Joining us in London and Buenos Aires...
LONDON
In order of appearance:
Jo Swinson MP won East Dunbartonshire from Labour in 2005, and was re-elected in 2010.
In addition to her role as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Jo is Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
Jo chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group on Wellbeing Economics, and is co-founder of the Campaign for Body Confidence (www.campaignforbodyconfidence.org.uk).
Jane Czyzselska is the editor of DIVA magazine and has written for Diva since 1994, and joined as its editor on April Fool’s Day 2004. An auspicious day for her (it’s her mum’s birthday), she waved her freelance career as a journalist for The Times, the Independent and Horse & Hound goodbye. She loves: dancing, the smell of wet pinewood, Japanese tattoos, Mies Van der Rohe and Britt Ekland in The Wicker Man. She hates: not being able to speak Spanish. It is through Jane that Endangered Species collaborated with DIVA to produce the ES billboard campaign and special issue of DIVA. "When Susie told us about Endangered Species, her upcoming event aimed at correcting the warped view we have of ourselves, which is created and supported by our personal histories and the powerful visual media, we decided to join forces and asked Susie to guest-edit a special issue of DIVA. We’re excited about the impact our efforts could have in changing the cultural discourse about our bodies and in turn helping women to feel truly at home in their skin."
Natasha Walter is a writer, broadcaster and campaigner. She is the author of Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism and The New Feminism. She is also the founder of Women for Refugee Women.
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Dr Katherine Rake OBE took up her post as Chief Executive of the Family and Parenting Institute in October 2009. She has a strong background in social policy and research and is passionate about improving families' well-being. Katherine previously spent seven years as chief executive of the Fawcett Society. Prior to that she was a Lecturer in Social Policy at the LSE and seconded to the Women's Unit, Cabinet Office where she edited a ground-breaking report on women's lifetime incomes: Katherine has advised the Prime Minister's Policy Unit, HM Treasury and a variety of other Government departments. She is a regular broadcaster and has contributed to a wide range of print media. In 2008, Katherine was awarded an OBE for services to equal opportunities, an Institute of Directors 'Good Director' Honour and the Social Policy Association's Annual Award for Outstanding Contribution from a Non-academic.
Dr. Sasha Rakoff is the CEO of OBJECT, an award-winning human rights organisation specifically set up to challenge the sexual objectification of women. We were set up in 2003 because of an ever-accelerating culture of objectification: Lads' mags were becoming increasingly popular, internet porn and lap dancing clubs were more and more mainstreamed. Despite the social effects of this culture, there was little or no public debate on these issues. Many individuals concerned by what they saw felt alienated and silenced. OBJECT challenges ‘sex object culture’ – the normalising of the porn and sex industry through lads' mags, advertising or lap dancing clubs and is an award-winning organisation that uniquely combines successful political lobbying with grass roots campaigning. OBJECT have changed laws, kindled action UK-wide and are regularly featured in leading media.
Prof Dr Beate Wimmer-Puchinger is Vienna Women's Health Officer and Director of the Vienna Programme of Women's Health. She trained as a clinical and health psychologist and as University Professor at the University of Salzburg has been engaged since 1978 in women's health in research and practice with many years of experience in the field of psychosomatic medicine in gynecology and obstetric. She was the first psychologist in a women's clinic in Austria and led development of a psychosomatic clinic in a gynecological clinic. She also developed breastfeeding support groups, antenatal groups for couples, mothers' group. She founded the first women's health centers in Austria FEM and FEM Süd. She has written many relevant scientific studies and publications.
Golddigger began, like all good things, over coffee, back in 2005 and became Golddigger Trust, a registered charity, in 2007. "Although Golddigger has operated in different forms over the years, 've been in our current form as a duo for the last year or so and have seen a massive expansion in what we do- communicating with more young people than ever in schools, churches, conferences and youth centres. We're both now working for the charity almost full-time, have offices up in Sheffield and are developing partnerships with lots of national youth charities, alongside releasing our debut album in September with a UK tour."
Kirsten de la Horra Calomarde-Hofman is a media psychology teacher at Saxion University in the Netherlands. She is working on her PhD, examining the effects of media literacy on the self esteem of teenage- and adolescent girls. Her aim is to learn girls to look critically at media content and not be influenced by the unrealistic beauty images the media portray.
