Diversity with Diana Podcast

Diana Sifuna

Diversity with Diana Podcast is a platform for thought leaders, policymakers, and engaged citizens passionate about building equitable societies. Rooted in good governance, inclusive diversity, and tech innovation values, we explore policy, development, and culture through a unique lens. Join us as we dive into the dynamic intersection of diversity and technology, uncovering insights that shape a more inclusive future. From in-depth discussions on equitable policy-making to the role of innovation in fostering cultural growth, our episodes bring fresh perspectives from global voices. Stay tuned

  1. 06/01/2022

    Episode 26 | Diversity & Inclusion: A Kenyan Expat Conversation | Arnav Kapur & Diana Sifuna

    In this new Season, Founder and Host Diana Sifuna joins Arnav Kapur in a Kenyan expat conversation while exploring 3 things: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The LIVE conversation happened physically at Lava Latte Food Café in Nairobi, Kenya and virtually on Diversity With Diana Podcast YouTube Channel. Arnav hosts The Development Dilemma podcast which began from conversations that started in 2017 in Kenya with his Kenyan colleagues and friends about their experiences working in international organizations. They all did similar work but had very different experiences and opportunities, which ultimately damaged the potential for social impact in the work. The podcast arose out of this frustration with the hope of starting more conversations to break this divide. An avid cyclist, Arnav grew up in Canada and the UK and has had the privilege of spending the last 4 years in Kenya, learning about another culture and practicing Kiswahili. About the Development Dilemma Podcast:  The Development Dilemma Podcast features honest and empathetic conversations to address the elephant in the room: the world of international development is run by two actors, expats & locals, who don't seem to talk.  Through conversations between expats and locals, we tackle the common development dilemmas (e.g. hiring & pay, skills transfers, role of aid) and how we can work towards more democratic, collaborative and ultimately, impactful work.

    Episode 26 | Diversity & Inclusion: A Kenyan Expat Conversation | Arnav Kapur & Diana Sifuna

  2. 12/09/2021

    Podcast 25 | Feminism for Socio-Political Equality | Martha Mwatha & Diana Sifuna

    This DWD Podcast will feature host Diana Sifuna (She/her) and guest Martha Mwatha (She/her) is a lawyer, socialist feminist, an abolitionist, Human Rights Defender, and writer. She is also a rape victim/survivor, an ungovernable woman who prides herself in living life boldly, fearlessly, and authentically. Borrowing from the power of Mama Asante Waa, the bravery of Wangari Mathai and audacity of Stella Nyanzi as well as other powerful black women she presents as a decolonized and liberated Black, African Woman in all her fullness. Martha believes in being an accomplice to the oppressed standing firmly on the words of Assata Shakur ‘It is the obligation of every person who claims to oppose oppression to resist the oppressor by every means at his or her disposal. Not to engage in physical resistance, armed resistance to oppression, is to serve the interests of the oppressor; no more, no less. There are no exceptions to the rule, no easy out...’ Diana seeks to understand the evolution of feminism and it’s socio-economic and political implication on the path to equality of men and women. Join Diana and Martha on YouTube LIVE on Wednesday the 9th of December 2021 from 8:00pm (GMT+3) as they explore the dangers of totalizing narratives and hope to give recommendations to our viewers won what they can do regularly to advance gender equality as a human right. Additional Information: She is also a founding member and organizer/mobilizer at Feminists Conversations Kenya (@FeministConvoKe) which organizes around feminism and Social Justice in a bid to end patriarchal domination. (Check them out every Thursday for a tweet chat and Twitter space where we do political education around these issues) As a believer of co creating our feminist realities through creating safe spaces for women and gender minorities Martha advocates for Gender Justice through throwing herself fully into advocacy work. She insists that standing in solidarity with the most marginalized people calls for more than just theory, that we must also put our money where our mouth is and go into practice. SOCIAL CONNECT DWD Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DiversityWithDianaPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diversitywithdianapodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/DianaPodcast Email: diversitywithdianapodcast@gmail.com DWD Podcast Host Twitter: https://twitter.com/DianaSifuna Email: dianansifuna@gmail.com DWD Podcast Guest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/martha.mwatha Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marthamwatha/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/marthamwatha

  3. 11/30/2021

    Podcast 24 B | Supporting Gender Diversity: Transgender Inclusion | Letoya Johnstone & Diana Sifuna

