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A female Police officer called JB – junior boy!

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A female Police officer called JB – junior boy!

When Tapere Ariki-Hewett started as a new recruit with the New Zealand Police, she found herself being referred to as JB (Junior Boy) and being ordered to make coffees. On another occasion, she encountered a complete lack of regard for her having a child and being ordered to work out of another station considerably further […]

Filed Under: Stuff Tagged With: Achieving dreams, extraordinary women, gender equality, Pacifika, Police, Sexism

Geologist & Contaminated Land Specialist Marija Jukic

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Geologist & Contaminated Land Specialist Marija Jukic

  This week I had the privilege of interviewing one of my colleagues, Marija Jukic. Marija has always worked in male dominated occupations and has really interesting insights into how women can survive and thrive in that type of environment. Marija was born in Auckland, New Zealand and went to Auckland University where she gained […]

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: extraordinary women, Feminism, Geologist, Hydrogeology, Sexism in the workplace, subtle sexism

Online Entrepreneur Suzanne Perazzini

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Online Entrepreneur Suzanne Perazzini

When I started this blog and started to think about which women I could interview, I realised that there were several inspirational women in my immediate family. So today I’m interviewing one of my sisters, Suzanne Perazzini. Suzanne is a certified nutritional therapist specialising in IBS and the low Fodmap diet, qualified teacher, award-winning author […]

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: extraordinary women, IBS, Online business, Online entrepreneur, Sexism, Sexism in the workplace

Inspirational Fiona Crichton

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Inspirational Fiona Crichton

 Today’s post is an interview of the amazing Fiona Crichton. Fiona started her working life as a lawyer but has recently changed direction and completed a PhD in Health Psychology. Her thesis was on medically unexplained symptoms around wind farms. Fiona talks about being complacent about women’s position in the world while she was in […]

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: Critical thinking, extraordinary women, nocebo effect, wind farms

More Great Reading

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More Great Reading

I have just come across a fantastic book for children called Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo. It contains 100 stories about 100 “extraordinary women”, from the past and the present, illustrated by 60 female artists from all over the world. The women in the stories include Frida Kahlo, […]

Filed Under: Stuff Tagged With: Elena Favilli, extraordinary women, female artists, Feminist Fight Club, Francesca Cavallo, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, Jessica Bennett, Neequaye Dreph Dsane

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