#41-23 The Global Gag Rule … Is Making a Comeback
Republicans in the US Congress are refusing to re-authorize HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention funding abroad unless the global gag rule
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WINGS: Women’s International News Gathering Service
“Raising Women’s Voices through Radio Worldwide” since 1986
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#35-23 Benazir Bhutto … First woman to lead a Muslim-majority country
On December 27, 2007, the first woman to lead a Muslim-majority country, Benazir Bhutto, was assassinated while campaigning for a
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#16-23 Kenya Tax Attacks … Violence against protests about cost of food
Faced with record high foreign debt, Kenya’s government passed a new finance bill to raise taxes. Part of it has
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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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#22-22 Home-Based Work and Union Wages … In Australia, living wage for outworkers is the law
With the Labour Party’s return to power in 2022, the accreditation body Ethical Clothing Australia is regaining national funding to
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#12-22 Kenya Politics and Women … on the eve of new national elections
Zuleikha Hassan is one of the most outspoken members of Kenya’s Parliament. This episode covers several years of her political
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#50-21Good Parliaments … Gender sensitization in action
A deep look at a longterm process to make the world’s parliaments and legislatures gender equitable, gender sensitive, and diverse.
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#30-21 Rape and Resistance in Bangladesh … Lessons learned from Canada
In 2020, massive public demonstrations led the government of Bangladesh to raise the maximum penalty for rape; but these university
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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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#52-20 Vote Suppression … Texas style
While US House Bill 1 “For the People” languishes in the Senate, 47 out of 50 state legislatures have considered
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