During this pursuit, he developed an interest in Stem Cell Therapy. With stem cell therapy, patients suffering from various medical conditions, including chronic arthritis and neurological disorders, get the help they need. He obtained extensive training in using PRP for p...2023-02-0846 min
Two Old Bitches: Stories from Women who Reimagine, Reinvent and RebelSO 8 Episode 04: Screen Bitches on Good Luck to You Leo Grande, Hacks and BorgenWhat are you streaming these days? Two Old Bitches always wants to know, especially if you find shows that feature pithy, provocative and stereotype-busting roles for women of a certain age. Luckily, we're seeing some uptick in those (though not nearly pithy and provocative enough and mostly white women....). That's why we're back with two of our three magnificent Screen Bitches -- Debbie Zimmerman (commentator extraordinaire and fearless leader of feminist film organization Women Make Movies) and Malaga Baldi (goddess literary agent and country bumpkin) -- to explore three recent shows that really grabbed our attention. Good Luck to...2022-09-2630 min
The Gender at Work PodcastEpisode 20: Feminist Leadership TransitionsIn our last episode we talked about the challenges of dismantling patriarchy and promised that our next episode would start to unpack different strategies to topple patriarchy. We have chosen to focus first on how leadership transitions happen and what happens to the leaders who choose to leave. There is a generational shift in leadership of feminist organizations around the world and we can see that these shifts happen differently in different contexts. They represent a way in which we both wrestle with and challenge patriarchy. Older leaders, many founders of organizations, are stepping down in new ways. In t...2022-01-131h 10Two Old Bitches: Stories from Women who Reimagine, Reinvent and RebelSO7 Episode 06: Screen Bitches – Why We Love HacksThere could be no greater gift to Screen Bitches than finding the HBO-Max series Hacks, starring Jean Smart. We brought together three of our most dedicated Old Bitch streamers – Malaga Baldi (literary agent), Aruna Rao (women’s rights thinker and consultant), and Debbie Zimmerman (head of Women Make Movies and world-recognized expert on women and media) – to explore what is so powerful and ground-breaking about 69-year old Jean Smart’s mesmerizing portrayal of an aging comedian (think Joan Rivers) whose Las Vegas career is stalling. In pairing Smart with a young comedian – played by Hannah Einbender – who is sent to freshen up...2022-01-0637 minThe Gender at Work PodcastEpisode 19: Caring in a Post Covid WorldIn a passionate and wide-ranging conversation, Kumi Naidoo and Aruna Rao explore hope, fear, Black Lives Matter, feminist principles, intersectionality and structural change. They ask whether the institutions that were set up to protect us, like the police, and to enable social change, such as social services, the UN, and international development organizations, have failed us and whether we should keep trying to change them from the inside or tear them down and start again. This episode is a re-broadcast of Kumi’s new podcast - Power, People & Planet – produced by the Green Economy Coalition – which brings together activists, artist...2021-10-0159 min
Power, People and PlanetAruna Rao | Activist, feminist and co-founder of Gender At Work“We need to centre care, care in the widest sense of the word, as we try to rebuild in this post COVID era.”Aruna Rao is a feminist, an activist, and the co-founder of Gender At Work, an international network dedicated to building new cultures of equality and inclusion.In a passionate and wide-ranging conversation that opens with Aruna’s rendition of the spiritual Wade in the Water, Kumi and Aruna explore hope, fear, Black Lives Matter, intersectionality and structural change. They ask whether we have been failed by the institutions that were set up...2021-08-3157 minThe Gender at Work PodcastEpisode 18: Dismantling Patriarchy – Close Encounters and Imperfect StrategiesLook around you and you’ll find many conversations about reimagining and transforming how we live and work – from how we enable the plant to thrive, to new ways of envisioning economics. And in all kinds of organizations, we are seeing real challenges to what was previously unchecked - abusive power dynamics, toxic work environments, sexual harassment, racism, and discrimination against all kinds of people who don’t fit what was considered ‘the norm’. In this episode – the first in a series of three - Srilatha Batliwala, David Kelleher, Lisa Veneklasen, Joanne Sandler and Aruna Rao reflect on the their close e...2021-08-1146 minThe Gender at Work PodcastEpisode 17: Intergenerational Conversations on Organizing for Gender EqualityOn the eve of the Generation Equality Forum (GEF) in Paris, Aruna