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#18-22 Agriculture Reporter in Zambia Natasha Mhango on Climate, Food and Gender

Natasha Mhango is a writer, editor and video producer for Zambia’s National Agriculture Information Services, which is the media wing

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#12-22 Kenya Politics and Women … on the eve of new national elections

Zuleikha Hassan is one of the most outspoken members of Kenya’s Parliament. This episode covers several years of her political

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#52-21Model Matriarchy … The Iroquois system has lasted hundreds of years

Barbara Alice Mann describes the inner workings of a long-established North American matriarchal society, where women lead the arrangement of

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#41-21 Cutting the Cut … The slow work of ending female genital mutilation

From 1951 to 2022, the task of ending this widespread harmful practice is perhaps only halfway done. Heroines of the

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#31-21 Food Beneath Their Feet … Africa’s Indigenous Food Revival

A movement is afoot to recover traditional African food plants, preserve them, and disseminate the knowledge about how to grow

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#17-21 Farmland restoration in Kenia … Women doing that work in drylands areas

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

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#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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