Lynne Featherstone is Liberal Democrat MP for Hornsey & Wood Green and Minister for Equalities. She is co-founder of the Campaign for Body Confidence with Jo Swinson.
KIKI KENDRICK - Creative Consultant for pioneering ethical agency Host Universal / actress/playwright Liberated Theatre During her twenty years as a creative in advertising Kiki won awards for her work on Ecover, Rimmel, Pretty Polly. Kiki also spent two years in New York working as a creative director at Kirshenbaum and Bond where she received a Green Card and a kiss from Bobby Kennedy Jr. In 1997 she became a consultant for Anita Roddick and The Body Shop International after airing outspoken views in ‘OBSESSION for WOMEN’ a sell out lecture at IPA and ‘Advertising to Women’ conference, exposing Media-stereotype-fashion-waif-woman, writing & producing the Body Shop's FULL VOICE magazine and creating RUBY – the size-16 living doll campaign, inspiring women the world over to ‘LOVE YOUR BODY’ http://www.liberatedtheatre.com/page.php?pageID=Love_your_body
Anita Roddick described it as “My favourite work”
She demonstrated the media’s manipulation eating away at women's self-esteem, as layers of a Babooshka doll - which she adapted into her first play ‘BABOOSHKA’ in 2005. ‘BABOOSHKA’ set in a shop dressing room, premiered at the Edinburgh festival, winning a prestigious ‘Fringe First’ award for selling out every day. BABOOSHKA has since sold out every time it has been produced on both sides of the world [but has yet to be performed in England!] In 2007 she wrote & produced her second play MUTTON (Gilded Balloon) about a comeback girl band’s desperation to be ‘famous for being famous’. Last year she wrote, produced and performed in her one-woman show “NEXT!” a true account of her most embarrassing, awful and funny auditions.
As an actress, Kiki has worked with John Godber and the award winning Hull Truck Theatre company several times. She was in the theatre production of MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE and WAITING FOR HILLSBOROUGH(Liverpool Echo ‘Best New Talent’) CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (Phil Willmott, Steam Industry, Finborough Theatre). LIP*SERVICE (**** Gilded Balloon) Hilary in THE WOMAN WHO COOKED HER HUSBAND (Theatre Royal, Winchester). Kiki’s TV appearances include: THE OFFICE, FAT FRIENDS, COLD FEET, 2 PINTS of LAGER and a PACKET of CRISPS, MY FAMILY, HOLBY CITY, NIGHT & DAY, THE BEARDED LADIES, FUNLAND, WATERLOO ROAD, CASUALTY, DOCTORS. Award-winning films include: ‘9 LIVES of TOMAS KATZ’, ‘DO I LOVE YOU?’ and ‘PHOBIAS’. She’s also bared her bum in the Kaiser Chiefs promo ‘ANGRY MOB’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5agyod_K0OY and played a page 3 girl in DIZZEE RASCAL’S ‘Dirtee Cash’. http://www.kikikendrick.com Kiki is a member of BAFTA, The Writers Guild, BASSC (British Association of Stage & Screen Combat).
She divides her time running her own theatre company http://www.liberatedtheatre.com whilst also working as a consultant and cake maker for Host Universal [pioneer in ethical communications].http://www.hostuniversal.com/
After the ‘All Walks Beyond the Catwalk’ debate at The National Gallery 11.2.11, Kiki was described in the press as ‘Amazing’ Liz Jones Mail Online. ‘I am officially a Kiki Kendrick fan.’ Stylist Plus. ‘Kiki Kendrick is an inspiration.’ Fashion Strand.
Rosi Prescott ran/owned private health clubs in the USA and UK before becoming CEO of Central YMCA, which includes a national Fitness Training Provider, a government-approved, Awarding Body (which accredits Training Providers across Europe and internationally) and a 5,000 member Health Club. This enables her to bring direct, practical (not just theoretical), current experience of education and curriculum development, specifically within Europe and particularly as an employer.
As CEO of Central YMCA, UK, Rosi sits on the steering body of a global charity that spans 122 countries/14,000 YMCAs/50 million members (including National Bodies within 43 EU countries, covering 15,000 YMCAs and employing 30,000 people (plus 100,000 volunteers) within ‘integrated’ programmes of physical activity – reaching 3 million people/year; many, but not all, are young and most live on the margins of society.
