Preeti Mangala Shekar talks with Jimena Alvarado, who was part of the grassroots women’s movement against ratification of the Central American Free Trade Agreement in Costa Rica. Also, Safi wa Nairobi presents an interview with Lisa Natoli, an Australian nurse working to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS in women and children in the developing world. Plus, the struggle for a buffer zone to protect clients at Oakland’s abortion clinics. All that plus the women’s calendar.