#03-20 Music Teacher Mother … Special for the week of Mother’s Day
Until the virus isolation began, my mother was still teaching music at age 94. In this interview she talks of
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#52-19 Social Distancing … Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines have different approaches
Examples of social distancing challenges in varied national environments: Canada, New Zealand, and Philippines. Host(s): Frieda Werden, Victoria Quade, Bianca MigliorettoFeatured
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#51-19 Peace Poetry … at the start of America’s longest war
On October 9, 2001, poet Susan Bright read peace poetry in Frieda Werden’s kitchen, as both were grieving Bush’s bombing
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#50-19 Women and Waste in India … Traditional recycling meets new law and methods in Bangalore
Documentary covers early and recent recycling initiatives led by women; the 3 primary categories of waste to be segregated; a
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#45-19 Not from Man’s Rib!
A rousing talk by Islamic theologian Riffat Hassan, exploring how the story of Adam and Eve crept into Islam, though
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#44-19 NGOs Lobby UN Commission on the Status of Women
In 2019, the UN Commission on the Status of Women took up the issue of Social Protection. The day before
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#41-19 Climate Tactics
The climate struggle is not hopeless – culprits are scared and already getting punished. In addition to social media, bodies
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#40-19 Child Sex Work in Kenya … Girls below age of consent trade sex to feed their families
At Gasi Bay, Kenya, poverty exacerbated by drought is leaving foreign fishermen and local motorcycle transport drivers as the richest
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#39-19 Beyond the Sex Wars … Can a rift in the women’s movement be healed?
Speaking in a plenary at the US National Women’s Studies Association, Chapkis explores the ideological gulf between pro-prostitution and abolitionist
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#38-19 Non-Defensive Communication … Taking the War out of our Words
Defensiveness is an automatic response that keeps conversations at the level of power struggle. Sharon Ellison has suggestions for quitting
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