BUENOS AIRES
Iréné Celcer, MA, LCSW, is originally from Argentina. She holds graduate degrees in psychology from Universidad de Belgrano, Argentina, holistic psychology from Antioch University, San Francisco, and social work from Yeshiva University, NYC. She maintains a private practice in Atlanta, Georgia where she helps women conquer their eating problems and disorders. Additionally, she is a speaker and teaches seminars and workshops in the USA and overseas, as well as being a regular presence on CNN Español’s “NotiMujer” with Glenda Umana.
Her books La Tirania de Las Dietas (1994) ISBN 789507424977, Buenos Aires, Argentina: (editorial Planeta) is still current (now iInfinity Publishing) and took her to the popular Argentine television program, “Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand” in 1994. Her second book: Mujer Cuerpo ¿Dieta? La Voz de la Obsesión (Women, Their Bodies & Dieting: The Voice of an Obsession) ISBN 9508431814, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (editorial Vinciguerra), still part of the lives of Argentinean women has sold out. A few of her other publications are:
-Clarín newspaper: “La venganza de una ex gorda (The revenge of a former obese person),” Buenos Aires, June 1991
-Vertex: Revista Argentina de Psiquiatria: "An Answer to Dr. Bello on the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa" pp. 151-153, June 1991
-Revista Uno Mismo: "Ser Gorda No Es Pecado" (It is not a Sin to be Fat). Argentinean monthly magazine. July 1991
Ms. Celcer is now working on a book for parents and teens and tweens: 99 Tips for Parenting in a World of Food, Fat, Fear, & Fun available in April 2011.
La Licenciada Iréné Celcer nacio en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Se recibio de psicologa en la Universidad de Belgrano y obtuvo dos Masters en Anticoh University y Yeshiva University en San Francisco y New York respectivamente. Mantiene su consultorio privado en Atlanta, GA. Irene Celcer se especializa en problemas de la alimentacion y en trastornos alimentarios. Es una presencia regular en el programa NotiMujer de CNN con Glenda Umana donde habla de distintos temas psicologicos.
Sus libros La Tirania de Las Dietas (1994) ISBN 789507424977, Buenos Aires, Argentina: (editorial Planeta) (ahora iInfinity Publishing) la llevo hasta “Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand” en 1994. Su segundo libro: Mujer Cuerpo ¿Dieta? La Voz de la Obsesión ISBN 9508431814, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (editorial Vinciguerra) todavia es una parte de la vida de la mujer Argentina y esta agotado. La licenciada Celcer publico tambien en:
-Diario Clarín newspaper: “La venganza de una ex gorda”, Buenos Aires, June 1991
-Revista Vertex: Revista Argentina de Psiquiatria: "Respuesta a la Dra. Bello en el tratamiento de la Anorexia Nervosa" pp. 151-153, June 1991
-Revista Uno Mismo:"Ser Gorda No Es Pecado" July 1991.
La Licenciada Iréné Celcer esta trabajando en su proximo libro: 99 Tips for Parenting in a World of Food, Fat, Fear, & Fun (99 Sugerencias para Padres en un mundo de Comida, Gordura, Miedo y Alegrias) que estara a disposicion del publico en abril de 2011.
Jess Weiner is this generation’s “Go-to Girl” for self-esteem! Whether she is hosting a seminar for mothers and daughters on today’s pressure to be beautiful, writing her monthly columns for Seventeen Magazine and MSN.com, or speaking out on programs like Oprah, CNN, or The Today Show, Jess motivates women and girls around the globe to develop the tools for living a more confident life!
She is currently the Chief Creative Officer for Talk to Jess, LLC (TTJ), and Founder of the Actionist® Network. TTJ is a multi-platform company creating media programs that focus on storytelling for social change. TTJ also offers consulting services for brands, individuals and companies who desire to reach a female demographic with an authentic and energetic message of empowerment.
The Actionist® Network is a global online community that recognizes and connects individuals and organizations making a difference in the lives of others. To honor those people who choose to make a difference, Jess has coined the term Actionist® and created the monthly Actionist® Newsletter.
