Community radio producers\u00a0defied China’s ban on reporters at the massive non-governmental portion of the UN’s\u00a04th (and so far the final)\u00a0World Conference on Women, held in\u00a0in Huairou, China,\u00a0August 30-September 11,1995.\u00a0The economic, social and logistical issues they covered are all still in play today.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speakers: Helvi Sipila, convenor of the first UN World Conference on Women. Kamla Bhasin, Indian feminist activist and poet. Singers from Western Sahara. Minhchao Nguyen, manager of the Gender Analysis and Policy Group of the World Bank; audience member Nilufar Ahmad from Bangladesh. Rachel Rosenbloom, research and advocacy associate, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission; Beverley Palesa Ditsie, South African lesbian activist, artist, and filmmaker; Michelle Cave (Bahamas). Sual de Marco from Nicaragua; Florence Lusaka of Uganda; Tasneem Sadik of Bangladesh; Robin Foster of Boston, guide for the blind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Host and series producer, Frieda Werden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Contributing producers: Karen James, Laura Saponara, Lisa Hayes, Julie Drizin. Additional support: Chupoo Alafonte Douresseau, KPFA radio; Susan Mooney of IGCF WomensNet; Helene Rosenbluth; Virginia Calvino, Eliza Graney, Lisa Hayes, Hope Lafferty, Mary O’Grady, Laura Saponara, Carol Stall, and Sarah Wise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n