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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.
A special focus on Sri Lanka by Preeti Shekar. We examine this more than 30-year crisis from a critical feminist perspective that explores the oppressive patriarchal structures of the nation state and armed groups. Tune in to learn about this devastating conflict between the Sinhalese government and the Tamil Tigers or the LTTE and how … Continued
Restaurants, bars and clubs are often places to imbibe, to pass the time, to savour. This could include the food, music, spirits or someone's company. Bebe Bertolet, proprietor of Six Degrees on Solano in Albany, has created a space “serving the best Cosmo in town.” With over twenty years of management experience, expertise in development … Continued
As part of KPFA's daylong celebration of International Women's Day, Women's Magazine presents the history of IWD. Feminist historian Eileen Boris speaks about the origins in U.S. working women's strikes in the early 1900s and its anti-war role during WW I; veteran activists Aileen Hernandez and Judith Mirkinson reflect on IWD's resurgence during the second … Continued
Ordinary Heroes: We talk with Elicia and Kiki, organizers of the Richmond Peace Rally, and Aileen Canceco of Contra Costa Equality about community support for Richmond Jane Doe; Gemma Mirkinson and Summer Loen of BACORR about the upcoming Unite to Fight the Right Walk for Life Counterprotest; and Scarlett Shepherd interviews filmmaker Sheila Gans about … Continued
Harriet Whitman Lee wears many hats, including mediator. Rhodessa Jones, a Bay Area treasure, uses artistic creativity as a tool for social justice and change. Katharina Dress is a mediator for conflict management, with a focus on the aging. Catherine Orland, a trainer and facilitator, specialises in multicultural education, cultural competency, organisational development and conflict … Continued
Think the days of 'Help Wanted: Male' and 'Help Wanted: Female' are gone? Not really, say commentators Linda Hirschman and Paula England, who speak with Women's Magazine reporter and producer Kate Raphael about Hirschman's recent op-ed in the New York Times and the women involved in President Elect Barack Obama's transition team. Also, Swedish Social … Continued
Woman's Magazine looks at the housing crisis and its affect on women. Research has found that women have been credit profiled by the home lending industry. With slightly better credit scores than men and similar credit usage patterns, women have been targetted for subprime loans, hi-cost loans that have been at the center of the … Continued
Greater Options and Assistance for Lifelong Success for Women–G.O.A.L.S. for Women, is not your traditional mental health resource centre. For the past five years, G.O.A.L.S for Women has been providing counseling and mental health support services within a homelike atmosphere, complete with videos, music, walls of art. This afternoon, clinicians Gwen Wilson (founder) and Lauren … Continued
Elaine Brown, former chairwoman of the Black Panther Party speaks candidly about the election of Barack Obama, what it means to her, and how it will affect her work as an AfAm activist. You will also hear author and filmmaker, Sharim Sarif discuss the adaptations to film of her two books, The World Unseen, and … Continued
