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Illuminating WomenLoretta Dignam on Menopause!Today I'm talking with Loretta Dignam, founder of the world's first menopause clinic. Following a bewildering and disappointing experience when menopause hit, Loretta realised that she was not alone in having little clarity about what menopause entailed, what symptoms can/should be treated and how, or which parts of this under-discussed experience women just have to suck up. Having started her research in her front room, she went on to discover that hundreds of the women she met had little reliable information on it. Not only that, a whole generation of health care professionals had been misled...
2025-05-0948 minIlluminating WomenEpisode 8: The 30% ClubGiven that half of the 7.95 billion people on the planet are women, you might think it reasonable that women would also make up half of the board directors and senior executives in the world. Sadly we know that's not the case. But progress is definitely being made. Join me for an interview with Gillian Harford, the CEO for Ireland of a global organisation called the 30% club, which is aiming to ensure that at least 30% (if not 50%) of these roles are filled by women.
2024-12-1238 minIlluminating WomenEpisode 7: Waking the FeministsWomen were facing discrimination and under-representation in most publicly funded Irish theatres, especially the biggest and most well known ones. Women's stories and female artists were being given less space, continuing the myth that a male-dominated culture is both normal and acceptable. WakingTheFeminists was a campaign by group of men and women, who together spoke out for equality for women working in all aspects of theatre in Ireland. Only intended as a 12-month grassroots campaign, #WakingTheFeminists took on a life of its own, leading to a revolution for equality that garnered global attention, including Hollywood s...
2024-08-0836 minIlluminating WomenEpisode 6: Iseult Ward – Food for thoughtThe inspiring story behind Food Cloud: an organisation founded by two students that today provides 1.5 million meals a week to people in need For more details on Food Cloud go to food.cloud
2024-06-1326 minIlluminating WomenEpisode 5: Marina Carr – one of Ireland's greatest playwrightsIn this episode I am thrilled to be speaking with the hugely talented Marina Carr – winner of multiple international awards, a member of Aosdána and regarded by many as Ireland's leading playwright. Marina delves deep into the power behind the characters she creates and her writing approach, as well as fascinating insights on how she views history, men, women, and the future of humanity. And having just completed the final script for her latest play, the cast at The Abbey Theatre goes into rehearsals this week for the worldwide debut of Audrey or Sorrow - g...
2024-02-1036 minIlluminating WomenEpisode 4: Manchán Magan on Women's WordsIn this episode I'm chatting with the journalist, documentary maker and author Manchán Magan about unearthing stories of the knowledge and power wielded by women – both real and mythical – in Ireland of old. Manchán also shares with me a treasure trove of Irish words used to describe women's sexuality and bodies.
2023-11-2737 minIlluminating WomenEpisode 3: Dr Emily Harris on The Invisible Job, low sexual desire in women, orgasms and the clitoris! My guest in Episode 3 is Dr. Emily Harris, a psychologist and researcher from the University of Melbourne. We shine a light on work she and her colleagues are doing on the link between The Invisible Job* (of parenting and running a home) and low sexual desire in women. Just to add, Dr Harris is an expert on female orgasm frequency, so for all you ever need to know about orgasms, the clitoris and equality in relationships, listen up!!
2023-08-3139 min
Invisible to VisiblePaula Fyans on her book "The Invisible Job - How Sharing Home and Parental Responsibilities Leads to Happier Lives"Paula Fyans is an author of "The Invisible Job – How Sharing Home and Parental Responsibilities Leads to Happier Lives"
The book shines a light on the societal expectation that responsibility for parenting and managing a home defaults automatically to women. The book highlights the extent to which we all underestimate and undervalue the scale of these responsibilities, and the impact this has on women all over the world, both personally and professionally.
If you are a woman and you feel overwhelmed with the number of tasks/ jobs/ craziness of your life.. you are not alone !...
2023-08-2656 minIlluminating WomenEpisode 2: Claire Kilroy on Soldier SailorAward-winning novelist Claire Kilroy's new book 'Soldier Sailor' may just be her best yet. Kilroy's personal experience of being denied the freedom to resume professional writing for 10 years since becoming a mother has given birth to 'Soldier Sailor' – an unflinchingly honest account of the frustration, tedium, loneliness and resentment many mothers endure when looking after a baby/toddler full time. In this very frank interview, Claire talks openly about the relationship struggles this leads to, women's yearning for a life and identity they fear may be gone forever, anger and disbelief at the ongoing existence of patriarchy an...
2023-08-1849 min
Illuminating WomenEpisode 1: How a 30-hour working week could make life better (and more equal!) for men and women everywhereNadiane Kruk was Professor of Engineering at a top university in Brazil. As she was completing her PhD, she became a mother and discovered the challenges of trying be a good parent and a successful academic. Having lived and worked in Brazil and in Germany, Nadiane realised that social policies in both countries made life almost impossible for working parents. In this interview she proposes a way to reform the working week, which could make life better, and more equal, for men and women everywhere.
2023-06-2834 min
The Women's PodcastEp 537 The Invisible Job: How sharing home and parental responsibilities makes everyone happierToday, we celebrate Women’s Christmas or as it’s known in Ireland Nollaig na mBan. Traditionally this was the day when women got a day off after all the emotional and physical labour of making Christmas happen. But have we really moved on very much from the days when women did the majority of work in the home? And how much is this clear imbalance holding us back? In The Invisible Job: Parenting, Running a Home and Dividing Responsibility, Paula Fyans examines how this enduring inequality negatively impacts the lives of women, in terms of their career progression, financial securi...
2022-01-0654 min
Hausmannskost PodcastEpisode 24: im Gespräch mit Paula Fyans, Autorin von "The Invisible Job"Paula Fyans hätte nie gedacht, dass sie mal ein Buch schreibt. Schon gar nicht über ein Thema wie den "Invisible Job". Wir haben mit ihr ein Experiment gewagt: es ist unser erstes Gespräch auf Englisch! Zum Warmwerden reden wir trotzdem erst einmal Deutsch...
Es geht in dieser Folge um Mental Load, den Weg zu mehr Gleichberechtigung und das himmelschreiende Unrecht unbezahlter, überbordender und auslaugender Arbeit, die schlicht unsichtbar ist.
Wenn du mehr über Paulas Buch und ihre Mission wissen willst, schau’ mal auf www.theinvisiblejob.com nach, dort findest du auch die Job-Beschreibung für den...
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