#20-20 UN 4th World Conference on Women – Part 2 … Politics, Work, and Money
25 years ago, the United Nations held its 4th and so far its last World Conference on Women, in China.
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#19-20 Beijing Memories – Part 1 … 25th Anniversary of UN 4th World Conference on Women
The conference was held in Huairou and Beijing, China, from August 30th through September 15th, 1995. Issues included in this
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#18-20 Nawal el Saadawi, exile from Egypt … On the price of freedom and the price of oppression
Nawal el Saadawi gave a rousing speech in San Francisco’s Mission District in October 1993 covering feminism, colonialism, and other
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#16-20 After Incest … The Healing Years: Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Excerpts from the film The Healing Years: Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse highlight the long process of recovering from
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#11-20 Wife Beaters … A tough problem to beat
From the WINGS archive, two leaders in the movement to stop domestic violence, share their experience and ideas on topics
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#10-20 The Aunt Jemima Struggle … How her image became an offense
In 2020, Quaker Oats announced it would remove Aunt Jemima from its syrup and pancake mix brands. This was the
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#09-20 Stacey Abrams of Fair Vote … An interview from Mother Jones Magazine
On May 7, 2020, Mother Jones Magazine hosted a live interview via Zoom titled Protecting Our Democracy. Guest Stacey Abrams
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#03-20 Music Teacher Mother … Special for the week of Mother’s Day
Until the virus isolation began, my mother was still teaching music at age 94. In this interview she talks of
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#02-02 Sexing the Web … Exploring sex and gender through the brand new world wide web
This show from the archives (1996!) has new relevance now the pandemic renders many courtships virtual. Caitlin Sullivan and Kate Bornstein co-wrote
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#51-19 Peace Poetry … at the start of America’s longest war
On October 9, 2001, poet Susan Bright read peace poetry in Frieda Werden’s kitchen, as both were grieving Bush’s bombing
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