#09-21 Swayam, Kolkata … Rescuing Men from Patriarchy
Swayam, founded in 1995, supports girls and women who’ve faced gender violence, but their new campaign is directed at men
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#07-21 Madan Saras of Haiti … Brave Market Women and Their Community
Inspired by the 2021 film Madan Sara, produced in Haitian Creole and directed by Etant Dupain. Includes sound from the
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#05-21 Green Counter-Revolution … Local organic women farmers in India
The so-called Green Revolution in India increased one measure of “productivity” at the cost of much else, including nutrition, sustainability,
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#48-20 Marija Gimbutas Centennial … Revered archaeologist’s findings from pre-patriarchal Old Europe
Marija Gimbutas (b. 1921) was revered in academia for her findings on the militaristic Bronze Age, then derided for her
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#46-20 Uganda Women’s Network … Converting laws into actions
At the 63rd United Nations Commission on the Status of Women meetings, Sheila Dallas-Katzman, President of the International Association of
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#44-20 Sizani Ngubane, R.I.P. … Great South African organizer claimed by COVID
One of the great organizers of our times, Sizani Ngubane of South Africa, has died of COVID-19. From 1997, here
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#37-20 Mothering Is a Gift … The act of mothering – by mother or another – shapes our brains and our nature
Talk by Genevieve Vaughan, at the 2016 conference of the Mothering Institute for Research and Community Involvement in Toronto. Vaughan
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#36-20 COVID in Kenya … Its effects on women’s economic development
Measures taken by the Kenyan government to stop the spread of COVID include imposing a curfew, travel bans, and closing
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#35-20 Doughnut Economics … A 21st century guide to sustaining the planet
Kate Raworth’s address to the Meaning Conference of business people for change, in Brighton, England, in 2017. She explains the
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#34-20 UN Women Marks the 16 Days against Gender Violence … with a call to stop rape and an inter-generational feminist discussion
On the International Day Against Violence Against Women (Nov. 25), UN Women’s Executive Director delivered a scathing address about her
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