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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: 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.
On today’s show we will look at the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign that begins on November 25, the International Day Against Violence Against Women and runs through December 10, International Human Rights Day. We will be talking with a representative from Amnesty International about organizing against violence against women, and to … Continued
Theme: Middle-Eastern women, violence against women. On today’s show we feature two women from the Middle East whose work is a significant contribution to the Middle Eastern communities. First we talk to Palestinian-Israeli Hebrew university law professor Nadra Shahoud-Kervorkian, about the occupation, militarization and violence against women in Palestine. We will also be speaking to … Continued
Theme: sex workers’ rights, animal rights and feminism. Sex workers face enormous violence from both the police and pimps. Nell Myhand talks with Rachel West from the US Prostitute’s collective and In Defense of Prostitutes’ Safety Project about preventing violence against prostitutes in San Francisco through a resolution that the city passed recently to stop … Continued
Today Women’s Magazine offers as a premium copies of the fascinating and award winning film "Blossoms of Fire." This film, that is not available commercially, is a beautiful and inspiring documentary about the uncorrupted indigenous Zapotec town of Juchitan in Mexico, a place that has been called a matriarchy, with strong women, progressive politics, and … Continued
Theme: Indigenous women. On the occasion of Indigenous women’s day, this show celebrates the achievements and contributions of native women. We begin by speaking to Gail Small, one of the activists featured in the film Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action, which will screen at the Mill Valley Film Festival on Oct.12 and 14. We … Continued
Theme: media and film. On today’s show we will be looking at examples of women’s use of media technology to produce innovative and experimental work. From Berkeley’s Digital Story telling center, we will hear about the possibilities for healing survivors of violence, through the medium of digital storytelling. We will then take a close look … Continued
Theme: Katrina special. On this show we will talk to Katrina survivors on the ground in New Orleans and the Gulf coast and focus on some of the work that is taking place. We will be talking to local community activists about the local response to what is happening to New Orleans.
