#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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#11-21 Law and Sharing … The Sustainable Economies Law Center and its work
Janelle Orsi co-founded the Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC), which facilitates the growth of sustainable and localized economies. She spoke
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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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#09-21 Swayam, Kolkata … Rescuing Men from Patriarchy
Swayam, founded in 1995, supports girls and women who’ve faced gender violence, but their new campaign is directed at men
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#08-21 Silent-Film Women … Silent film auteur Lois Weber and her network
In an interview with producer Mary O’Grady, Dr. Katherine Manthorne tells the story of one of silent film’s greatest (and
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#07-21 Madan Saras of Haiti … Brave Market Women and Their Community
Inspired by the 2021 film Madan Sara, produced in Haitian Creole and directed by Etant Dupain. Includes sound from the
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#06-21 Local Futures … Local food sourcing saves people and climate
World traffic in food by massive corporations harms environment, jobs, and health; yields no net change in food availability; and
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#05-21 Green Counter-Revolution … Local organic women farmers 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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#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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#03-21 Trans Liberation … The case for solidarity
The late Leslie Feinberg gave this rousing and reasoned plenary speech at the 1995 US National Women’s Studies Association conference
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