The Women of the Year Podcast - Celebrating extraordinary women
www.womenoftheyear.co.uk
26 episodes
4 months ago
Karen has always been passionate about exploring the great outdoors. But when she was just 21 years old, she fell while climbing a sea cliff. The life-changing accident left her paralysed from the chest down. But she didn’t let that stop her from doing what she loved the most - going on adventures. She has since skied across icecaps, hand-cycled the world’s biggest mountain ranges, and even become a British paralympic gold medallist. Karen is now gearing up for her biggest adventure yet, a record-breaking journey across the Antarctic. It will be the first time any woman who can’t walk has been to the South Pole and will be an enormous mental challenge as well as a physical one.
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Karen has always been passionate about exploring the great outdoors. But when she was just 21 years old, she fell while climbing a sea cliff. The life-changing accident left her paralysed from the chest down. But she didn’t let that stop her from doing what she loved the most - going on adventures. She has since skied across icecaps, hand-cycled the world’s biggest mountain ranges, and even become a British paralympic gold medallist. Karen is now gearing up for her biggest adventure yet, a record-breaking journey across the Antarctic. It will be the first time any woman who can’t walk has been to the South Pole and will be an enormous mental challenge as well as a physical one.
S2 Ep5: An extraordinary ordinary nun on fighting modern slavery
The Women of the Year Podcast - Celebrating extraordinary women
31 minutes
3 years ago
S2 Ep5: An extraordinary ordinary nun on fighting modern slavery
Imelda Poole is a nun. But I can confidently say she's quite unlike any nun you've ever met. Because for the past 17 years, Imelda has been leading the fight against modern slavery in. Albania. She co-founded Mary Ward Loreto, an organisation which addresses the root causes of trafficking, rehabilitates victims and brings the perpetrators of slavery to justice. She is also the president of RENATE, an international network of religious sisters who works together to combat human trafficking across 31 European countries. Her work has been recognised with a well-deserved MBE.
The Women of the Year Podcast - Celebrating extraordinary women
Karen has always been passionate about exploring the great outdoors. But when she was just 21 years old, she fell while climbing a sea cliff. The life-changing accident left her paralysed from the chest down. But she didn’t let that stop her from doing what she loved the most - going on adventures. She has since skied across icecaps, hand-cycled the world’s biggest mountain ranges, and even become a British paralympic gold medallist. Karen is now gearing up for her biggest adventure yet, a record-breaking journey across the Antarctic. It will be the first time any woman who can’t walk has been to the South Pole and will be an enormous mental challenge as well as a physical one.
