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#30-21 Rape and Resistance in Bangladesh … Lessons learned from Canada

November 12, 2021January 26, 2022 helyah130276com31375 education, feminism, health, politics, regional, sexuality, society and culture, south-Asia, women

In 2020, massive public demonstrations led the government of Bangladesh to raise the maximum penalty for rape; but these university

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#28-21 Witch Accusations … A continuing scourge

October 30, 2021January 9, 2022 helyah130276com31375 activism, africa, asia, childhood, education, europe, politics, regional, society and culture, south-Asia, women

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

August 10, 2021October 30, 2021 helyah130276com31375 africa, agriculture, childhood, environment, food and nutrition, health, regional, science and technology, society and culture, women

Reporter Diana Wanyonyi from Mombasa investigates farmland degradation and restoration in the drylands area of her region. She talks with

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#10-21 Wangari Maathai … on the origins of Kenya’s Green Belt Movement

June 22, 2021September 14, 2021 helyah130276com31375 activism, africa, agriculture, biodiversity, childhood, climate change, environment, first nations, food and nutrition, forestry, health, politics, pollution, regional, religion, science and technology, society and culture, spirituality, women

Long before she was a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, biologist Dr. Wangari Maathai came to San Francisco to receive the

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#07-21 Madan Saras of Haiti … Brave Market Women and Their Community

June 1, 2021August 10, 2021 helyah130276com31375 childhood, education, political parties, politics, regional, society and culture, women

Inspired by the 2021 film Madan Sara, produced in Haitian Creole and directed by Etant Dupain. Includes sound from the

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#04-21 Female Circumcision in Sudan … FGM is illegal again, but not forgotten

May 11, 2021December 20, 2022 helyah130276com31375 activism, africa, childhood, health, medicine, politics, regional, science and technology, sexuality, society and culture, women

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

April 29, 2021July 7, 2021 helyah130276com31375 activism, africa, arts and culture, childhood, feminism, first nations, politics, society and culture, united states, women

On April 24th, 2021, two well known activists came together online to tell stories from their lives about the gift

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#52-20 Vote Suppression … Texas style

April 13, 2021June 22, 2021 helyah130276com31375 activism, childhood, elections, feminism, political parties, politics, racism, regional, society and culture, united states, women

While US House Bill 1 “For the People” languishes in the Senate, 47 out of 50 state legislatures have considered

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#49-20 Nisei and Sansei Women Look Back and Ahead … Survivors of Japanese incarceration during WWII

March 24, 2021June 1, 2021 helyah130276com31375 activism, arts and culture, Canada, childhood, feminism, politics, racism, radio arts, society and culture, united states, women

. Voices of Japanese American women elders are heard mainly inside their own communities and families. They hold the memories

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#43-20 Resisting Rape in Cameroon … Speaking the truth is step one

February 9, 2021April 20, 2021 helyah130276com31375 activism, childhood, feminism, health, mental health, politics, religion, sexuality, society and culture, spirituality, women

Girls and women in Cameroon are being urged to speak the truth about rapes they have experienced, for their mental