Theme: women and philanthropy, media. Highlights: A talk by Kavita Ramdas, head of the San Francisco-based Global Fund for Women; Jill Freeberg on the women in Oaxaca occupying a Mexican government owned radio and TV station and broadcasting their own voices over the air for two weeks.
As head of the San Francisco Global Fund for Women, the world’s largest grant making foundation exclusively devoted to advancing women’s rights, Kavita N. Ramdas elaborates on the work her organization does with women’s organizations and poor women around the world in a recent talk at the Global Affairs Council. Next, we talk to filmmaker Jill Freeberg about the women in Oaxaca who have been occupying a Mexican government owned radio and TV station and broadcasting their own voices over the air for over two weeks.