#46-22 FEMINIST BUDDHISTS …Can a religion with no male god be sexist?
Continuing our series about feminism and religion, this program from the archives is about feminism and Buddhism – yet another
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Feminism
#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
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#42-22 Islamic identities … both faith and freedom
Irshad Manji is an Islamic scholar, a practicing Muslim, an anti-dogmatist, a feminist, and an out Lesbian. She believes it
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#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
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#36-22 Male Victims of Family Violence … Digging for the roots of abuse
In this interview, Prof. Lysova explains the similarities and differences between women’s and men’s experiences with and perpetration of family
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#35-22 Girls’ Future in Uganda … Rebuilding society is a tall order
Women in Uganda’s Parliament are passing new laws that aim to protect children and women, and improve conditions at home,
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#33-22 A Kenyan in the World: Maimuna Mwidau on democracy and women
Maimuna Mwidau grew up in a polygamous household. Her father was Mayor of Mombasa and later a Member of Parliament.
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#29-22 Outside In – a political memoir: Canadian MP made hard issues mainstream
From 1980 until 2015, Libby Davies represented the political interests of her neighbours, on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, including homeless and
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#28-22 Linguist Dale Spender: Characteristics of women’s speech, 1989
Spender is an Australian feminist scholar, teacher, writer and consultant with a PhD from University of London. Her early books
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#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
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