Doreen Akiyo Yomoah's guest appearances

Doreen Akiyo Yomoah

World Radio Switzerland

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While browsing on the BBC website, I came across a conversation on its podcast called Choosing to be childfree, featuring two women of African origin who have decided not to have children. Both Doreen Akiyo Yomoah and Nina Steele were the guests on the show. Steele is from Ivory Coast, and she is the founder of Nonparents.com. I tried to get both of these guests on the podcast but, I could only reach Yomoah. She agreed to come to have a conversation with me on Pánsá Pánsá podcast to present her perspective on being child-free and the mission of Childfree Africa.Yomoah was born in Accra, Ghana, and she was raised in Tokyo and upstate New York. She has lived in Shanghai, Accra, London, Dakar, and presently in Geneva, Switzerland. Experienced writer and researcher working in international development. Skilled in report writing, policy analysis, and communications. Holder of an M.A. in peace studies from the University of Bradford and a B.A. from Michigan State University. She was committed to bringing an intersectional lens to sustainable development.In my conversation with Yomoah, we discussed her challenges/struggles of being a first-generation African immigrant child growing up in Japan, the United States, and many parts of the world she has and continues to call home. We talked about Yomoah’s dual identity as an African and a person of color living in these different parts of the world. Yomoah sees herself as a “Third Culture Kid,” which means children who grew up in a culture or culture other than their parents or the country of their birth. After talking about Yomoah’s background, we jumped into the main topic of being childfree and the fundamental decision to launch such phenomenal discussion to a broader audience through blogging and interviews. As I commented during the interview, I can see her argument of being child-free because not everyone should or have the capacity of being a parent. There are differences between giving birth to a child and parenting a child. Parenting a child demands both emotional and financial responsivity and parental availability in a child's life. We also briefly talked about feminism and its meaning to diverse women from different backgrounds and differences in struggles. Pánsá Pánsá is normalizing a conversation about childfree and childless within our community. As we publicly discuss complex issues within our community, we shredding away the stigma associated with these uncomfortable dialogues. To learn more about Childfree Africa, please visit the website childfreeafrican.com or follow on Instagram @ childfree_africa --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kemi-seriki3/message

While browsing on the BBC website, I came across a conversation on its podcast called Choosing to be childfree, featuring two women of African origin who have decided not to have children. Both Doreen Akiyo Yomoah and Nina Steele were the guests on the show. Steele is from Ivory Coast, and she is the founder of <a href="http://Nonparents.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nonparents.com</a>. I tried to get both of these guests on the podcast but, I could only reach Yomoah. She agreed to come to have a conversation with me on Pánsá Pánsá podcast to present her perspective on being child-free and the mission of Childfree Africa. Yomoah was born in Accra, Ghana, and she was raised in Tokyo and upstate New York. She has lived in Shanghai, Accra, London, Dakar, and presently in Geneva, Switzerland. Experienced writer and researcher working in international development. Skilled in report writing, policy analysis, and communications. Holder of an M.A. in peace studies from the University of Bradford and a B.A. from Michigan State University. She was committed to bringing an intersectional lens to sustainable development. In my conversation with Yomoah, we discussed her challenges/struggles of being a first-generation African immigrant child growing up in Japan, the United States, and many parts of the world she has and continues to call home. We talked about Yomoah’s dual identity as an African and a person of color living in these different parts of the world. Yomoah sees herself as a “Third Culture Kid,” which means children who grew up in a culture or culture other than their parents or the country of their birth. After talking about Yomoah’s background, we jumped into the main topic of being childfree and the fundamental decision to launch such phenomenal discussion to a broader audience through blogging and interviews. As I commented during the interview, I can see her argument of being child-free because not everyone should or have the capacity of being a parent. There are differences between giving birth to a child and parenting a child. Parenting a child demands both emotional and financial responsivity and parental availability in a child's life. We also briefly talked about feminism and its meaning to diverse women from different backgrounds and differences in struggles. Pánsá Pánsá is normalizing a conversation about childfree and childless within our community. As we publicly discuss complex issues within our community, we shredding away the stigma associated with these uncomfortable dialogues. To learn more about Childfree Africa, please visit the website <a href="http://childfreeafrican.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">childfreeafrican.com</a> or follow on Instagram @ childfree_africa --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/kemi-seriki3/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/kemi-seriki3/message</a>

S2/E12: Conversation with Doreen Akiyo Yomoah the founder of Child Free Africa about Childfree Movement, Cultural Identity, Childhood Experience, and Feminism in African Context