#06-23 Homecare Worker Protest … Working 24 hours but only paid for 13 is slavery
Audio from an April 2023 rally in New York City with homecare workers and their supporters protesting 24-hour shifts paid
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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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#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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#49-22 Reproductive Slavery … From the 19th to the 21st Centuries
“The Long Struggle to Abolish Reproductive Slavery” is a lecture by Dorothy E. Roberts – a professor of both Law
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#48-22 LGBTQI+ in Kenya … Supreme Court victory is both a win and a loss
After ten years of appeals, Kenya’s Supreme Court ruled in February 2023 that organizations with words like lesbian and gay
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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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#45-22 SEX WORKER SUPPORT IN KENYA …Voluntary organization educates for choice
She didn’t have enough money for sanitary pads, could be how it started. Or she was raped and pregnant. It
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