#48-20 Marija Gimbutas Centennial … Revered archaeologist’s findings from pre-patriarchal Old Europe
Marija Gimbutas (b. 1921) was revered in academia for her findings on the militaristic Bronze Age, then derided for her
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#47-20 International Women’s Day Greetings 2021 … updates from women around the world
Bianca Miglioretto shared greetings she collected for the women’s program on community Radio LoRa, in Zurich, Switzerland. The greetings include
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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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#42-20 Sistah Boom: 40 years in the streets … San Francisco Bay Area drumming group brings beats to life
Girls don’t drum was the rule of the day. Sistah Boom members shattered it. They’ve enlivened LGBTQ, human rights and
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#39-20 Mobilizing Resentment … Anti-feminist, racist, anti-liberal methodologies of the right
From the WINGS archive: Jean Hardisty’s 1999 plenary speech to the US National Women’s Studies Association describes the tactics and
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#36-20 COVID in Kenya … Its effects on women’s economic development
Measures taken by the Kenyan government to stop the spread of COVID include imposing a curfew, travel bans, and closing
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#34-20 UN Women Marks the 16 Days against Gender Violence … with a call to stop rape and an inter-generational feminist discussion
On the International Day Against Violence Against Women (Nov. 25), UN Women’s Executive Director delivered a scathing address about her
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#32-20 Waring’s Counting … New Zealand’s first woman in Parliament debunked the GDP
In the film Who’s Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Economics, Waring demystifies the language of economics by defining
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#31-20 Leaderless Organizing in the ’90s … ACT UP and the Lesbian Avengers
From the WINGS archive, Laura Yaros’s interview with Sarah Schulman covers the origins and methods of the AIDS Coalition to
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#30-20 India’s Water Warrior Women … Essential approaches to fast-encroaching drought
In India, water is a women’s issue and a woman’s burden, but only concerted community action can ensure water for
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