ACTivate - Meet Jacqui Dillon, Amnesty Aotearoa's new Executive Director
Catherine chats with Jacqui Dillon 8 weeks into her role as Kaiwhakahaere Matua. As the international winds of uncertainty blow over the world, Jacqui grounds us by speaking about ripples of change, cultural shifts, and people power. Jacqui shares her vision for humanity as part of Amnesty's 60th birthday celebrations (https://amnesty.org.nz/60th-bday/). And guess what? Jacqui is also a psychotherapist; hear how that work connects with human rights and global systems.
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ACTivate - Why Dr Ellen Joan Ford is on a mission to change the 9-5 - a revolution for parents, workplaces and the world
Our current system is a mismatch in schedules and a mismatch with what makes a healthy human. Let's change it together - because our wellbeing depends on it. Catherine celebrates International Women's Day by speaking with Dr Ellen Joan Ford, military veteran, esteemed academic, Kiwibank local hero of the year for 2023 and author of #WorkSchoolHours - a Revolution for Parents, Workplaces and the World. And no, this is definitely NOT about work less for a pay cut! Ellen advocates for a set of principles not dogmatic rules; outputs not hours, flexibility and autonomy, and above all - value people and what they care about outside of work so they can thrive. Ellen is terrifyingly ambitious about changing the working world for the better, starting with parents.
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Edition for parents / individuals https://www.ellenjoanford.com/course/workschoolhours-online-course-parents
Edition for people leaders https://www.ellenjoanford.com/course/workschoolhours-online-course-people-leaders
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ACTivate - Potential Arms Act changes. Will this government prioritise good firearms laws that keep us safe?
This month Catherine speaks with Philippa Yasbek, co-founder of Gun Control NZ, about the Government's potential rewrite of the Arms Act. This rewrite threatens to unwind our existing safe firearms laws, which the majority of New Zealanders want. Gun Control NZ's key aims are to maintain the ban on semiautomatic weapons introduced post the mosque mass shooting, shorten the licence period to 5 years, implement the gun registry and record all ammunition sales (add your name to Gun Control NZ's submission - https://www.guncontrol.nz/submission) Submissions close on 28 February 2025. Act now.
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ACTivate - Summer Edition: People, Books, Songs and more
In this month's show Kerry and Catherine share their good read, protest song and human rights stories from 2024.
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ACTivate - Lisa Woods and Sally Carlton Pt2 - protecting our human rights
How well is our government protecting our human rights? The UN tells the government where it's failing.
Lisa Woods, Amnesty International's movement building and advocacy director, and Sally Carlton - presenter of Speak Up - Korerotia discuss how well is the NZ government protecting the human rights of its people?" We talk about the Universal Periodic Review - a system where every 4 years the Human Rights situation of all UN Member States is reviewed.
It was New Zealand's turn this year - the government needs to do better!
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