#32-22 SEWA – ELA BHATT’S LEGACY- PART 2
SEWA [pronounced SAY vah] is a sisterhood of about 2 million women, organized locally and by trades. It operates in
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#31-22 SEWA – ELA BHATT’S LEGACY- PART 1
In Gandhi’s birthplace, in 1972, a labor lawyer named Ela Bhatt [pronounced Eela But] gave birth to a union comprised
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#30-22 Enslaved in Kuwait: How 3 women from Cameroon regained their freedom
Believing recruiters’ lies, “Karine,” “Susan” and “Cynthia” flew to Kuwait for well-paying jobs, only to find themselves as housemaids forced
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#29-22 Outside In – a political memoir: Canadian MP made hard issues mainstream
From 1980 until 2015, Libby Davies represented the political interests of her neighbours, on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, including homeless and
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#28-22 Linguist Dale Spender: Characteristics of women’s speech, 1989
Spender is an Australian feminist scholar, teacher, writer and consultant with a PhD from University of London. Her early books
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#26 and 27-22 The Stolen Revolution
Iranian women were at the forefront of the 1979 revolution. But after the Shah was deposed, Ayatollah Khomeini’s new regime
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#25-22 DURGA PUJA … Kolkata celebrates a fierce Goddess
Durga is a major Hindu Goddess, whose many powers include motherhood, war, and the destruction of all evil. Puja is
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#24-22 The Music of Life … A music teacher passes, but the music lives on
Isabel Miriam Leon Samfield (Posner), a lifelong musician and music teacher, died September 12, 2022. Summary: Music is a source of
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#23-22 Unlearning patriarchy … War and the dream of an artificial world
In this interview, Professor Claudia von Werlhof states that capitalism is just the latest phase of an age-old patriarchal dream
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#22-22 Home-Based Work and Union Wages … In Australia, living wage for outworkers is the law
With the Labour Party’s return to power in 2022, the accreditation body Ethical Clothing Australia is regaining national funding to
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