#10-23 Two-Spirit Women Speak Out … reviving a title of respect
The English term “two-spirit” is attributed to Cree Elder Myra Laramee, who proposed it in 1990 at the Third Annual Inter-tribal
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#09-23 Intersex Law in Kenya … Progress has happened, but it’s slow
Darlan Rukih’s mother tried to keep her child’s intersex condition a secret, but eventually it came out. Darlan has become
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#08-23 Globalizing Feminism … Can the subalterns speak?
Excerpts from a keynote address to the US National Women’s Studies Association, by the world-famous scholar of deconstructionism Gayatri Spivak.
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#05-23 Adrienne Rich Remembered … A canonized poet broke through into feminism and politics
The late Adrienne Rich was a bridge between the near-invisibility of women writers, feminist writers, and lesbian writers, and their
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#04-23 Polish Abortion Struggle … Founder of Abortion Dream Team Sentenced
Alex of the Szpila collective describes the tactics of the ruling Law and Justice Party in Poland, and its government’s
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#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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