WOMXN UP!

In this episode, Dawn Smalls, JD, discusses how she has effectively represented female victims, particularly those experiencing domestic violence and abuse.

Penny Abeywardena, a global advocate for women’s rights and a former Commissioner for International Affairs for the City of New York, discusses her leadership roles in international affairs, why she has devoted her column in Forbes magazine to addressing the benefits of 'soft power', and her thoughts about the 2024 Presidential election.

Documentarian Ravit Markus, recipient of the 2024 Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant through New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT), is interviewed about her film, Nina is an Athlete, which made its world premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, January 22-28. The film showcases wheelchair badminton champion, Nina Gorodetsky, who finally has a chance to make it to the Paralympics. However, she is negotiating a ticking biological clock both as an athlete and as a woman. What would she be willing to sacrifice to realize her Olympic dream? 

A self-described 'financial feminist,' Jackie Zehner is the founder of ShePlace, where she is planning to bring all of her decades of experience championing for the advancement of women and girls under one umbrella. Jacki learned quite a lot about finance while working at Goldman Sachs, where at the age of 32, she became the youngest woman and first female trader to make partner. After leaving Goldman in 2002, Jacki spent almost a decade absorbing as much as she could about the wealth management industry, before diving into philanthropy full force, serving on many women focused non-profit boards, giving through her family foundation, and co-founding a global philanthropic network called Women Moving Millions, through which members have collectively given over one billion dollars with a gender lens. While Jacki has always been an investor, she is committed to becoming more intentional in her efforts to champion the field of gender-lens investing, as well as doing all she can to help women develop a healthier relationship with their financial resources.

Did you know that four out of 10 travelers with disabilities have had their mobility aid lost or damaged by an airline? In this episode, we interviewed Xian Horn, a frequent air traveler with Cerebral Palsy who recently underwent a horrific experience at JFK airport during the Thanksgiving holiday.

All families deserve a better future, regardless of their race, ethnicity, or zip code. Xiomara Romain, Executive Director of LIFT-New York, discusses how her organization breaks the cycle of financial inequality by building families’ well-being, financial strength, and social connections to lift two generations at once.

In her newly released memoir, Maeve DuVally a former Goldman Sachs executive, reveals how she went to extraordinary lengths to conceal her transition in the months leading up to her announcement to colleagues, and what led her there, in her tell-all book.

Sarah Medina Camiscoli, a first-generation, LGBTQ+ attorney of the Puerto Rican diaspora from NYC, is co-founder of the Peer Defense Project, which transforms how youth leaders engage with law. PDP’s web platform links attorneys to youth leaders and provides youth grassroots organizations with the legal tools to support advocacy for youth civil rights issues such as school integration, the abolition of youth policing and incarceration, and voting rights. Using a hybrid model, PDP’s lawyers and youth leaders are dismantling systemic racism in schools, courts, and government.

In this episode, Lori Sokol, PhD., Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief of Women's eNews, talks with Anna Fishbeyn, director of the film, Galaxy 360: A Woman's Playground, a sci-fi comedy set in 2195, where women rule the world and men dream of getting married.

Imagine 'Barbie' on steroids!

In the episode of WOMXN UP!, Women's eNews' Editor-in-Chief, Lori Sokol, interviews entrepreneur, philanthropist, and one of Forbes' Richest Self-Made Women, Liz Elting, about her upcoming book, DREAM BIG AND WIN: Translating Passion into Purpose and Creating a Billion- Dollar Business. The podcast is also available at www.womensenews.org