OPEN Podcast is the podcast edition of OPEN Conference. In our episodes we explore the diversity and inclusion landscape in Central and Eastern Europe.
Interview with Anna Vainer, the founder of #IamRemarkable movement
In this episode of OPEN Podcast we interviewed Anna Vainer, the founder of #IamRemarkable movement. #IamRemarkable is a Google initiative empowering women and other underrepresented groups to celebrate their achievements in the workplace and beyond.
11 Nov 2020
Interview with Asia Dér and Sári Haragonics the directors of Her mothers
In this episode of OPEN podcast we interviewed Asia Dér and Sári Haragonics, the directors of Her mothers. (https://hermothers.com) The film is about a lesbian couple who decide to adopt a child and focus on building a family together. With a sensitive lens and close access, directors Asia Dér and Sári Haragonics follow the two women through their long and ultimately successful adoption process to bring home their young daughter of Roma origin. But tensions begin to rise between the two as Virág thrives in her role as a mother and Nóra struggles to find her place within the family. As the rising tides of hate and homophobia in Hungary begin to overflow into their family, their lives hit a boiling point and they must face the difficult decision of whether to leave their country behind.
10 Nov 2020
Diversity and Inclusion in Romania - Interview with Lestat Monroe co-founder of Romanian Diversity Chamber of Commerce
In this episode of OPEN podcast we interviewed Lestat Monroe a champion of diversity and inclusion in Romania the co-founder of Romanian Diversity Chamber of Commerce to learn more about the diversity and inclusion landscape in Romania.
9 Nov 2020
Why should companies in Austria support LGBTI D&I initiatives in the CEE region?
This episode of OPEN Podcast was made in partnership with Pride Biz Austria, the umbrella organization of Queer Business Women and Austrian Gay Professionals. Listen to Astrid G. Weinwurm-Wilhelm, president of Pride Biz Austria interviewing Wittich Mahlknecht, from the Austrian subsidiary of Vienna Insurance Group, the Wiener Städtische, one of the major insurance companies in Austria and Mirsad Aljusevic js from Erste Group, one of the major financial institutes in Austria.
9 Nov 2020
Diversity and inclusion in Slovakia: Why is visibility of LGBTQ+ people so important?
This episode of OPEN Podcast was made in partnership with Pride ERG Chapter, Dell Bratislava, Slovakia. Listen to Martin Tarana communication lead of ERG Pride Chapter, Dell Bratislava interviewing Magda Jarunova member of their ERG Core team.
9 Nov 2020
Diversity and Inclusion in the Czech Republic - Interview with Alena Líškay Králíková and Jana Tikalová
This episode of OPEN Podcast (http://www.openconference.hu/) was made in partnership with OPIM (https://opim.cz/en). Listen to the interview with Alena Líškay Králíková, Sustainability and Diversity Expert at Kooperativa and Jana Tikalová, founder and CEO at OPIM, about the diversity and inclusion landscape in the Czech Republic.
8 Nov 2020
Diversity and Inclusion in Poland - Interview with Hubert Sobecki, the head of Love Does Not Exclude
In this episode of OPEN podcast (http://www.openconference.hu/) we interview Hubert Sobecki, the head of Love Does Not Exclude (https://mnw.org.pl/en/), a Warsaw-based LGBT rights group.
Love Does Not Exclude was founded in 2009 by a team of activists, volunteers and allies committed to securing full equality for LGBT+ persons, especially in terms of their right to marry. Based in Warsaw, they work on a national level, cooperating with several LGBT+ organizations as well as other groups, institutions and individuals who share their ideals of equality.
5 Nov 2020
Diversity and Inclusion in Poland - Interview with Julia Kata the Vice President of Trans-Fuzja Foundation
In this episode of OPEN Podcast we interviewed Julia Kata the Vice President of Trans-Fuzja Foundation to learn more about the current situation of the LGBTQ+ community in Poland. Trans-Fuzja Foundation is devoted to a wide range of activities aimed to help the Polish transgender community. From supporting them with psychological help (both professional and self-help groups), legal advisory, through educating the public opinion on medical issues and structural definitions from the so-called “gender identity disorders” and also on the non-normative identities, free from the pathologizing medical discourse, to creating a real-life safe space for the Polish trangender community.
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