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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.
Theme: Global Women’s Voices. Today’s show is devoted to International Women’s Day. The show starts with the early history or International Women’s Day tracing it’s roots from 1908 when 30,000 women marched to New York demanding the right to vote to the present and how International Women’s Day will be observed on March 8th in … Continued
Theme: women and globalization, reproductive rights. An interview with Ninotchka Rosca about the effects of the WTO’s free trade policies on women in the Asia Pacific region; the sounds of the pro-choice rally from the Bay Area Coalition for Reproductive Rights protesting the Second Annual Walk for Life, a group that brought their anti-abortion message … Continued
Theme: women on death row. A look at the life of civil rights activist Ella Baker in complimentary tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day; the lives of women on death row; a commentary by Elizabeth Creely on the potential loss of our right to an abortion. In celebration of Martin Luther King Holiday, … Continued
A look back at the year 2005 on the status of women in the past year and what’s in store for women in the US and world wide in 2006.
Theme: reproductive rights, women of color. On today’s show, we will be speaking with Loretta Ross, national coordinator for Sister Song: Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective in Atlanta and co-author of the book “Undivided Rights: Women of Color organize for Reproductive Justice.” We will wrap up with an end of the year review of … Continued
Theme: women on death row. There are currently 52 women on the death row in the US and 152 women who have been sentenced to death. This show looks at women on death row nation-wide, and a closer look at the 16 women on death row in the state of California. We will hear from … Continued
Theme: women with disabilities. This show is dedicated to women with disabilities. Women with disabilities have lower incomes than men with disabilities, have less access to services, are more often single, or widowed. This show explores how disabilities is a women’s issue.
