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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.
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Una Nowling is one of the producers of Every Woman and the Tenth Voice, which air every Saturday. She also produces the Goth, darkwave, and industrial music show "The Darkest Hours" as DJ Nightshade. In April 2016 she was elected to the KKFI Board of Directors for a 3-year term. In April 2017 she was elected to be Vice President of the Board of Directors of KKFI, and in April 2018 she was elected as President of KKFI and retired as President on January 1, 2020.
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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 [email protected] to receive periodic e-mail updates about WINGS programs and women’s media issues.
Upcoming Episodes
July 31, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
Indigenous Women’s Strategy
Mililani Trask speaks to a conference on the Gift Economy in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, in November 2004, about the economic, cultural and spiritual differences between corporations and communities, and and about the first time a court honored an indigenous claim of prior invention against a party attempting to patent neem.
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July 24, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
Secrets for feminist radio survival
Founded in 1982 and still on the air, RadiOrakel is said to be the oldest feminist radio station in the world. Two active station participants spoke to Frieda Werden in 2000 about the model for their station's success, which includes factors like location, voluntarism, freedom from funding constraints, and a persistent positive attitude towards new recruits. The interview took place at an AMARC Europe conference in Balatonfured, Hungary.
ListenJuly 17, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
Affirmative Action
In 2019, the FBI broke up a criminal conspiracy to guarantee rich kids entrance to prestigious universities. But traditional ways the admissions system is biased are not against the law. In this 1995 speech to the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, Guinier exposed how biased criteria perpetuate class privilege in law school admissions, employment, and other opportunities.
ListenJuly 3, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
Law and Sharing
Janelle Orsi co-founded the Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC), which facilitates the growth of sustainable and localized economies. She spoke to Kellia Ramares-Watson about the creation of Sharing Law as a category and the uses of this new legal field. The US and Australia are leaders in this movement, as are many women.
Read MoreNovember 21, 2020 National, News & Public Affairs
Wings 11/21
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.
Read MoreOctober 17, 2020 National, News & Public Affairs
WINGS 10/17
Unicef estimates there are 30 million street children in Africa
Read MoreOctober 10, 2020 National, News & Public Affairs
WINGS 10/10
Dr. Purna Sen is leaving UN Women after 5-1/2 years as first Policy Director and then Executive Coordinator and Spokesperson on Sexual Harassment and Other Forms of Discrimination.
Read MoreSeptember 26, 2020 National, News & Public Affairs
WINGS 9/26
In many parts of the world, governments and other actors are attempting to limit or banish Gender Studies and the concepts it explores.
Read MoreSeptember 12, 2020 National, News & Public Affairs
Wings 09-12
25 years ago, the United Nations held its 4th and so far its last World Conference on Women, in China.
Read MoreAugust 15, 2020 National, News & Public Affairs
WINGS 8/15
Excerpts from the film The Healing Years: Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse highlight the long process of recovering from childhood incest trauma.
Read MoreAugust 8, 2020 National, News & Public Affairs
WINGS 8/8
The Casa Internazionale delle Donne - the International Women's House - is a former convent in Rome that was occupied by feminists in 1987 and approved by the city in 1992.
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