Kaspar Wan. The host for this show is Crystal Kwok. The guest is Kaspar Wan. Kaspar speaks to the history of trans in Chinese societies, his sex change operation, and the importance of support in health care and family. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6k-ynFpwaXt33MGAyHzUenc Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com […]
Women, Peace and Security at INDOPACOM (Military In Hawaii)
Inclusive Security, an Asymmetric Advantage. The host for this show is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. The guest is Monica Herrera. Guest host Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf interviews Monica Herrera, the Women, Peace & Security (WPS) Curriculum Developer at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. Monica shares the command’s approach to implementing UNSCR 1351 and supporting U.S. public law to a […]
Social Entrepreneurship in Latin America (Latin American Directions)
LUCHA and Empowering Girls and Women. The host for this show is Nicolás Süssmann Herrán. The guests are Maria Jose Medina and Francisco Torres. Social entrepreneurship and work with communities has been one of the approaches to overcome the challenges that inequality poses to the growth of girls and women, particularly access to education not […]
Transitional Justice in Afghanistan (Transitional Justice)
Gendered Inclusion in Afghanistan. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Anni Lindén. For decades, Afghanistan has been a playground for great power politics. Come post-9/11 era, Afghan women’s rights became the centre of the international discussion, along with “bringing democracy” to Afghanistan. In this episode, we discuss whether and how […]
LGBT discrimination in Asia (KwokTalk)
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Exploring Sex, Gender, Identity, and Relationships (Kwoktalk: The Culture Of Women)
An intimate insight into the fascinating and obscure world of being trans. Exploring challenges faced being transgendered, personally and within society and beyond. The host for this episode is Crystal Kwok. The guest for this episode is Ava Ladner. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, […]
Disruptive Thinking (Kwoktalk: The Culture Of Women)
Owning your voice. Crystal Kwok and her guest, Madame Gandhi talk about the types of thinking that can be disruptive and how to avoid it. The host for this episode is Crystal Kwok. The guests for this episode are Jay Fidell and Madame Gandhi. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to […]
Amber Larson – Transgender Advocate (Out And About)
Amber Larson – one transgender woman’s journey and experiences shared. Today we will discuss topics, thoughts, emotions, procedures, body issues and related issues that transgender people go through with transgender dysphoria, with focus on the roller coaster that often is this experience on top of the emotional roller coaster of general life and being true […]
Bringing Gender Equity into Research with Marla Berry, Lucia Seale and Matthew Pitts
Host Jay Fidell speaks with Marla Berry (Chair, Dept of Cell and Molecular Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa), Lucia Seale (Core Co-Director, Proteomics Core, University of Hawaii at Manoa) and Matthew Pitts (Assistant Researcher, University of Hawaii at Manoa) about their research on gender differences.