Rao and Joanne Sandler – veterans of the 1995 Beijing conference – have an intergenerational talk with three young activists: Priya Kvam and Amani Jui from Breakthrough US and Natalia Escruceria Price, an independent consultant formerly with JASS. Our exchange with these young activists highlights our differing vantage points on a number of ideas, from patriarchy to transnational organizing to how we understand current and future challenges to gender equality. Join us for a thoughtful conversation and email us to let us know what you think!2021-06-2539 min![How to Talk to [Mamí & Papí] about Anything](https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7650bc75-29ee-4229-aa15-8b7d25418e67/2f94082f-5494-42ee-8563-4c2a719cf0df/3000x3000/mp2-lwc.jpg?aid=rss_feed)
How to Talk to [Mamí & Papí] about AnythingOvercoming Shame to Love Who You AreJor grew up in a very religious Indian family. Coming out to himself and to his parents took years. And, Aruna Rao, who guides South Asian LGBTQ+ individuals and their families, helps us accept and affirm our loved ones' identities.Jor Gonsalves is the host of Unshaming, a podcast about representation and storytelling. You can listen wherever you get your podcast. Featured Expert: Aruna Rao is the proud mother of a transgender child. She serves on the steering committee of API Rainbow Parents of PFLAG NYC and is the founder of Desi Rainbow Pare...2021-04-2620 min
NGO Soul + Strategy020. Feminist leadership and 'deep power structures’ within organizations: Aruna Rao, co-founder of Gender at WorkWhat are the political or other strategies and tactics that a feminist leader can use to analyze the presence of ‘deep structures’ of power within organizations?What can a feminist leader practically do to change these power structures?And in what scenarios does Feminist Leadership shine in particular ways?I discussed these topics during an interview with Aruna Rao, Co-founder and chair of the board at Gender at WorkAruna's BioCo-founder, former chair of the board at Gender at Work and its former Executive Director. Gender at Wo...2021-02-0240 minNGO Soul + Strategy017. What's all this talk about feminist leadership? An interview with Abby Maxman, CEO, Oxfam AmericaWhat’s all this talk about feminist leadership? An interview with Abby Maxman, Oxfam America’s CEO Feminist leadership seems to be in ascendance in the INGO sector. Now, our sector is a bit prone to fads and fashions -- so should we take this seriously? Is this leadership model here to stay? And what are its potential, its power as well as its limitations? This is what I explore in a short series of episodes about feminist leadership, which is starting with this interview with Abby Maxman, CEO of Oxfam America.Later...2020-11-1934 minThe Gender at Work PodcastG@W-CREA Podcast Series, Episode 5: How can we reboot cross-movement alliance building for greater collective voice and impact?At a time when conservative, fundamentalist and fascist forces appear to achieving political dominance, the need for progressive movements to build strong alliances and collective resistance appears paramount – yet, few such alliances are visible and sustaining cross-movement solidarity is very hard work. This episode explores why this is the case, what are the fault lines, and some success stories of cross-movement alliances and the lessons we can learn from them. Participants include: Aruna Rao (moderator); Roselyn Odoyo (Roxy), Queer Rights Activist, Kenya; Daysi Flores, Just Associates (JASS) Mesoamerica, Honduras; Alex Bradley, JASS, USA; Rupsa Mallik, CREA, India....2019-07-2250 minThe Gender at Work PodcastG@W-CREA Podcast Series, Episode 4: How can we reimagine ideas around consent, pleasure and danger?This episode examines why we need to reimagine prevailing ideas around consent, pleasure and danger as embedded in our laws, social norms, and feminist movement politics. The discussion explores why pleasure needs to be moved from the margins of feminist agendas to be viewed as integral to dismantling patriarchy; why the connections between pleasure and danger must be rethought; and why consent must be disconnected from a protectionist approach that denies the agency and right to choice of individuals. Participants in this episode are: Aruna Rao (moderator); Dipika Srivastava, TARSHI, India; Solome Nakaweesi, Independent Consultant, Uganda; Subha Wije...2019-07-151h 02The Gender at Work PodcastG@W-CREA Podcast Series, Episode 3: How can we rethink language and terminology to shape new strategies, narratives and our advocacy?Language is often the medium through which exclusion, stigma and invisibilisation of certain groups, experiences and identities is normalised and justified. This podcast discusses whether and why language and terminology matter, how new words and frames can be created in diverse cultural