    PART TWO: This DWD Podcast will feature host Diana Sifuna and guest Letoya Johnstone, a transgender woman and advocate of the transgender community. Letoya Johnstone is a diploma holder in social work, a transgender peer educator, a trainer of trainees (ToT) trained by a branch of Kenyan Ministry of Health, NASCOP (National AIDS and STI Control Programme), a trained HIV/AIDS counselling psychologist and a community champion for the Transgender community. Letoya notes that transgender persons are not intersex, and she will engage Diana in understanding the gender norms and the importance of inclusion of transgender persons in the healthcare system, public spaces, and in the census. Join Diana and Letoya on YouTube LIVE on Tuesday the 30th of November 2021 from 8:00pm (GMT+3). Email us any questions you may have in advance as I engage Letoya in the understanding and support of gender diversity and transgender inclusion in equitable distribution of public service s and equality as a human rights aspect. Additional Information: Letoya Johnstone is the first person in Africa to be named Transgender Fashion Icon by BBC world because of her sharp eye for fashion and including the minorities and the Marginalized communities in the fashion scenes. Before Letoya Johnstone's tireless efforts, there were no models living with disability or LGBTQ+ included in the fashion industry, modelling and runway shows. SOCIAL CONNECT DWD Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DiversityWithDianaPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diversitywithdianapodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DiversityDiana Email: diversitywithdianapodcast@gmail.com DWD Podcast Host Twitter: https://twitter.com/DianaSifuna Email: dianansifuna@gmail.com DWD Podcast Guest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008713864022 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/letoya_johnstone/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LetoyaJohnstone Email: informletoya@gmail.com

  4. 11/30/2021

    Podcast 24 A | Supporting Gender Diversity: Transgender Inclusion | Letoya Johnstone & Diana Sifuna

    PART ONE: This DWD Podcast will feature host Diana Sifuna and guest Letoya Johnstone, a transgender woman and advocate of the transgender community. Letoya Johnstone is a diploma holder in social work, a transgender peer educator, a trainer of trainees (ToT) trained by a branch of Kenyan Ministry of Health, NASCOP (National AIDS and STI Control Programme), a trained HIV/AIDS counselling psychologist and a community champion for the Transgender community. Letoya notes that transgender persons are not intersex, and she will engage Diana in understanding the gender norms and the importance of inclusion of transgender persons in the healthcare system, public spaces, and in the census. Join Diana and Letoya on YouTube LIVE on Tuesday the 30th of November 2021 from 8:00pm (GMT+3). Email us any questions you may have in advance as I engage Letoya in the understanding and support of gender diversity and transgender inclusion in equitable distribution of public service s and equality as a human rights aspect. Additional Information: Letoya Johnstone is the first person in Africa to be named Transgender Fashion Icon by BBC world because of her sharp eye for fashion and including the minorities and the Marginalized communities in the fashion scenes. Before Letoya Johnstone's tireless efforts, there were no models living with disability or LGBTQ+ included in the fashion industry, modelling and runway shows. SOCIAL CONNECT DWD Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DiversityWithDianaPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diversitywithdianapodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DiversityDiana Email: diversitywithdianapodcast@gmail.com DWD Podcast Host Twitter: https://twitter.com/DianaSifuna Email: dianansifuna@gmail.com DWD Podcast Guest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008713864022 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/letoya_johnstone/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LetoyaJohnstone Email: informletoya@gmail.com

    Podcast 24 A | Supporting Gender Diversity: Transgender Inclusion | Letoya Johnstone & Diana Sifuna

  5. 09/16/2021

    Podcast 23 | Health Policy & Practice Inclusion in Kenya | Dr. Simon Kigondu & Diana Sifuna

    This week’s YouTube LIVE episode of Diversity With Diana Podcast will feature host Diana Sifuna and guest Dr. Simon Kigondu, a medical doctor specializing as an Obstetrician/Gynaecologist and is based in Nairobi, Kenya. Dr. Kigondu is a health advocate and the CEO of Excella Health Care, an obstetrics and gynecology's practice based at KMA Centre in Upper Hill, Nairobi. He currently serves as the Secretary-General of the Kenya Medical Association and a council member of Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists’ Union. In addition to this, he serves as a board director at Amnesty International Kenya. Diana engages Dr, Kigondu in understanding the merit of inclusion in Kenya’s health care system and policy. Do all persons in Kenya of all diverse backgrounds have similar access to health care services without discrimination? We discuss this and more.  #Diversity #Inclusion #HealthPolicy #Kenya #DiversityWithDiana  Email: diversitywithdianapodcast@gmail.com

    Podcast 23 | Health Policy & Practice Inclusion in Kenya | Dr. Simon Kigondu & Diana Sifuna

  6. 07/07/2021

    Podcast 22 | Alternative Leadership Options in A Democracy | Wanjiku Kihika & Diana Sifuna