Jess also serves as Dove's Global Ambassador for Self-Esteem and plays a vital role in Dove’s global campaigns throughout North America and Canada. She travels the world speaking and hosting workshops on self-confidence for a multitude of corporate and educational audiences on topics such as Corporate/Workplace Dynamics, Leadership and Life Skills, Self-Esteem, Media and Body Image, Exploring Personal Relationships, and Understanding Girl Culture, Communication and Relationships.
Having spent over 15 years on the road listening to the real life issues of women and girls, Jess is a trusted advisor, mentor, and role model for mothers and daughters.
Jess intrinsically understands the core issues impacting women and girls today and comes to her wisdom organically through her own experiences. She offers raw disclosure of those experiences in her first book, “A Very Hungry Girl”, which chronicle the struggle in her teen years with body image, eating disorders and depression.
Jess was inspired to write her second book, “Life Doesn’t Begin 5 Pounds From Now”, to further explore how negative self-image controls the way women think about their health, wealth, family, career, and relationships. She is currently working on her third book aimed at helping mothers raise truly confident girls.
As a longtime leader and pioneer within the confidence community, Jess’s unique story and prestigious career have been featured by hundreds of international media outlets and she was recently named by Forbes.com as one of the 14 Power Women to Follow on Twitter!
But out of all the accomplishments listed, Jess will tell you that she is most proud of her role as a loving daughter, over-protective big sister, loyal best friend, and authentic role model.
¡Jess Weiner es la chica del momento para consultar acerca de autoestima! Esté realizando seminarios para madres e hijas acerca de las presiones que hay para ser bellas, o escribiendo sus columnas mensuales paraSeventeen Magazine y MSN.com, o hablando en programas como Oprah, CNN, or The Today Show, ¡Jess siempre se encuentra motivando a mujeres y niñas alrededor del mundo para desarrollar herramientas para que logren vivir una vida con más autoestima!
Actualmente, es la Director Creativa (Chief Creative Officer) de Talk to Jess, LLC (TTJ)y fundadora del Actionist® Network. TTJ es una compañía con múltiples plataformas que crea programas mediáticos focalizados en la narración de cuentos para lograr cambios sociales. También, TTJ ofrece servicios de consulta para marcas, compañías e individuos que desean acercarse a una demográfica femenina con un mensaje auténtico y energético de empoderamiento.
El Actionist® Network es una comunidad online global que reconoce y conecta a individuos y organizaciones que logran hacer una diferencia en la vida de otros. Para honrar a esas personas que han logrado hacer una diferencia, Jess ha acuñado el término Actionist® y ha creado un Boletín Mensual (monthly Actionist® Newsletter).
Jess también es la Embajadora de Autoestima de Dove Global (Dove's Global Ambassador for Self-Esteem), y ocupa un rol vital y activo en las campañas de Dove Global en Estados Unidos y Canadá. Ella viaja alrededor del mundo realizando charlas y presentaciones acerca de la autoestima para multitudinarias audencias, tanto estudiantiles como corporativas, sobre diversos temas tales como: La dinámica en el Lugar de Trabajo, Liderazgo y Habilidades para la Vida, Autoestima, Medios y la Imágen Corporal, Explorando Relaciones Personales, Entendiendo la Cultura de las Niñas, Comunicación y Relaciones, (Corporate/Workplace Dynamics, Leadership and Life Skills, Self-Esteem, Media and Body Image, Exploring Personal Relationships, and Understanding Girl Culture, Communication and Relationships.)
Tini de Bucourt was born in Buenos Aires on October 12, 1950. She is the first Argentinean of a European family. She studied at Goethe Schule (German school). She was married at 18, had two children and, after getting divorced, started working as a model for the best designers, the most important model agencies and the best-known magazines.
Since she was five years old, she has been working with body techniques: Ballet, Modern dance, Jazz, Graham, Barre-a-terre, Stretching, Feldenkrais, Eutony, Bioenergetics and others.
An avid reader, she has researched semiotics, body psychology and anthropology. A tireless traveler, she traveled on horseback through areas of Argentina and South America. She also traveled through Central America searching for the ethnic origin of beauty in indigenous women.
Tini trained models in Argentina and USA and has personally coached many of the most outstanding professionals. She was also the director of a school for women seeking personal improvement.