contexts to claim power, presence and voice, and analyses the hijacking of progressive feminist language by conservative political movements. Participants in this episode include: Aruna Rao (moderator); Jayanthi Kuru, Independent Consultant, Sri Lanka; Shalini Singh and Srilatha Batliwala of CREA, India; Rudo Chigudu Warrier, Artist-Activist, Zimbabwe; and Cynthia Rothschild, Independent Consultant, USA. Gender a...2019-07-0850 minThe Gender at Work PodcastG@W-CREA Podcast Series, Episode 2: How are artists, activists, and movements on the margins rethinking exclusion and inclusion in more intersectional ways?Social power and injustice are often expressed and experienced through inclusion and exclusion. This episode explores what constitutes inclusion or exclusion, who are the most excluded groups and identities, and how diverse constituencies are connecting to challenge their marginalisation. The role of creative people in raising awareness about exclusionary politics is also explored. Participants in this episode are Aruna Rao (moderator), Janet Price, Independent Activist, UK/New Zealand; Thea Khoury, AFEMENA, Lebanon; Gabrielle le Roux, Artist-Activist, South Africa; Nthabisend [Babalwa] Mokoena, Intersex Activist, South Africa; and Dada Ben Azouz, Artist, Tunisia. Gender at Work and CRE...2019-07-0439 minThe Gender at Work PodcastG@W-CREA Podcast Series, Episode 1: How are artists, women’s rights activists and movements on the margins responding to criminalization?Various narratives, social norms and political agenda underlie the criminalisation of people based on their gender identities, sexual expression, reproductive choices or occupation (such as sex work). This podcast explores the impacts of this approach not only on these groups, but on societies as a whole, and the nature of resistance to criminalisation. Participants for this episode are: Aruna Rao, Lady Grew, Sara Hossain, Estefania Vela Barba and Mindy Roseman. Gender at Work and CREA co-developed a podcast series on feminists rethinking politics and resistance, reimagining change and transformation and rebooting struggles and movements. We asked participants at...2019-06-2754 minThe Gender at Work PodcastEpisode 09: Gender at Work Theory and Practice for 21st Century OrganizationsIn 2015, Gender at Work founders and podcast hosts Aruna Rao and David Kelleher, along with Gender at Work Senior Associate, Joanne Sandler and Knowledge Strategist, Carol Miller, collaborated to write a book that has proven to be a must-read for feminists. Gender at Work: Theory and Practice for 21st Century Organizations is a culmination of four activists' dedication, experience and thought leadership developing and employing a holistic approach to improve gender equality globally. In this ninth episode, we speak with the authors behind this compelling book and take a deep dive into the Gender at Work Analytical Framework which f...2018-10-0129 min
Mental Health News RadioAdvancing LGBTQ Rights in South Asian Communities with Aruna RaoAruna Rao will be presenting at this years In My Mind Conference held in October in New York: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-in-my-mind-peoples-of-color-mental-health-conference-registration-43936929539Aruna Rao is a community mental health advocate, grassroots organizer, speaker and writer. She is currently an Associate Director at the National Alliance on Mental Illness of New Jersey (NAMI NJ). Aruna is the founder of SAMHAJ, the first program in the USA to provide support and education for South Asian Americans affected by mental illness. She has been instrumental in developing programs for immigrants affected by mental illness in New Jersey, and her...2018-09-1221 min
Mental Health News RadioAdvancing LGBTQ Rights in South Asian Communities with Aruna RaoAruna Rao will be presenting at this years In My Mind Conference held in October in New York: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-in-my-mind-peoples-of-color-mental-health-conference-registration-43936929539Aruna Rao is a community mental health advocate, grassroots organizer, speaker and writer. She is currently an Associate Director at the National Alliance on Mental Illness of New Jersey (NAMI NJ). Aruna is the founder of SAMHAJ, the first program in the USA to provide support and education for South Asian Americans affected by mental illness. She has been instrumental in developing programs for immigrants affected by mental illness in New Jersey, and her...2018-09-1221 min
KPFA - Womens MagazineAuthor Bonnie Morris and new book Gender at WorkFirst up we listen to a talk given at Laurel Books by lesbian feminist author and scholar Bonnie Morris about her new book The Feminist revolution, a Richly illustrated, engagingly written history of second-wave feminism and successor movements from the 1960s to the present.
