#17-21 Farmland restoration in Kenia … Women doing that work in drylands areas
Reporter Diana Wanyonyi from Mombasa investigates farmland degradation and restoration in the drylands area of her region. She talks with
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#10-21 Wangari Maathai … on the origins of Kenya’s Green Belt Movement
Long before she was a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, biologist Dr. Wangari Maathai came to San Francisco to receive the
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#06-21 Local Futures … Local food sourcing saves people and climate
World traffic in food by massive corporations harms environment, jobs, and health; yields no net change in food availability; and
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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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#04-21 Female Circumcision in Sudan … FGM is illegal again, but not forgotten
In 2020, Sudan’s transitional government outlawed female genital mutilation. Dr. Nahid Toubia thoroughly explained the practice, its health effects, its
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#01-21 Policing Police in Australia … For violence at home and within the force
Two interviews from Women on the Line converge on the problem of police sexist and racist misconduct and its toleration
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#51-20 India Farm Strike … Vandana Shiva connects the present to the past
India passed three new farm bills during the COVID lockdown last fall that gave rise to a sustained farmers’ strike
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#43-20 Resisting Rape in Cameroon … Speaking the truth is step one
Girls and women in Cameroon are being urged to speak the truth about rapes they have experienced, for their mental
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#38-20 Reporting in Kenya Under COVID … Problems and opportunities for women journalists
The advent of COVID added new problems to an already increasingly precarious situation for journalists. More than 600 have been
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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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