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WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service is an all-woman independent radio production company that produces and distributes news and current affairs programs by and about women around the world.
WINGS is at different times horrifying, exciting, funny, eye-opening and definitely inspirational. — Nikki Reece, program producer, Plains FM, Christchurch, New Zealand
WINGS: Women’s International News Gathering Service is an all-woman independent radio production company that produces and distributes news and current affairs programs by and about women around the world. WINGS programs are used by non-commercial radio stations, women’s studies, and individuals. Programs can be heard on local radio stations, on shortwave, on the internet, and on cassettes. The WINGS Mailing List provides updates on stories and new information about women’s media. “Though I have been involved in women’s issues for years, I was still struck by the contrast of your broadcast to the news we are usually hearing — news reflecting male interests in a basically male world. Women’s affairs are a hidden current in the flow of world events.”– Kristin Reilly, listener, Buffalo, New YorkWINGS Mailing List:E-mail wings@wings.org to receive periodic e-mail updates about WINGS programs and women’s media issues.
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July 27, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Refugees on the US Border
Producer Melinda Tuhus travelled to Arizona, Mexico, and the desert between to interview refugees and good Samaritans about what asylum seekers are fleeing from, what they face on the trip north, who helps them, and the ordeal of applying for immigration status.
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July 20, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Unions vs Gender Based Violence
In 2018, the International Labour Organization began discussing a convention on eliminating violence and harassment at work. Their 2019 draft not only recognizes a human right to a violence-free workplace, it finds those practices counterproductive in every way, and calls for zero tolerance.
ListenJuly 13, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Landslide in India
In southern India, the hilly Kodagu or Coorg district received extremely heavy rains during the last monsoon. Landslides covered over much of the farmland and homes. After losing so much all at once, women have shouldered the tasks of finding new sources of income and helping each other.
ListenJuly 6, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Black Women Labour Leaders
"And Still I Rise: Black Women Labor Leaders' Voices/ Power/ Promise," published by the Institute for Policy Studies, examines the effectiveness of Black women's contributions to the US labor movement and profiles 27 rising Black women leaders.
Read MoreJune 29, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Traditional Courts Bill – Alive Again!
Two months before the May 2019 elections, the ANC-led Parliament passed - for the 3rd time - the Traditional Courts Bill that would allow chiefs of the former apartheid-established "homelands" to have legislative, executive and judicial powers all rolled into one. The women's and human rights movements have previously blocked this bill at the stage of Provincial Consultations. Now they have to do the work again.
Read MoreJune 22, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Afghan Girls’ Education
On March 10, 2019, Gharsanay IbnulAmeen became the youngest recipient of the Woman of Distinction Award from NGO-CSW New York and gave the keynote at a Consultation attended by hundreds of representatives from nongovernmental organizations from around the world.
Read MoreJune 15, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
WINGS #02-18 Stolen Revolution – Part 2
After the revolution of 1979, fundamentalist religious forces took over leadership of Iran. Women initially fought off the decree of mandatory veiling, organizing a large national women's union - but within two years it was too dangerous to go on. Nevertheless, Iranian women are more aware of feminism than ever and have continued to resist however they can until today.
Read MoreJune 15, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
The Stolen Revolution – Part 2
After the revolution of 1979, fundamentalist religious forces took over leadership of Iran. Women initially fought off the decree of mandatory veiling, organizing a large national women's union - but within two years it was too dangerous to go on. Nevertheless, Iranian women are more aware of feminism than ever and have continued to resist however they can until today.
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