WomenTalkTV

WomenTalkTV

A photo of Eunice Olsen for WomentalkTV showing her in thailand with an elephant
Genre

Non-fiction

Talk Show
Created by Eunice Olsen
Presented by Eunice Olsen
Country of origin Singapore
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 27
Production
Running time 3 – 10 minutes
External links
Website

WomenTalkTV is a social enterprise founded by Eunice Olsen in August 2013[1] as a project of Olsen's House of Ou Studios.[2] It publishes an interview series featuring the accomplishments of women from all over Asia.[3] WomenTalkTV has released ten videos in the first season.[4] The series was nominated for an International Emmy Award in the Digital Program: Non-Fiction category in 2014.[5][6]

History

WomenTalkTV was created in 2013[7] by its host, Eunice Olsen, a former Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP)[8] in Singapore as well as a television host and actress.[4][9]

Format

Interviews typically last between 3 and 10 minutes, and focus on the particularly adversities faced by each of the women and how they have overcome them. All of the interviews also end with the women explaining their individual definition of empowerment. Each interview subject is able to nominate a charitable organization to which viewers are encouraged to make donations.[10] Viewers are then encouraged to upload their own videos documenting how they overcame personal struggles or that of other women they know.[11]

Interviewees

Season 1

  1. Yip Pin Xiu[12][13]
  2. Lena Sim[14]
  3. Haslinah Yacob[15]
  4. Sangduen Chailert
  5. Charm Tong
  6. Xilca Alvarez
  7. Cassandra Chiu
  8. Rachel Chung
  9. Doris Nuval

Season 2

  1. Rebekah Choong
  2. Lai Yi Xuan
  3. Serena Tan
  4. Noelene Heyzer
  5. Sola Long
  6. Carolyn Kan
  7. Joanna See Too
  8. Sam Lo
  9. Marini Ramlam

Season 3

  1. Sharmilah Begum
  2. Penhleak Chan
  3. Theresa Goh
  4. Alvina Neo
  5. Aishah Samad
  6. Yap Qian Yin
  7. Anamika Subba
  8. Maya Bhattachan
  9. Kalyan Keo

Awards and Nominations

In 2014, Olsen was presented with a Great Women of Our Time award from Singapore Women's Weekly magazine.[16] That year WomenTalkTV was nominated for an International Digital Emmy Award in the non-fiction category.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Goy, Priscilla (6 August 2013). "Former NMP Eunice Olsen launches website celebrating empowerment of women.". The Straits Times. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sex trade exposed on reel in 3.50". The Straits Times, Oct 26, 2013
  3. ↑ Hong, Xinying. "Eunice Olsen: "Empowerment is to be fearless of failure"". Her World. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 Ng, Gwendolyn (7 August 2013). "I spent all my savings on website: Eunice Olsen". AsiaOne. Retrieved 5 May 2014. Also published in MyPaper
  5. 1 2 "2014 International Digital Emmy Awards Nominees". International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "YouTube to receive Pioneer Prize at Int’l Digital Emmy Awards". February 25, 2014 by Todd Longwell
  7. ↑ "WomenTalk With Eunice Olsen – Tan Lili". Material World, Tan Lili Character & Soul, Self-Improvement 7 August 2013,
  8. ↑ "Ex-NMP Eunice Olsen starts women's website". AsiaOne. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  9. ↑ Chua, Joyce (20 January 2013). "NMP days were best 41/2 years of my life: Eunice Olsen". The Straits Times. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Eunice Olsen – Womentalk". Kiss 92FM. SPH Radio. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  11. ↑ Sng, Katherine. "Eunice Olsen launches WomenTalkTV.asia". BubbaMama: Online magazine for bubbas and mamas. BubbaMama. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "Her World Young Woman Achiever 2008: Yip Pin Xiu, Swimmer, One Gold Medal And One Silver Medal At The 2008 Beijing Paralympics". Her World. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  13. ↑ "Paralympic gold medal swimmer Yip Pin Xiu: Muscular dystrophy is a blessing in disguise". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Sex trade exposed on reel". AsiaOne. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "WomenTalkTV.asia – Inspiring And Empowering Women In Asia". Superadrianme.com. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "The Singapore Women's Weekly honours Singapore's outstanding women achievers at Great Women of Our Time 2014". SPH Magazine, September 22, 2014
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/3/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.