    This week, host Diana Sifuna is joined in Studio by Wanjiku Kihika who is the Founder and Executive Director of Tribeless Youth as well a governance and arts advocate. We focus our discussion on Saba Saba, it's meaning and our collective duty as watchdogs that ensure that compliance with the constitution is upheld. Engage with us as we seek to explore alternative leadership options in our democracy. Tribeless Youth initiative was established with the purpose of promoting peaceful coexistence among the youth in Kenya devoid of negative ethnicity or tribal lenses.   Additional Info:   Wanjiku is an undergraduate Public Relations student and concurrently pursuing a certificate in Gender and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Executive Studies. She completed the transformational leadership training by Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung and another program on Place Based Leadership for Prevention of Urban Violence from University of Sunderland in partnership with the Danish Institute. Her impeccable track record has received recognition. She was first runners  up in the Diversity and Inclusion Awards (DIAR)  organized by the Daima Trust in Partnership with National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) as well as the Integrity Award by Kenya Civil Society Network. She is both a TedX (2019) and an Acumen fellow.   #PowerToThePeople #SabaSabaMarchForOurLives #DiversityWithDianaPodcast #InclusiveDiversityBenefitsUsAll   Email: diversitywithdianapodcast@gmail.com

    Podcast 22 | Alternative Leadership Options in A Democracy | Wanjiku Kihika & Diana Sifuna

  7. 06/22/2021

    Podcast 21 | Effective Communication on Reproductive Health | Evelyn Odhiambo & Diana Sifuna

    This week’s podcast discusses the role of effective communication in Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) matters. Host Diana Sifuna is joined by Guest Evelyn Odhiambo in the conversation regarding crucial information dissemination among youths on Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR). Evelyn Odhiambo is the youth Coordinator at Reproductive Health Network Kenya (RHNK), a network of trained health care providers, who are passionate about ensuring provision of quality comprehensive reproductive health information and services. She is also a trained communications professional, with a diploma in public relations from the Cooperative University of Kenya. She is a final year student at the University of Nairobi pursuing a BA degree in Journalism and media studies. At RHNK, she supports the management of the Hotline Nena Na Binti digital space for SRH awareness creation and information dissemination to stakeholders. Ms. Odhiambo is also the contact person for the SheDecides Kenya movement and SRHR trainer (Trainer4Life) with Dance4Life Foundation where she has empowered more than 1000 young people on SRHR. She is serving as a youth representative at the African Free of New HIV infections (AfNHi ) Committee. In the conversation with her, we ask:  1. How do most young people perceive SRH?  2. What is most crucial in SRH Education?  3. How can we do better when communicating about SRHR to both girls and boys? #ReproductiveHealth #SexualReproductiveHealth #Education #Communication

    Podcast 21 | Effective Communication on Reproductive Health | Evelyn Odhiambo & Diana Sifuna

  8. 06/03/2021

    Podcast 20 | Youth Inclusion in Political Party Leadership | Wilkister Aduma & Diana Sifuna

    As one of the youngest ever female political party leaders of a Kenyan Political Party Ms. Wilkister Aduma speaks to Ms. Diana Sifuna about her experience in Politics and Leadership. Professionally, Ms. Aduma is the founder of an initiative called Run For Office, whose main objective is to encourage and support young people to run for office and lead while challenging the stereotype that young people run for public offices to seek clout and can not necessarily lead. She has over six years experience in political party administration. She served as the Executive Director of Labour Party of Kenya, the youngest person to hold such a political office at the time. Notably, the Labour Party of Kenya was able to partner with the Danish Youth League on a gender mainstreaming in politics programme, piloted in two counties in the country. In the 2017 elections, she was the Secretariat Head for the Thirdway Alliance Kenya. Wilkister Aduma studied commerce at the University of Nairobi and is a consultant at Enigma Company Ltd, a company focusing on management consultancy serving private sector, government and civil society. Her area of expertise in consultancy is Youth Development, Youth-responsive policy formulation and technical advice in the same area. #GoodGovernance​​ #InclusiveDiversity​​ #PoliticalLeadership  Email: diversitywithdianapodcast@gmail.com

    Podcast 20 | Youth Inclusion in Political Party Leadership | Wilkister Aduma & Diana Sifuna
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Diversity with Diana Podcast is a platform for thought leaders, policymakers, and engaged citizens passionate about building equitable societies. Rooted in good governance, inclusive diversity, and tech innovation values, we explore policy, development, and culture through a unique lens. Join us as we dive into the dynamic intersection of diversity and technology, uncovering insights that shape a more inclusive future. From in-depth discussions on equitable policy-making to the role of innovation in fostering cultural growth, our episodes bring fresh perspectives from global voices. Stay tuned

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