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A grassroots movement in India
21 Mar, 2022 | 0:28:49 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
The so-called Green Revolution in India increased one measure of "productivity" at the cost of much else, including nutrition, sustainability, loss of biodiversity, and local loss of control. The Green Foundation based in Karnataka state started by encouraging local seed-saving and has built a network of women farmers who also process their own crops locally - a growing trend in...
21 Mar, 2022 | 0:28:49 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
The so-called Green Revolution in India increased one measure of "productivity" at the cost of much else, including nutrition, sustainability, loss of biodiversity, and local loss of control. The Green Foundation based in Karnataka state started by encouraging local seed-saving and has built a network of women farmers who also process their own crops locally - a growing trend in...
Changing lives by bringing light
14 Mar, 2022 | 0:28:47 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
Two young women with a mission to help the poor found their calling as both nuns and solar installers, bringing reliable electricity to communities where the electric grid is absent, or expensive and inconsistent. Doubly unusual in a primarily male-dominated Muslim society, they have persisted in sharing education, skills and technology with those who can use those things to progress...
14 Mar, 2022 | 0:28:47 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
Two young women with a mission to help the poor found their calling as both nuns and solar installers, bringing reliable electricity to communities where the electric grid is absent, or expensive and inconsistent. Doubly unusual in a primarily male-dominated Muslim society, they have persisted in sharing education, skills and technology with those who can use those things to progress...
A member of Canadians for Peace and Justice in Kashmir talks about his group's work.
11 Jan, 2022 | 0:28:01 |
EN | Scott Neigh | Talking Radical Radio
Today’s guest on Talking Radical Radio is a Kashmiri-Canadian and a member of Canadians for Peace and Justice in Kashmir, a group of Canadians – some of whom have ties to the region, some of whom do not – committed to working in this country towards a just peace in Kashmir. Scott Neigh interviews him about the history of the...
11 Jan, 2022 | 0:28:01 |
EN | Scott Neigh | Talking Radical Radio
Today’s guest on Talking Radical Radio is a Kashmiri-Canadian and a member of Canadians for Peace and Justice in Kashmir, a group of Canadians – some of whom have ties to the region, some of whom do not – committed to working in this country towards a just peace in Kashmir. Scott Neigh interviews him about the history of the...
Lessons learned from Canada
08 Nov, 2021 | 0:28:48 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
In 2020, massive public demonstrations led the government of Bangladesh to raise the maximum penalty for rape; but these university students say the problem begins with law enforcement failing to lay charges. They contrast common attitudes towards women and rape in their home country with the more feminist-influenced milieu in Canada. Includes discussion of marital rape, which is legal in...
08 Nov, 2021 | 0:28:48 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
In 2020, massive public demonstrations led the government of Bangladesh to raise the maximum penalty for rape; but these university students say the problem begins with law enforcement failing to lay charges. They contrast common attitudes towards women and rape in their home country with the more feminist-influenced milieu in Canada. Includes discussion of marital rape, which is legal in...
A continuing scourge
24 Oct, 2021 | 0:28:48 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
Witchcraft Accusations, Violence and Torture of Women and Children was a parallel event at the 2015 UN Commission on the Status of Women. Organized by Lois Herman of the Women's United Nations Rights Network, it included information from Nigeria, Papua-New Guinea, India, and other countries and regions - going into the rationales and motives behind such charges, and their sad...
24 Oct, 2021 | 0:28:48 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
Witchcraft Accusations, Violence and Torture of Women and Children was a parallel event at the 2015 UN Commission on the Status of Women. Organized by Lois Herman of the Women's United Nations Rights Network, it included information from Nigeria, Papua-New Guinea, India, and other countries and regions - going into the rationales and motives behind such charges, and their sad...
Three Professors provide insights into history, politics and economics of Afghanistan and the US
07 Oct, 2021 | 0:59:26 |
EN | Michael Welch | Global Research News Hour
This week on the Global Research News Hour, on the 20th anniversary of the launching of the war on Afghanistan, we will probe the dynamics of the relationship between the US and Afghanistan, and the look ahead to what it will mean in the larger cold war with Russia and China.. Our first guest Retired Professor of Geography John Ryan...
07 Oct, 2021 | 0:59:26 |
EN | Michael Welch | Global Research News Hour
This week on the Global Research News Hour, on the 20th anniversary of the launching of the war on Afghanistan, we will probe the dynamics of the relationship between the US and Afghanistan, and the look ahead to what it will mean in the larger cold war with Russia and China.. Our first guest Retired Professor of Geography John Ryan...
