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Featured Women: Kathy Kelly, Miriam Nobre, Sister Stella Soh
Featured Topics: Anti-militarism, Civil Disobedience, Conservation, democracy and trade policy, Gender Rights, Grassroots Organizing, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Land Rights for Women, Nonviolent, Peace, Religion, war and conflict, World women's movements
Featured Topics: Anti-militarism, Civil Disobedience, Conservation, democracy and trade policy, Gender Rights, Grassroots Organizing, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Land Rights for Women, Nonviolent, Peace, Religion, war and conflict, World women's movements
Women are gaining influence worldwide in leadership for democracy, civil society, women’s, human and children’s rights, ecology and sustainability. In this program we profile three women activists against war and armaments. Sister Stella Soh, a Korean nun, fights to
Featured Women: Hettie Geenen, Laila Williams, Leila Deen
Featured Topics: (physical, Anti-militarism, Arts and Social Activism, Children's Rights, Civil Disobedience, Conservation, democracy and trade policy, Eco-justice, Ecology, Extreme Climate and Global Warming, Gender Rights, Grassroots Organizing, Health, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Law & Conservation, mental), Nonviolent, Peace, war and conflict, Water Issues, Women's Rights
Featured Topics: (physical, Anti-militarism, Arts and Social Activism, Children's Rights, Civil Disobedience, Conservation, democracy and trade policy, Eco-justice, Ecology, Extreme Climate and Global Warming, Gender Rights, Grassroots Organizing, Health, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Law & Conservation, mental), Nonviolent, Peace, war and conflict, Water Issues, Women's Rights
Featured women: Hettie Geenen, First Mate Rainbow Warrior Leila Deen, Senior Campaigner Greenpeace Laila Williams, Campaigner Greenpeace We profile women of Greenpeace, the legendary eco-activist organization. Hettie Geenan is first mate on the Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior. Leila Deen leads
Featured Women: Ayumi Kinezuka, Dina Hoff, Elizabeth Mpufo, Nettie Wiebe
Featured Topics: Conservation, democracy and trade policy, Ecology, Extreme Climate and Global Warming, farming and women, Gender Rights, GMO issues, GMO's, Grassroots Organizing, Health (physical, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Labor Rights, land grabbing, land rights, Land Rights for Women, Law & Conservation, mental), Monsanto, Nuclear Issues, peasant movments, peasants and democracy, pesticide damage worldwide, pesticides, Politics, resource poor nations, sustainable agriculture, sustainable farming, TPP, trade agreements, Transpacific Partnership, women, women farmers, Women's Rights
Featured Topics: Conservation, democracy and trade policy, Ecology, Extreme Climate and Global Warming, farming and women, Gender Rights, GMO issues, GMO's, Grassroots Organizing, Health (physical, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Labor Rights, land grabbing, land rights, Land Rights for Women, Law & Conservation, mental), Monsanto, Nuclear Issues, peasant movments, peasants and democracy, pesticide damage worldwide, pesticides, Politics, resource poor nations, sustainable agriculture, sustainable farming, TPP, trade agreements, Transpacific Partnership, women, women farmers, Women's Rights
We profile women of La Via Campesina, the global peasant movement celebrating 20 years of grassroots activism, for sustainable farming, land rights and social justice. Canadian Nettie Wiebe fights to keep seeds in the hands of small farmers. From the
Featured Women: Alice Slater, Kaori Izumi, Winona LaDuke
Featured Topics: Anti-militarism, antinuclear activists, Conservation, Eco-justice, Ecology, Extreme Climate and Global Warming, farming and women, Indigenous Rights, Law & Conservation, Nuclear Issues, Peace, sustainable agriculture, war and conflict
Featured Topics: Anti-militarism, antinuclear activists, Conservation, Eco-justice, Ecology, Extreme Climate and Global Warming, farming and women, Indigenous Rights, Law & Conservation, Nuclear Issues, Peace, sustainable agriculture, war and conflict
With nuclear power back on the agenda, three prominent female activists tell their stories: Kaori Izumi was part of the grassroots campaign to shutdown Japan’s nuclear power plants, after the Fukushima disaster. Winona LaDuke, has spent much of her life
Featured Women: Gemma Bulos, Maame Yelbert-Obeng, Rucha Chitnis
Featured Topics: Anti-militarism, Arts and Social Activism, Entrpreneurism, Extreme Climate and Global Warming, Gender Rights, Peace, resource poor nations, Water Issues, World women's movements
Featured Topics: Anti-militarism, Arts and Social Activism, Entrpreneurism, Extreme Climate and Global Warming, Gender Rights, Peace, resource poor nations, Water Issues, World women's movements
Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world, fighting for peace, justice, the environment, and civil society. On this program we profile a dynamic partnership between the Women’s Earth Alliance and the Global Women’s Water Initiative: working on women’s
Featured Women: Ann Wright, Fatou Bensouda
Featured Topics: Children's Rights, Human Rights, war and conflict
Featured Topics: Children's Rights, Human Rights, war and conflict
Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world, fighting for peace, justice, the environment and civil society. In this program, we profile two government leaders tackling the monumental problem of war. Gambia’s Fatou Bensouda is Deputy Prosecutor at the
Featured Women: Diane Ferlatte, Eve Ensler
Featured Topics: Arts and Social Activism, Children's Rights, Human Rights, war and conflict, Writing and Social Activism
Featured Topics: Arts and Social Activism, Children's Rights, Human Rights, war and conflict, Writing and Social Activism
Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world, fighting for peace, justice, the environment, and civil society. In this program, we profile two American masters of the spoken word, provoking, inspiring, and moving us to action. Eve Ensler, playwright
Featured Women: Alice Ng, Elena Bykova, Lorena Aguilar, Rosamira Guillen
Featured Topics: Animal Rights, Conservation, Eco-justice, Ecology, Entrpreneurism, Indigenous Rights
Featured Topics: Animal Rights, Conservation, Eco-justice, Ecology, Entrpreneurism, Indigenous Rights
Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world, fighting for peace, justice, the environment and civil society. In this program we profile four animal rights activists: Alice Ng has worked with Wild Aid, founded Animal Balance in the Galapagos
Featured Women: Medea Benjamin, Saw Myat Mar
Featured Topics: Civil Disobedience, Human Rights, Nonviolent, war and conflict
Featured Topics: Civil Disobedience, Human Rights, Nonviolent, war and conflict
Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world, fighting for peace, justice, the environment and civil society. In this program, we profile two international change-makers dedicated to nonviolent civil disobedience and resistance. Medea Benjamin is a U.S. activist. She’s