For nine years she conducted her own cable television show dedicated to women. She traveled through Argentina and neighboring countries giving conferences on women’s issues. She was part of a group that researched the body in fashion and art. She also paints and does sculpture.
She lived in India, accompanying her husband who was the Uruguayan ambassador to Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Nepal and India. There, Tini worked with Indian women in her areas of specialty. India reaffirmed her faith in inner beauty, in a beauty that is not so influenced by the packaging mania and the ideal of eternal youth. This motivated her to deepen her knowledge on these topics. India was a dream come true for Tini, giving her the opportunity to deepen her practice of many years of teaching yoga.
She lived for four years in Punta del Este, Uruguay, where she has two stores called TINI. Today she settles once again in Buenos Aires with an enriched experience and with all her energy focused on working with the Argentinean woman.
Tini de Bucourt nació en Buenos Aires el 12 de octubre de 1950. Es la primera argentina de una familia de origen europeo. Esludió en la Goethe Schule . Se casó a los 18 años, tuvo dos hijos y después de separarse se inició como modelo, trabajando para los mejores diseñadores, las más importantes agencias de publicidad y las más destacadas revistas.
Desde los cinco años trabaja técnicas corporales: Danza clásica, Contemporánea, Jazz, Martha Graham, Barre a Terre, Estiramiento, Feldenkrais, Eutonía, Bioenergética y otras.
Ávida lectora investigó sobre temas de semiótica, psicología corporal y antropología. Viajera incansable, recorrió a caballo zonas de la Argentina y América del Sur.
Recorrió Centroamérica, buscando entre las indígenas el origen étnico de la belleza.
Entrenó modelos en Argentina y Estados Unidos y ha formado personalmente a muchas de las más destacadas profesionales. Aparte, dirigió una escuela para mujeres que buscan su crecimiento personal.
Durante nueve años condujo su propio programa por Cable dedicado al público femenino. Viajó por Argentina y algunos países vecinos dando conferencias sobre el tema de la mujer.
Formó parte de un grupo de investigación del cuerpo en el arte y la moda. Además, pinta y hace escultura.
Fue a vivir a la India acompañando a su marido, embajador uruguayo, ante Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Nepal e India. Allì, Tini trabajó con mujeres indias en temas de su especialización. India reafirmó su fe en la belleza interior, en la belleza no tan influenciada por la manía del packaging y la promesa de juventud eterna. Esto la motivó a profundizar su conocimiento de estos temas.
India es un sueño hecho realidad para Tini dándole la oportunidad de profundizar en la práctica y enseñanza del yoga que hace muchos años practica.
Vivió cuatro años en Punta del Este, Uruguay, donde tiene dos locales que llevan su nombre. Hoy se instala nuevamente en Bs. As. con una enriquecida experiencia y con toda su energía para trabajar con la mujer argentina.
Miriam Tawil is a psychologist, member of the International Psychoanalytical Association, member of the Steering Committee - World Mediation Forum, works in private practice, as well as teaching. She is the author of ‘Fashion World: Models and Backstages’. She has participated in several national and international conferences, and is the author of various published articles and co-author of literature books.
Miriam Tawil es una psicóloga, miembro de la Asociación Internacional de Psicoanálisis, miembro del Comité Directivo del Foro Mundial de Mediación, trabaja en consultorio y también es una profesora. Ella es autora del libro “Mundo Fashion – Modelos e Bastidores”. Ella ha participado en una diversidad de conferencias nacionales e internacionales como conferenciante, y es autora de artículos publicados e co-autora en libros de literatura.
Jennifer Barreto-Leyva was born on December 12, 1978 in Caracas, Venezuela.
She spent her childhood and youth in the town of Los Teques, together with her parents and sister, where she received a well-rounded education full of discipline and love and was instilled with the highest values of citizenship and family at the prestigious Colegio San Jose de Tarbes, completing her education at the Private Institute of Juan XXIII.
Steered by her sense of justice, which characterizes this Sagittarian, Jennifer decided to study law at the University of Santa Maria where she graduated with a specialty in the field of Appearance-based Discrimination.
This attorney and passionate writer, has dedicated herself since 1999 to the tireless fight of showing that being overweight and not achieving the ideal measurements of 36-24-36 is not a requirement for being a beautiful woman since her popular columns onwww.gordos.com, www.dcglamourplus.com, www.justasbeautiful.com,www.latinalista.com and www.hechayderecha.com.ve has thousands of followers due to the human angle she takes in her articles.