...liberate Hindu weddings.
05 Sep, 2021 | 0:28:46 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
India's new female priestesses are solemnizing weddings, breaking barriers and stereotypes in the formerly patriarchal sphere. Priestess weddings simplify and shorten the service, and make it more participatory. These weddings are trending among educated women and their mothers, who want equal female participation in place of the traditional Kanya daan, in which father gives daughter to husband. Women priests and...
05 Sep, 2021 | 0:28:46 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
India's new female priestesses are solemnizing weddings, breaking barriers and stereotypes in the formerly patriarchal sphere. Priestess weddings simplify and shorten the service, and make it more participatory. These weddings are trending among educated women and their mothers, who want equal female participation in place of the traditional Kanya daan, in which father gives daughter to husband. Women priests and...
Reviewing case with James DiEugenio following launch of JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
16 Jul, 2021 | 0:59:12 |
EN | Michael Welch | Global Research News Hour
This week’s instalment of the Global Research News Hour focuses on the first assassination death: John F. Kennedy. It takes during the same week that an explosive new documentary series is released! The release of JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass takes place also 30 years after the release of the blockbuster JFK and it is directed as well by...
16 Jul, 2021 | 0:59:12 |
EN | Michael Welch | Global Research News Hour
This week’s instalment of the Global Research News Hour focuses on the first assassination death: John F. Kennedy. It takes during the same week that an explosive new documentary series is released! The release of JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass takes place also 30 years after the release of the blockbuster JFK and it is directed as well by...
Rescuing Men from Patriarchy
14 Jun, 2021 | 0:28:48 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
Swayam, founded in 1995, supports girls and women who've faced gender violence, but their new campaign is directed at men and boys. Men who participate in the project say recognizing women's humanity helps them recognize their own. SochBadley, baatbadlegi, the tagline in two new online videos, means Change the thinking, you will be the change.
14 Jun, 2021 | 0:28:48 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
Swayam, founded in 1995, supports girls and women who've faced gender violence, but their new campaign is directed at men and boys. Men who participate in the project say recognizing women's humanity helps them recognize their own. SochBadley, baatbadlegi, the tagline in two new online videos, means Change the thinking, you will be the change.
Jo Nash on COVID crisis, Vandana K on Indian farm protests
13 May, 2021 | 0:59:19 |
EN | Michael Welch | Global Research News Hour
This week on the Global Research News Hour, we dedicate the entire program to the situation in India as it now rocks global media with tragic, and arguably misleading headlines. In our first half hour we hear from author Jo Nash of the group Left Lockdown Sceptics about the true nature of the pandemic in the country and other factors...
13 May, 2021 | 0:59:19 |
EN | Michael Welch | Global Research News Hour
This week on the Global Research News Hour, we dedicate the entire program to the situation in India as it now rocks global media with tragic, and arguably misleading headlines. In our first half hour we hear from author Jo Nash of the group Left Lockdown Sceptics about the true nature of the pandemic in the country and other factors...
Young Climate Feminist Leaders Talk
30 Nov, 2020 | 0:28:44 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
On September 25, 2020, WEDO (the Women's Environment and Development Organization) hosted a virtual "Radical Futures Roundtable: Young Climate Feminists in Conversation." Panelists from around the world talked about how they came by their radicalism and their expertise, and about their radical visions for the future.
30 Nov, 2020 | 0:28:44 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
On September 25, 2020, WEDO (the Women's Environment and Development Organization) hosted a virtual "Radical Futures Roundtable: Young Climate Feminists in Conversation." Panelists from around the world talked about how they came by their radicalism and their expertise, and about their radical visions for the future.
Essential approaches to fast-encroaching drought
09 Nov, 2020 | 0:28:48 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
In India, water is a women's issue and a woman's burden, but only concerted community action can ensure water for survival as groundwater and lakes dry up. WINGS contributing producer Kalpana Pradhan recorded two highly successful water activists, one rural and one urban. Their projects are large and replicable.
09 Nov, 2020 | 0:28:48 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
In India, water is a women's issue and a woman's burden, but only concerted community action can ensure water for survival as groundwater and lakes dry up. WINGS contributing producer Kalpana Pradhan recorded two highly successful water activists, one rural and one urban. Their projects are large and replicable.
50% of local government seats are now for women
02 Nov, 2020 | 0:28:49 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
In August 2020, the world lost broadcaster and author Indu Ramesh to the Covid pandemic. Among her achievements were many outstanding programs for WINGS. From 2011, here's her coverage of village women in India embracing newly mandated roles in local government. Indu was then 74 years old. Working with her is her daughter, Aparna Devagiri.
