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This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
Global Fund for Women’s Africa Program Officer Muadi Mukenge talk to Preeti Shekar and Masum Momaya about the enormous violence against women in the Congo. Also, Lisa Dettmer highlights the alarming rise of HIV/AIDS among African American women; and Kate Raphael talks with organizers of Free Tibet protests in the Bay Area.
We look at the new asexuality movement that is coming out of the closet and making radical challenges to the compulsory sexuality of hypersexual culture. Malihe Razazan talks with Professor Nadje Al Ali about the History of Women’s Movement in Iraq, and the conditions of women under sanctions and US occupation. Dr. Nadje Al-Ali is … Continued
The Beat Is Tight But the Words Ain’t Right: Reflections on Hip-Hop by African American Women. Plus, Barbara Ehrenreich and Sabina Virgo speaking in 1998, with words that could have been written today.The Case of the New Jersey 4.And Faslane 365: a year of women-led blockades helps propel an anti-nuclear government to power in ScotlandAfter … Continued
As we go into super Tuesday, we look at the issues of race and gender that have been surrounding this presidential election with three women of color , U.C. Berkeley Professor Paola Bacchetta, Arlene Fenton from the Blog Black Women’s Vote and former Black Panther, Elaine Brown. www.kpfa.org/womensmagazine
Abortion rights, empowering immigrant women and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Kate Raphael reports from the Walk For Life and the counterdemonstration against it; Preeti Shekar speaks with organizers of a workshop for professional immigrant women entering the U.S. workforce, and Safi wa Nairobi presents a collage of African American women activists’ … Continued
This week on Women’s Magazine, we look at the legacy of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto with Pakistani journalist and documentary filmmaker Beena Sarwar. And, we’ll hear about the rock and roll camp for girls, where girls are encouraged to make as much noise as possible.Monday, January 7, 1-2 p.m. at 94.1 FM KPFA or … Continued