Then in the second half of the show Preeti Mangala Shekar talks to Aruna Rao, Joanne Sandler, David Kelleher and Carol Miller, authors of the new book “Gender at work: Theory and Practice for 21st century organizations” a book that looks at the deeper structures that create and reinforce gender inequality .
The...2018-08-2735 min
Queering DesiFamily Support and Acceptance with Aruna RaoIn this episode, Priya chats with Aruna Rao, the mother of a queer young adult and the founder of Desi Rainbow Parents & Allies. Priya asks Aruna about her own journey as a parent and why she founded the organization. Aruna talks about the optimism she has and barriers she faces in community building with parents of South Asian LGBTQI folks, and the two discuss strategies for creating intergenerational allyship and support. Later, Aruna shares the link she's seen between mental health and LGBTQI communities, and her goals for the organization in 2018.2018-04-0433 minThe Gender at Work PodcastEpisode 03: Evolutionary organizationsIn our third episode, hosted by Aruna Rao and David Kelleher, we would like to share a discussion on Fredric Laloux’s popular book, Reinventing Organisations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage in Human Consciousness, published in 2014. In his book, Laloux discusses the evolution of organisational structures and he labels each type by a different color. The focus of the book is on the colour TEAL, which represents organizations with an evolutionary purpose and a non-hierarchical management style. We are joined by Michel Friedman, our Senior Associate based in South Africa, Tania Principe, our Director of Man...2017-09-0729 minThe Gender at Work PodcastEpisode 02: Feminist Activism and Self-care “I was so busy thinking about strategy, I never thought about self-care…I was told to swallow my tears, and so many women are told this. I don’t have the space for self-care. It is impossible to be a black woman alone.” - Yasmin Thayna, Brazilian filmmaker and activist at the 2016 AWID Forum In this episode on Feminist Activism and Self Care hosted by Aruna Rao and David Kelleher, we’re joined by Gender at Work associates Shawna Wakefield, Michel Friedman and Nina Benjamin, our Board member, Srilatha Batliwala and colleagues Jane Real, Lucia Jayaseelan, and Natalie Je...2017-07-1838 min
Two Old Bitches: Stories from Women who Reimagine, Reinvent and RebelS02 Episode 02: Aruna Rao - Feeling GoodAruna Rao, 61, is co-founder and Executive Director of Gender at Work, a global network of people dedicated to building cultures of equality. She dreams of singing “the blues like Nina Simone and rock like Janis Joplin!” And, as you’ll hear in this episode, she has the voice to do it. She's lived and worked in more countries than anyone we know, growing up as the daughter of an Indian diplomat who moved from Pondicherry, to southern Africa, Canada, Japan, the U.S. and many more places. A disrupter-at-heart, Aruna's writings and voice have had a reverberating impact on the way...2017-03-1740 min
Spring 2014 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfDisrupting Institutional Rules and Organizational Practices for Women's Rights and Gender EqualityContributor(s): Aruna Rao | We are pleased to announce that Aruna Rao, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Gender at Work, will be delivering a lunchtime seminar. How can change be made to happen to disrupt the deep structures of gender inequality in the programs, policies and every-day practices of social change organizations, mainstream development agencies and systems? This presentation will use the Gender at Work analytical matrix as a ‘lens’ to examine this question in a set of organizations, assess outcomes, and highlight key questions and challenges. Aruna Rao, an Indian national, is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Gender at W...2014-01-241h 32Spring 2014 | Public lectures and events | VideoDisrupting Institutional Rules and Organizational Practices for Women's Rights and Gender EqualityContributor(s): Aruna Rao | We are pleased to announce that Aruna Rao, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Gender at Work, will be delivering a lunchtime seminar. How can change be made to happen to disrupt the deep structures of gender inequality in the programs, policies and every-day practices of social change organizations, mainstream development agencies and systems? This presentation will use the Gender at Work analytical matrix as a ‘lens’ to examine this question in a set of organizations, assess outcomes, and highlight key questions and challenges. Aruna Rao, an Indian national, is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Gender at W...2014-01-241h 32