02 Nov, 2020 | 0:28:49 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
In August 2020, the world lost broadcaster and author Indu Ramesh to the Covid pandemic. Among her achievements were many outstanding programs for WINGS. From 2011, here's her coverage of village women in India embracing newly mandated roles in local government. Indu was then 74 years old. Working with her is her daughter, Aparna Devagiri.
Sisterhood and Strategies
07 Sep, 2020 | 0:28:41 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
A panoply of events, speakers and topics from the conference and beyond.
07 Sep, 2020 | 0:28:41 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
A panoply of events, speakers and topics from the conference and beyond.
Voices from Manitoba, Colombia, Brazil and east Himalayas on Hydro-power
04 Sep, 2020 | 0:59:32 |
EN | Michael Welch |
This week’s Global Research News Hour features a variety of speakers from a conference on Hydro-impacted communities hosted by Wa Ni Ska Tan. They include speakers from three Manitoba communities, Senator Mary Jane McCallum, speakers from Columbia, Brazil, and feminist political ecologist Deepa Joshi.
04 Sep, 2020 | 0:59:32 |
EN | Michael Welch |
This week’s Global Research News Hour features a variety of speakers from a conference on Hydro-impacted communities hosted by Wa Ni Ska Tan. They include speakers from three Manitoba communities, Senator Mary Jane McCallum, speakers from Columbia, Brazil, and feminist political ecologist Deepa Joshi.
Safetipin, founded in India, covers 50 cities around the world
10 Aug, 2020 | 0:28:44 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
In 2005, the Jagori Women's Resource Centre in Delhi began to develop a multi-stakeholder research and organizing project for women to evaluate their cities for safety, map the results, and use the data to call publicly for change. As of 2020, the project, now based in Haryana, India, and known as Safetipin, has spread to Latin America, Africa, and much...
10 Aug, 2020 | 0:28:44 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
In 2005, the Jagori Women's Resource Centre in Delhi began to develop a multi-stakeholder research and organizing project for women to evaluate their cities for safety, map the results, and use the data to call publicly for change. As of 2020, the project, now based in Haryana, India, and known as Safetipin, has spread to Latin America, Africa, and much...
Reports from India and Cameroon
08 Jun, 2020 | 0:28:48 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
Nilanjana Bhowmick reports from New Delhi on 3.5 million women who are "barefoot health workers"; Patience Wirngo interviews women workers confronting COVID-19 through many fields in Cameroon.
08 Jun, 2020 | 0:28:48 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
Nilanjana Bhowmick reports from New Delhi on 3.5 million women who are "barefoot health workers"; Patience Wirngo interviews women workers confronting COVID-19 through many fields in Cameroon.
A global network of women activists
24 May, 2020 | 0:28:49 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
WorldPulse.com is an online network where women activists working specifically on women's and girls' issues in their countries and regions tell their stories and make contact with each other. Tamarack Verrall follows as many of these stories as she can, comments to their authors, and now is working on getting press coverage in Canada for the stories and for the...
24 May, 2020 | 0:28:49 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
WorldPulse.com is an online network where women activists working specifically on women's and girls' issues in their countries and regions tell their stories and make contact with each other. Tamarack Verrall follows as many of these stories as she can, comments to their authors, and now is working on getting press coverage in Canada for the stories and for the...
Traditional recycling meets new law and methods in Bangalore
30 Mar, 2020 | 0:28:47 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
Documentary covers early and recent recycling initiatives led by women; the 3 primary categories of waste to be segregated; a history of caste discrimination around waste disposal; and the new recycling law in Bangalore, which requires additional household labour.
30 Mar, 2020 | 0:28:47 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
Documentary covers early and recent recycling initiatives led by women; the 3 primary categories of waste to be segregated; a history of caste discrimination around waste disposal; and the new recycling law in Bangalore, which requires additional household labour.
From the uprising in Chile, a chant heard round the world
24 Feb, 2020 | 0:28:39 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
"The patriarchy is a judge, that judges us for being born, and our punishment, is the violence you don't see. ... the cops, the judges, the state, the President - the rapist is you." Words from a translation of a chant that is performed in public by masses of women in synchronization, in Santiago, Chile and hundreds of other cities...
24 Feb, 2020 | 0:28:39 |
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
"The patriarchy is a judge, that judges us for being born, and our punishment, is the violence you don't see. ... the cops, the judges, the state, the President - the rapist is you." Words from a translation of a chant that is performed in public by masses of women in synchronization, in Santiago, Chile and hundreds of other cities...
