Bonjour listeners!

For this week's episode, the amazing Kate is hosting Carole Ponchon from France. They chat about empowerment, diversity in leadership, and the ways in which COVID-19 has impacted the fight for equity.

Carole is currently leading SWinG (Supporting Women in Achieving their Goals) a project that aims to increase diversity in leadership and governance. She has worked as a leader and manager in several European sports organisations and in 2013 founded her own company, BeInnovActiv. She is passionate about the positive impact that play and physical activity can have on people's lives.

Find out more about the SWinG project on their website: www.gamechangeher.org

Note: The academics that Carole mentions who describe empowerment are Nanette Page and Cheryl E. Czuba. You can read their short article "Empowerment: What Is It?" online here.

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Big thank you and high fives to the Centre for Sport, Peace and Society at the University of Tennessee, whose Empower Women Through Sports follow-on grant has brought this podcast series to life.

Our thanks also go to The New Zealand Commission for UNESCO for supporting this project and powering these conversations.

Ngā mihi nui!

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You can find the full transcript from this episode, and learn more about Shift, on our website: www.shiftnz.org/podcast

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