Jen, as her fans call her, has been known to leave a strong impression upon Hispanic women, since being the first Latin American woman to participate in the Miss Universe Pageant for Plus-Size Women, which resulted in her winning the Popular Vote among her fellow contestants. In addition, Jennifer was the first Venezuelan to blaze the trail in competing in a competition of this kind. Her exotic beauty was always compared from early age with Bárbara Palacios, Miss Venezuela and Miss Universe 1986.
Determined to break paradigms, Jennifer has proposed that the true beauty of women is reflected through their example, showing that success and the beauty of human beings cannot be measured by size. Making her voice heard since the beginning of 2004 in different media and interviews with the most prestigious journalists, Jennifer has achieved raising awareness of plus-size women and leaving a positive message for all in Latin America. This justice-seeking diva dedicates her days to helping thousands of people, by personally providing responsible and free professional guidance on how to handle problems dealing with self-esteem, discrimination, fashion and being overweight.
Now going after new challenges, Jennifer has set out to break again the paradigms and in the process is becoming the first plus-size model of Venezuela to fight passionately in being the best representative on the international stage of extra-large girls.
At the end of 2009 with a new project, producing and hosting the fashion segment totally focus on plus sizes of TV show “Ellas de noche" on Puerto Rico, never seen on TV before. If this wasn´t enough Jennifer has become into the first latina to be the cover of VOGUE Curvy on July 2010.
Currently making history once again, is the Owner and Editor for the first online magazine in history in Spanish for plus size people: Belleza XL www.bellezaxl.com
Beginning 2011 she has become an Editor for Color Me Curvy Magazine http://colormecurvymag.com
“The beauty of each woman goes far beyond having a little curve or very sharp ones. Rather, it is knowing how to respond to what life throws at you, however delicate, and knowing how strong a mark to leave each time you go after your dreams.” ~Jennifer Barreto-Leyva
Jennifer Barreto-Leyva nace un 12 de Diciembre de 1978 en Caracas, Venezuela.
Pasa su niñéz y juventud en la población de Los Teques junto a sus padres y su hermana, donde recibe una educación llena de disciplina, amor y altos valores ciudadanos y familiares en el prestigioso Colegio San José de Tarbes, educación completada en su etapa superior en el Instituto Privado Juan XXIII.
Orientada por ese sentido justiciero que caracteriza a esta sagitariana, Jennifer decide emprender sus estudios en Derecho en la Universidad Santa María, de donde es egresada. Desde entonces se ha especializado en el área de Discriminación Aspectista.
Esta abogada y apasionada de las letras, se ha dedicado desde 1.999 a la incansable lucha de demostrar que tener sobrepeso y cumplir el riguroso 90-60-90 no es una limitante para ser una mujer bella desde sus prestigiosas columnas en www.gordos.com, www.dcglamourplus.com,www.justasbeautiful.com, www.latinalista.com y www.hechayderecha.com.ve donde tiene miles de seguidores por el enfoque humano que toca en sus artículos.
Jen, como la llaman sus seguidores, ha sabido dejar huella con creces en la memoria de las mujeres hispanas, al ser la primera latinoamericana en participar en el Miss Universo para mujeres de talla grande, resultando ganadora del Voto Popular, además de ser la primera venezolana en abrirse paso en un concurso de esta índole. Su exótica y única belleza ha sido comparada desde temprana edad con Bárbara Palacios, Miss Venezuela y Miss Universo 1986.
Determinada a romper paradigmas, Jennifer se ha propuesto que la belleza verdadera de las mujeres se vea reflejada desde su ejemplo, mostrando que el éxito y la belleza de los seres humanos no pueden medirse por una talla.
Alzando su voz en los medios de comunicación desde principios del 2004 en diferentes participaciones y entrevistas con los más prestigiosos periodistas, Jennifer ha logrado hacer conciencia y dejado un mensaje positivo en toda Latinoamérica. Esta diva justiciera, dedica sus días a ayudar a miles de personas, brindando de manera personalizada, responsable y gratuita orientación profesional sobre como manejar los problemas de autoestima, discriminación, moda y sobrepeso.
