#03-23 Debt as Warfare … A seminal speech by Susan George
From the WINGS archives. In 1987, when she delivered this talk in San Francisco, political scientist Susan George was a
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#01-23 Women Seaweed Farmers … Kenyans and the so-called Blue Economy
Kibuyuni Seaweed Self-Help Group in Shimoni, Kwale County, Kenya, was established by the community in 2010. This was after 2
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#52-22 Weaving as Healing: Recovering identity through traditional craft
The traditions of Guatemalan women’s weaving and of wearing of their hand-woven huipiles (blouses) were disrupted not only by the
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#51-22 Guatemalan Widows Rise … after genocide against indigenous people
Massive displacement and genocide have been inflicted on indigenous communities in Guatemala for centuries. The women you’ll hear today experienced
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#50-22 Iraq Invasion +20 … How US control affected women’s rights
Yanar Mohammed is co-founder and Chair of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq. Founded in 2003, OWFI provides shelters,
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#47-22 Kenya Girls’ Safety … Organizers tackle gender-based violence
Diana Wanyonyi interviewed organizers around her region of Kenya who work to heal and preventt gender based violence against girls.
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#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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#43-22 Vandana Shiva on Memory for Survival … The prescient author of Staying Alive!
Vandana Shiva, author of Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Development in India, and Coordinator of the Research Foundation of Science
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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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