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This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
Abortion rights, empowering immigrant women and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Kate Raphael reports from the Walk For Life and the counterdemonstration against it; Preeti Shekar speaks with organizers of a workshop for professional immigrant women entering the U.S. workforce, and Safi wa Nairobi presents a collage of African American women activists’ … Continued
This week on Women’s Magazine, we look at the legacy of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto with Pakistani journalist and documentary filmmaker Beena Sarwar. And, we’ll hear about the rock and roll camp for girls, where girls are encouraged to make as much noise as possible.Monday, January 7, 1-2 p.m. at 94.1 FM KPFA or … Continued
Death and Dieting. Kate Raphael talks to Gina Kolata, sicence writer with the New York Times, about her new book, "Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss and the Myths and Realities of Dieting." Meri Simon interviews Dr. Michelle Peticolas about her four-part documentary series "Secrets of Life and Death." All that plus the … Continued
Preeti Mangala Shekar talks with Jimena Alvarado, who was part of the grassroots women’s movement against ratification of the Central American Free Trade Agreement in Costa Rica. Also, Safi wa Nairobi presents an interview with Lisa Natoli, an Australian nurse working to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS in women and children in the developing world. … Continued
Christina Aanestad speaks with Fariba Nawa, a Bay Area based Afghan American journalist and war correspondent about being a woman of color war corespondent, her work and her life’s experiences. Nawa’s report Afghanistan Inc. was one of Project Censored top 25 stories that should have made the headlines but didn’t. And Rivian Berlin, speaks with … Continued
Healing Our Rage, an interview with author and teacher Ruth King. Anger can be a powerful emotion to help bring about change. Or it can be a corrosive emotion that cripples us. Ruth King, author of Healing Rage-Women Making Inner Peace Possible, talks with Simin Yahaghi and Crystal Weston about her work on transforming anger. … Continued