Ahora yendo tras nuevos retos, Jennifer se ha propuesto romper nuevamente los paradigmas convirtiéndose en la primera modelo de tallas grandes venezolana, luchando apasionadamente por llevar a nivel internacional la mejor cara de las chicas talla XL. Finalizando el año 2009, produce y conduce el segmento de modas totalmente dedicado a las tallas grandes en el programa "Ellas de noche" en Puerto Rico. Algo que visto antes en la TV hispana. Superándose con creces, ahora se ha convertido en la primera latina en aparecer en VOGUE Curvy como portada.
Actualmente haciendo historia nueva vez, es Directora y Editora de la primera revista online en la historia de los medios de comunicación, dedicada exclusívamente al público hispanoparlante de tallas grandes Belleza XL www.bellezaxl.com
Comenzando el 2011 se convierte en Editora para la revista Color me Curvy Magazinehttp://colormecurvymag.com
“ La belleza de cada mujer va muy por encima de unas curvas poco o muy pronunciadas sino en como sepa responder en cada circunstancia de la vida, cuan delicada sea, y cuanta fuerza sepa imprimir cada vez que vaya tras sus sueños. ~ Jennifer Barreto-Leyva"
Pia Guerrero is the co-founder and co-editor of Adios Barbie. The mission of Adios Barbie is to expand the dialogue around body image to include the media’s impact on identity as it relates to race, sexual orientation, ability, gender and age. Pia is also the executive director at Sheheroes, a non-profit that highlights the stories absent from the media of exceptional career women who have overcome great obstacles to achieve success. Pia believes that an equal and just society requires frequent and accurate representations of people of all backgrounds.
Pia is the author of Work of the Mind: Media Studies Curricula for Upper Elementary Age Youth. Commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education, this curriculum aims to increase academic achievement and self-awareness through media projects that promote cultural pride, cross-cultural understanding, inclusion, and respect. Pia’s curriculum also appears in Body Outlaws: Young Women Write About Body Image and Identity (Seal Press, 2004). As a media literacy and youth development expert Pia has worked with and advised PBS, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Independent Television Service. Her writing on media and representation has appeared in such groundbreaking magazines as HUES - Hear Us Emerging Sisters, Bitch - A feminist Response to Pop Culture and After Image.
Pia Guerrero es la co-fundadora y co-editora de AdiosBarbie.com. La misión de Adios Barbie es expandir el diálogo sobre la imagen corporal para incluir el impacto de los medios en la identidad que se refiere a raza, orientación sexual, capacidad, edad y sexo. Pia es también la directora ejecutiva de Sheheroes.org, una organización sin fines de lucro que se destacan las historias ausentes de los medios de comunicación de las mujeres profesionales excepcionales que han superado grandes obstáculos para alcanzar el éxito. Pia cree que una sociedad justa e igualitaria requiere representaciones frecuentes y precisos de las personas de todos los orígenes.
Pia es el autor de “Trabajo de la mente: El plan de estudios de los medios de comunicación por la juventud de alta edad primaria.” Encargado por el Departamento de Educación en EEUU, el plan de estudios tiene como objetivo aumentar los logros académicos y conciencia de sí mismo a través de proyectos de medios de comunicación que promueven el orgullo cultural, el entendimiento intercultural, la inclusión y el respeto. Su plan de estudios también aparece en el cuerpo Body Outlaws (Mujeres jóvenes escribir sobre la imagen corporal y la identidad) (Seal Press, 2004). Como experta en la alfabetización mediática y e desarrollo de los jóvenes, Pia ha trabajado y asesorado PBS, la National Endowment for the Arts, y The Independent Television Service. Su escritura en los medios de comunicación y la representación ha aparecido en revistas tan innovador como, “HUES- Oye nosotrss emergentes hermanas”, y “Bitch - Una feminista de respuesta a la cultura pop y después de la imagen.”
Amy Melson spent most of 2010 researching the relationship women in Buenos Aires have with their bodies. She grew up in London and having travelled extensively around Europe and to other countries in Central and South America she developed an impression over several years that attitudes are significantly different in Buenos Aires from those she was familiar with.
Amy became fascinated by the existence of such differences and through her degree course in Latin American Studies at Liverpool University she was presented with an opportunity to investigate and to try to better understand this unique relationship.
