#9-22 and #10-22 Wade in the Water, parts 1 and 2
As of 2022 Juneteenth is a US federal holiday. First celebrated by Black communities in Texas, it marks June 19th, 1865,
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#08-22 Leymah Gbowee on Peacemaking … women must make spaces for ourselves in all the negotiations, Nobel Laureate said
Shortly before she was announced as a Nobel Peace Laureate, Leymah Gbowee was on a book tour in the US.
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#07-22 Battered Women’s Defense … Why would she kill her husband?
Speaking to a group of attorneys in Kansas City, forensic psychologist Dr. Lenore Walker explains the development of battered women’s
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#06-22 Let ‘Em Eat Cake! … Marie Antoinette’s famous phrase. If she said it, why?
An “Aural Tapestry.” Food journalist Lizet Kruyff cooks Marie Antoinette’s favourite cake from her childhood – an Austrian kugelhopf, while
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#05-22 WINGS’ 36th Birthday … Recalling an interview from our 20th year
May 13, 2022, is the 36th anniversary of the release of WINGS’ first edition. Much of the early history and
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#03-22 Birthkeepers Midwives’ care empowers birthing mothers in remote communities and disaster zones
In September 2021, Ibu Robin Lim addressed a Maternal Gift Economy Rising Salon via Zoom from Indonesia. We share excerpts
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#52-21Model Matriarchy … The Iroquois system has lasted hundreds of years
Barbara Alice Mann describes the inner workings of a long-established North American matriarchal society, where women lead the arrangement of
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#51-21 Irish Grannies Rage for Peace … and for Ireland’s neutrality
Margaretta D’Arcy, known to longtime WINGS listeners as Radio Pirate Woman, is a nearly-88-year-old Irish actress, playwright, feminist, and peace
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#49-21 Food Sovereignty … A grassroots movement 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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#48-21 Solar Nuns of Pakistan … Changing lives by bringing light
Two young women with a mission to help the poor found their calling as both nuns and solar installers, bringing
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