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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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June 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.
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June 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.
ListenJune 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.
ListenJune 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.
ListenJune 8, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
The Stolen Revolution – Part 1
Iranian women were at the forefront of the revolution. But after the Shah was deposed and Ayatollah Khomeini returned to the country, the new regime turned against them and everything they had fought for. CBC Radio producer Donya Ziaee interviewed three participants about their thoughts and actions in that time.
Read MoreJune 1, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Native Women Challenge Canada
In 1971, Janette Lavelle filed suit against a 19th century law that violated native women's human rights in Canada. Her daughter continues the story in a 2016 speech to the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement.
Read MoreMay 25, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Social Protection Values
In this second of two programs from the panel, the conversation turns to what is being done to shift the financial hegemony that robs communities and countries of the means to protect their people.
Read MoreMay 18, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Women and Social Protection
This week, we hear women economists and activists speaking to civil society delegates in New York during the UN Commission on the Status of Women session in March 2019.
Read MoreMay 11, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
International Working Women’s Day 1909-2019
A lively history of International Working Women's Day's origin, its eclipse in the US, and its revival in the 1960's. The day is now better known as International Women's Day - or IWD, for short. Program ends with a collage of voices of women (and some men) marking International Women's Day and the week leading up to it, in Cameroon.
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