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WINGS: Women’s International News Gathering Service

“Raising Women’s Voices through Radio Worldwide” since 1986

All Archive Canada Gender History Journalism Regional Society and culture Violence Women

December 4, 2023 helyah130276com31375

#34-23 16 Days Is Not Enough … Canadians vs. violence against women

The international 16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence began November 25 and ends on December 10. Canada also marks December 6

All Archive Folklore and Folkways Folktales Halloween History Regional Religions Sexism Society and culture Spirituality and religion Superstition Trans Western Europe Witches

October 16, 2023 helyah130276com31375

#27-23 Which Witch? … A history of the Western imagination

Starting with the witch scene from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, this program illuminates how in different eras, and among different classes in

Activism All Archive Canada Europe Feminism Health History Occupational health and safety Politics Poverty and wealth Regional Sex Trafficking Sex Work Society and culture South-Korea

October 11, 2023 helyah130276com31375

#26-23 The Nordic Model vs. the Sex Trade … in Canada, Sweden, and the world

In September 2023, a Superior Court judge in Ontario ruled that Canada’s 2014 law outlawing the purchase of sex did

All Archive Belief systems Education Family Geography History Indigenous language and linguistics Nonviolence / peace Sacred Sexuality Society and culture Spirituality and religion

September 11, 2023 helyah130276com31375

#22-23 Matrix Societies … Suppressed Histories explored by Max Dashu

In 1970, Dashu founded the Suppressed Histories Archives to research and document women’s history and to make the full spectrum

All Archive Feminism History Indigenous Lesbian/Gay/Bi/Trans North America Politics Regional Society and culture

June 28, 2023 helyah130276com31375

#10-23 Two-Spirit Women Speak Out … reviving a title of respect

The English term “two-spirit” is attributed to Cree Elder Myra Laramee, who proposed it in 1990 at the Third Annual Inter-tribal

Abortion All Archive Black feminism Health History Justice system Parenthood Patriarchy Racism Slavery Society and culture Surveillance

March 21, 2023 helyah130276com31375

#49-22 Reproductive Slavery … From the 19th to the 21st Centuries

“The Long Struggle to Abolish Reproductive Slavery” is a lecture by Dorothy E. Roberts – a professor of both Law

Activism All Archive Feminism First nations Guatemala Health History Indigenous Mental health Politics Regional Religions Society and culture Spirituality and religion United States Women

February 13, 2023 helyah130276com31375

#44-22 Sister Dianna Ortiz … Torture Survivor, Human Rights Champion

As a young nun, Sister Dianna Ortiz went to Guatemala to teach indigenous children and support those being devastated by

All Archive Central America Communism Europe Feminism History North America Poland Politics Poverty and wealth Regional South America Theology

January 24, 2023 helyah130276com31375

#41-22 Papal Politics: power, women and the poor

Joanna Manning is a former nun from England who studied theology then left the order under the influence of Vatican

Archive Authoritarianism Civil Liberties Feminism History Human rights Middle East > Iran Politics Regional Religious Repression/Opression Spirituality and religion

October 10, 2022 helyah130276com31375

#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

Activism All Archive Feminism History Human rights Politics Regional Religious Repression/Opression Society and culture South Asia Spirituality and religion Women

October 4, 2022 helyah130276com31375

#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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