EP 107 The Personal is Political with Gender Equity/Angela Pippos

Business In Colour

Angela Pippos is a Journalist, TV Presenter, Radio Personality, Documentary-maker, Author and more. In this episode, Angela shares her early love of sport, being a middle child, her parent’s influence growing up in a Greek-Australian family in Adelaide. She reflects on her father’s start - cleaning the floors and being a Props Boy at Channel 7 to a Producer, Director and part of the management of Channel 7 and 10 in Adelaide. She recounts being the first in her family to go to University, her start at the ABC as a researcher, her time on live television, her advocacy of feminism through politics and sport. Talking about multiculturalism and how the Howard government set us back, she says, you should not change what you eat, your name or who you hang out with to belong in Australia. She talks passionately about women’s safety, women’s economic equality, the national plan for violence against women and children – how we need more than just the will but the investment and action for gender equity in all spaces. Angela talks about how - The personal is the political for her and how she has transformed her advocacy and impact using her wonderful skill as a communicator, giving voice to and for others. She says: You have to be noisy and fight for change. Please enjoy the charismatic and courageous, Angela Pippos.

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