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Myanmar: Bride trafficking growing, as China faces women shortage; Plus: The Goddess Experience opens in SF promising Afrobeats, dance, fashion, spirituality and culture

0:08 – China’s one-child policy and sex selective abortions have left the country with too few women to produce heirs, so Chinese families are trafficking in brides from Myanmar. We speak with Heather Barr (@heatherbarr1) a senior researcher with Human Rights Watch, on her latest piece “You Should Be Worrying About the Woman Shortage.

1:34 – In honor of Women’s History Month, D’Wayne Wiggins (@DWayneWigginspresents The Goddess Experience featuring Sistah Iminah, Friday, March 29th at 8 pm at the Fillmore Heritage Center in San Francisco. We speak with the Grammy-award winning artist and founding member of the group Tony Toni Tone and Sistah Iminah (@Ghetto2Goddess) singer, songwriter, educator and Ifa priestess, about their upcoming collaborative project.

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