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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.
Women's Magazine will look at the struggle of Women in Iran. We will talk with York University Sociologist, Haideh Moghissi about the Iranian women’s struggle for Equality in the aftermath of the 1979 revolution, the challenges they have faced and the strategies they have devised to reform the discriminatory laws against women. And we will … Continued
Women's Magazine speaks with feminist anthropologist, Sima Shakhsari about the popular uprising in Iran and how it relates to the growing feminist movement in that country. We also discuss the rise of the anti-abortion movement with feminist writer and activist, Jennifer Baumgardner.
This week on Women's Magazine: The Queerness of Class, a documentary about perceptions and realities of class and income in the gay and lesbian communities. Plus voices from the struggle to save welfare and health care in California, including Anna Kelleher, manager of the Community Jobs Project at Goodwill Industries, and Barbara Lopez of La … Continued
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