Amy will go through her findings and analyses, which are based on interviews carried out with a cross-section of women who live in Buenos Aires, and is looking forward to lively discussion about her conclusions. She will be joined for the presentation by two of the women who helped enormously with her study.
Durante prácticamente todo el año 2010, Amy Melson se dedicó a investigar el tema de la imagen del cuerpo de la mujer que reside en Buenos Aires.
El punto de partida en esta investigación fue el progresivo desarrollo comparativo, entre las distintas actitudes hacia que observaba en los distintos países por los que ha viajado o residido tanto de Europa como de América Latina.
Ante la fascinación por esas diferencias, a través de las facilidades y aprovechando las oportunidades que le brindaban los estudios Latino Americanos en la Universidad de Liverpool, tuvo la oportunidad de investigar el tema con el fin de llegar a una comprensión del mismo.
Amy va a hablar de su análisis y conclusiones, las cuales se fundamentaron en entrevistas con un perfil amplio de mujeres que viven en Buenos Aires. Dos de las mujeres que le han ayudado mucho van a participar con ella en la presentación.
Claudia Selser has a degree in Psychology from the University of Buenos Aires and is ajournalist (Masters in Communication Sciences UNAM, Mexico). She was one of the founders of the newspaper Pagina 12 (1987), and remained creator and editor until 1995of the weekly Psychology page every Thursday. In 1996, she served as Head of Press forUNICEF Argentina. Since 1996, she has been working as a journalist for the Argentinanewspaper Clarín.
Claudia Selser es Licenciada en Psicología por la Universidad de Buenos Aires y periodista (Maestría en Ciencias de la Comunicación UNAM, México). Fue parte del grupo fundador del diario Página/12 (1987) y creadora y editora hasta 1995 de la página semanal de Psicología de los jueves, en dicho diario. En 1996 se desempeñó como Jefa de Prensa de Unicef Argentina. Desde 1996 trabaja como periodista en el diario argentino Clarín.
Lorella Zanard is an organizational consultant, trainer and lecturer. She writes about and takes care of issues related to women. She is a member of the Board of Directors of WIN, an international organization of professional women based in Oslo (www.winconference.net), as well as apopular speaker in international conferences about women, where she deals with the issue of sustainable reconciliation between private and professional life. She has held senior management positions in multinational organizations both in Italy and abroad, particularly in Paris, where she has coordinated projects in Europe. She has also been a consultant and lecturer in the Eastern European Community. She has worked for a long time instigating and managing organizational changes by designing the course "The Art of Change" and managed projects regarding Diversity Management learning models in Canada and the USA. She has coordinated a Masters program in Business Ethics, has a degree in Literature with a thesis onthe contemporary English theater and has also achieved a Masters in Business Administration. Additionally, she has studied acting, singing and dancing for many years, passions that continue to grow. Lastly, she isscholar of Middle Eastern countries and has filmed a documentary in Iraq during the embargo: "Iraq before the war. "
Lorella Zanardo es consultora de la organización, entrenadora y profesora. Ella escribe y se encarga de cuestiones relacionadas con la mujer. Es miembro del Consejo de Administración de WIN, organización internacional de mujeres profesionales con sede en Oslo(www.winconference.net) y es una popular oradora en conferencias internacionales acerca demujeres dónde ha tratado el tema de la conciliación sostenible entre la vida privada y profesional. Ha ocupado puestos de dirección en organizaciones multinacionales tanto en Italia como en el extranjero, sobre todo en París, donde fue coordinadora de proyectos en Europa.Ha sido consultora y profesora en la Comunidad Europea Oriental. Ha gestionado y realizado cambios organizacionales, entre otras cosas, mediante el diseño del curso "El Arte del Cambio". Ha dirigido proyectos de Gestión de la Diversidad de modelos de aprendizaje en Canadá y en Estados Unidos. Ha coordinado la primera Maestría en Ética Empresarial y es licenciada en Literatura, conuna tesis sobre el teatro contemporáneo Inglés. También realizó una Maestría en Administración de Empresas. Estudió actuación, canto y baile durante muchos años, pasiones que siguen creciendo. Es una estudiosa de los países del Medio Oriente y ha rodado un documental en Irak durante el embargo: "Irak antes de la guerra."