International Women's Day 2026
KPFA celebrates International Women’s Day on Sunday, March 8th 6 am PST to March 9th, 2026 PST ..with an audio extravaganza to draw attention collectively to gender equality and justice, reproductive rights, environmental justice, violence against women, militarism, armed conflict, and much more! This year, we are in an especially critical moment to raise our voices in resistance to the globalized rise in fascism and Right-Wing extremism. Join us for special music, culture and public affairs programming from women and gender expansive producers from the greater KPFA community! Click the link below for a full program schedule.
CLICK HERE FOR: The International Women’s Day Schedule of Programming March 8, 2026
IWD 5:00 AM – 5:30 AM Christina Aanestad: Feisty Female Folktales
Feisty Female Folktales is an anthology of international children’s stories adapted by northern California activist and performance artist Sherry Glaser with original music by David. M Brown and Johnny Qwest Hubel. “The Search for Magic Lake” is an Incan myth from Ecuador, featuring the voices of Sheba Love, Joe Seta, Andrea Shafir, Bridget Volk, Brian Smith and Human … Continued
IWD 4:00 AM – 5:00 AM Thuy Nguyen: Asian American Women Exploring Our Identity
In the wake of rising violent crimes against the AAPI community, Thuy Nguyen set out to listen to the stories of Asian American Women on identity and racism. As the stories unfolded, her own story unfolded and what is revealed is a rich and complex tapestry of what it means to be an Asian American woman and the importance of … Continued
IWD 3:00 AM – 4:00 AM Robert Raymond: Abortion Access and Reproductive Justice in a Post-Roe Landscape
In this episode of The Response, “Abortion Access and Reproductive Justice in a Post-Roe Landscape,” we take a deep dive into how communities are responding to the growing abortion access crisis in the United States, sharing the stories of those impacted and highlighting a number of radical grassroots, mutual aid, and solidaristic efforts aimed at … Continued
IWD 2:00 AM – 3:00 AM Debra Sloss: Gender Based Violence
STATE of MIND – Gender-Based Violence Prevention for Teens and Young Adult: Gender-based violence is an umbrella term that includes the more familiar descriptors of domestic violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence and dating violence. It’s a substantial problem across our country and around the world, impacting one in every three American girls. Teens and college students are … Continued
IWD 1:00 AM – 2:00 AM Safi: Skip the Needle
Host Safi wa Nairobi talks to and shares the music of amazing Bay Area women’s band Skip the Needle Skip. The Needle is a collaboration of four bandleaders: Shelley Doty, Kofy Brown, Katie Colpitts and Vicki Randle. Our mission: to annihilate with love! Born from group of friends all veterans of multiple bands, tours, recording, jamming together. They immediately started creating … Continued
International Women’s Day Schedule 2023
12:00 AM Christina Aanestad / Women Who Rock 1:00 AM Safi wa Nairobi / Skip the Needle 2:00 AM Debra Sloss / Gender Based Violence 3:00 AM Robert Raymond / The Response: Abortion Access & Reproductive Justice 4:00 AM Thuy Nguyễn / Asian American Women Exploring Our Identity 5:00 AM Christina Aanestad / … Continued
Motown On Mondays (MOM) was born out of a love of Soul Music – plain and simple!
The recent crisis at Red Hill has brought national attention to the urgent need to protect freshwater supply in Oahu, in the highly militarized US colonial state of Hawai’i. However, what is not well-known is how common a problem this is for those “living along the fenceline” of U.S. bases. Love Letters to Water is … Continued