#30-20 India’s Water Warrior Women … Essential approaches to fast-encroaching drought
In India, water is a women’s issue and a woman’s burden, but only concerted community action can ensure water for
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#29-20 Women of India’s Panchayats … 50% of local government seats are now for women
In August 2020, the world lost broadcaster and author Indu Ramesh to the Covid pandemic. Among her achievements were many
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#25-20 Street Children in Kenya … A woman’s commitment to help
Unicef estimates there are 30 million street children in Africa. In Kenya, they are concentrated in highly populated urban slums.
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#23-20 20th Century Plagues … Controlling epidemics is a tricky business
From the WINGS archive: Laurie Garrett, speaking in San Francisco in 1995, about epidemics emerging around the world, with a
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#20-20 UN 4th World Conference on Women – Part 2 … Politics, Work, and Money
25 years ago, the United Nations held its 4th and so far its last World Conference on Women, in China.
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#13-20 Guardians of the Amazon … Indigenous Women Rising
It was 1920 when the first international oil corporation entered the Amazon region. The struggle against destructive extractive industries has been
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#06-20 WorldPulse … A global network of women activists
WorldPulse.com is an online network where women activists working specifically on women’s and girls’ issues in their countries and regions
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#01-20 Pastoral Woman in Kenya … Adapting tradition to climate change
In this interview with Diana Wanyonyi, Agnes Leina describes how water shortages forced a change in the lives of herding
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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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