#41-21 Cutting the Cut … The slow work of ending female genital mutilation
From 1951 to 2022, the task of ending this widespread harmful practice is perhaps only halfway done. Heroines of the
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#31-21 Food Beneath Their Feet … Africa’s Indigenous Food Revival
A movement is afoot to recover traditional African food plants, preserve them, and disseminate the knowledge about how to grow
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#29-21 Wildlife Women in Kenya … Breaking cultural barriers to protect animals and people
Team Lioness are 16 women wildlife rangers who manage the interface between humans and wildlife around Amboseli National Park. Also
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#28-21 Witch Accusations … A continuing scourge
Witchcraft Accusations, Violence and Torture of Women and Children was a parallel event at the 2015 UN Commission on the
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#17-21 Farmland restoration in Kenia … Women doing that work in drylands areas
Reporter Diana Wanyonyi from Mombasa investigates farmland degradation and restoration in the drylands area of her region. She talks with
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#12-21 Zimbabwe Diaspora … Outside the country but connected – and they care
In the premier edition of the podcast version of her radio show HotSeat, Violet Gonda interviewed Thandiwe Newton, filmstar and
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#10-21 Wangari Maathai … on the origins of Kenya’s Green Belt Movement
Long before she was a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, biologist Dr. Wangari Maathai came to San Francisco to receive the
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#04-21 Female Circumcision in Sudan … FGM is illegal again, but not forgotten
In 2020, Sudan’s transitional government outlawed female genital mutilation. Dr. Nahid Toubia thoroughly explained the practice, its health effects, its
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#02-21 Maternal Gift Stories … on Mothering, Activism, and Care
On April 24th, 2021, two well known activists came together online to tell stories from their lives about the gift
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#46-20 Uganda Women’s Network … Converting laws into actions
At the 63rd United Nations Commission on the Status of Women meetings, Sheila Dallas-Katzman, President of the International Association of
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