Pamodzi Creatives Inspirational Women share their stories and women who inspire them
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00:04 Hi everyone, my name is Hireena and I am in Youth Cabinet.
00:11 So, I moved here in 2022 in Portsmouth and I was just hoping a new life because I was
00:20 born and raised in Afghanistan. Obviously my life was so different there, I was homeschooled
00:25 and everything, but I wasn't expecting a huge change in my life. When I moved here, I was
00:30 just hoping a normal life, a freedom, a bit of freedom, an education life.
00:35 Actually, there are a lot of women in my life who inspires me. I would say their name is
00:44 my mum, Ronnie and Shamila and Jo Morgan. And Ronnie, she's a queen, she made me realise
00:52 that you can do whatever you want to do and it's up to you how you will do it, but you
01:02 should do it.
01:03 I'm Holly Chumney, I'm a PhD student studying at the University of Southampton, but I'm
01:09 currently at Portsmouth University looking at caffeine degrading bacteria. I had anorexia
01:15 nervosa for the first and second year of my university degree. I had it previously in
01:23 college as well. And it definitely did make it difficult to study. It took a lot of time
01:31 and work to get better with therapy and also it took a lot of brainpower, I want to say,
01:39 to actually do that. So, it did make my studies hard, but I tried my best and, you know, I
01:44 got to the end, so I'm really happy about that.
01:47 I think my mum inspires me the most. She's always happy, she's always, she always tries
01:53 her best, she never lets anything get her down. If something bad happens, she just tries
01:58 again the next day. And yeah, she's really cool.
02:02 Okay, I'm Jeannie and I have a small company called Soulcare Healing and that business
02:09 of mine is all about helping others. I think I'm a bit of an enforcer of relaxation. I
02:17 would say it's probably historical figures that have really inspired me. People, it's
02:24 probably really cheesy, but people like Martin Luther King. I'm thinking of Luther Vandross
02:30 as well because he's just amazing soul singer was, you know, I love those kind of inspirational
02:35 people that bring their emotions out and they really act on their emotions. I suppose I'm
02:41 an activist at heart, but I've done it in my really soft, gentle way. But I love people
02:47 that can bring that emotion to the forefront.
02:49 So, I'm Sarah Rhodes. I own SLR Marine Recruitment based in Portsmouth. Yeah, so when I, when
02:58 I left college, I was, I was very lost. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I found
03:04 a very small advert in the news for people, for a crew to join P&O Fast Crafts that were
03:14 going from Portsmouth to France. I was three months too young to get the job, but I interviewed
03:23 and they must've seen something and let me get on. And I started as a cleaner on board
03:29 the ships. Very nerve wracking, you know, lots of passengers coming through. My first
03:34 day was cleaning toilets. It wasn't pleasant, but I persevered and I made a lot of great
03:40 friends and I worked my way through the ranks to become the food and beverage manager for
03:45 two fast crafts in Portsmouth. I did that for four years and then I joined bigger ships
03:50 where I went on and lived on board. And I did that for eight years and it was the best
03:56 days of my life. It was, you know, meeting different people from all around the world.
04:01 Yeah, no two days were the same. I am inspired by Ronnie Edwards who runs Pomodzy Creatives.
04:13 The amount of people that this award ceremony has touched over the years from the brainchild
04:21 of Ronnie is just outstanding. And there's still so many more people in the city for
04:28 us to reach out to, to learn about everything that Pomodzy embodies, but also about the
04:36 awards and what it means for women to be recognised for all their hard work.
04:41 My name's Sophie Cartledge and I set up Hormones on the Blink to deliver menopause training
04:48 in the workplace. But for me, it was a number of women, a number of women inspired me. So
04:56 before I do what I do now, there were lots of women. I say lots of women. There were
05:03 a handful of women along the way that shared their stories with me that were vulnerable
05:08 and open enough with me to say, this is what I went through. This is how it impacted me.
05:16 There's nothing wrong with you. You're going to be okay. This is just a tricky time.
05:22 You're going to have to dig deep and you'll get through it.
05:26 So I'm Steph Richards. I'm 71 years of age. I'm the women's officer at Portsmouth Labour Party.
05:37 I was appointed CEO of Endometriosis South Coast last November. I've now taken charge
05:44 of head of operations as opposed to CEO. And I'm a human rights activist.
05:52 Every year, we put in prison around 196 pregnant women. Most women should not be in prison
06:01 in the first place. We find an issue that many of them suffer domestic abuse. We find
06:10 that many of them are coerced by men. We find many of them have substance abuse. And we
06:17 should be supporting women in the community and not being put women in prison, except
06:23 in exceptional circumstances. And the fact that we've put in, as I've mentioned possibly,
06:28 196 women in prison, pregnant women, is absolutely abominable. There are other countries where
06:34 this is illegal and it should not be happening. Because of my background around pregnancy,
06:41 I know how much women, what help women need going through pregnancy. Going to prison was
06:49 just wrong. April Ashley, because she was an absolute pioneer for the trans community,
07:02 she was the most beautiful woman. She was the first one to ever model in Vogue. And
07:11 I think she was an absolute trendsetter for the trans community. So yes, she probably
07:20 would. But there are thousands and thousands of remarkable women in this country who are
07:28 oppressed. And we really should celebrate every woman because they do an amazing job
07:37 and ultimately don't get the recognition for it.
07:40 for it.
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