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#1-00 POLYGAMY in the U.S. The Mormon Church has officially renounced polygamy, and
it is a felony in the church's stronghold state of Utah. However, thousands ofbelievers in this
former Mormon tradition (and in other polygamous creeds like Christian Identity) live this way
without prosecution. Tapestry of Polygamy, formed by survivors in 1998, helps people escape
polygamous families. Executive Director Vicki Prunty charges polygamous groups create wealth
for elites while less-favored wives and children often subsist by welfare fraud. Rowenna
Erickson, a Tapestry founder and Board member, says growing up in a polygamous community
was like brainwashing. Interview and editing by Mary O'Grady. Contact: Tapestry of Polygamy,
1268 West 500 North, Salt Lake City Utah, 84116 USA. Phone: (801)364-6764. Website:
http://www.polygamy.org email: exwives@polygamy.org
#2.,.00 CANADA'S BUDGET In December 1999, the Canadian government called in women
from 109 organizations [108 feminist and one anti-feminist] to consult on the year 2000 budget
(which takes effect in March). It was the first time in five years the women's movement had been
part ofbudget consultations (the first time, in fact, since Canada's Liberal Party slid right and
eliminated core funding for women's organizations). After the consultation, Frieda Werden of
WINGS interviewed participant Fatima Jaffer. Jaffer is a reporter and former editor ofKinesis,
Canada's national feminist newspaper produced by women of color. Jaffer described the work and
the hopes, the doubts and the conflicts, experienced by women who participated.
#3-00 PUBLIC HOUSING USA: AN UHURU PERSPECTIVE Connie Burton is a public
housing resident and community leader who belongs to the National People's Democratic Uhuru
Movement in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida. In this interview with Norma Bostock, Burton
criticizes changes she has seen in public housing policy policy from the Reagan through the
Clinton administration. These include privatization, reduction ofnumbers ofunits for the poor,
and the "one strike you're out" rule that evicts whole families if one member ofthe family is just
arrested (not convicted) for a crime. Additional research and script by Frieda Werden.
#4-00 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S NEWSCAST (JanlFeb) Time: 28:58
1. (5:45) WOMEN STRIKE MARCH 8. In/outcues: "[music] What do you think would
happen ifwe women went on strike? .. . under Actions on the web site www.now.org" On
tape: Famous endorsers (e.g. lewelle Gomez, Dorothy Allison) ofwomen's strike day March
8; senator ofIrish Dail. Producer: Margaretta D'Arcy. Song: 'Wages Due" by Boo Watson,
performed by Sandy Opatow. Strike e-mail: womenstrike8m@serverlOI.com. Suggested
intro: ARE YOU READY TO STRIKE? LISTEN TO THIS: •••
2. (5:18) TEXAS EXECUTES WOMAN. Inloutcues: "She says, look, ifthey do kill me .,.
Mary O'Grady for WINGS." On tape: Sr. Helen Prejean, anti-death-penalty activist. Tape
Source: Frieda Werden, Janet Heimlich. Suggested intro: BETTIE BEETSWAS ONLY
THE SECOND WOMAN TO DIE THIS WAY SINCE THE CIVIL WAR ••• BUT
TEXAS'S ASSEMBLY LINE OF DEATH IS NOT ABOUT TO STOP--NOT
WITHOUT A STRUGGLE. HERE'S MORE FROM WINGS•••
3. (5:47) IMMIGRANTWOMEN'S NEW SEX NORMS. In/outcues: '"Morethan haif a
million people of Turkish and Moroccan descent... WINGS thanks Radio Netherlands
"Euroquest" for that report, adapted from reports by Helene Michaud." On tape: Dutch
researchers and immigrant women, reporter Helene Michaud. Suggested intro: WHEN IN
ROME, DO AS THE ROMANS DO -- AND WHEN IN HOLLAND? GO DUTCH!
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE DUTCH WHEN YOU'RE A YOUNGWOMAN
FROM A TURKISH OR MOROCCAN FAMILY? HERE'S THE STORY:
4. (6:31) FEMINIST MAJORITY VS. TALEBAN.ln/outcues: "The Feminist Majority
Foundation, a U.S. group ... check the web site www.feminist.org." On tape: President
Eleanor Smeal, and task force head Mavis Nicholson Leno, ofthe Feminist Majority
Foundation. Tape Sources: Monica 1. Moore; Maureen Primerano, producer, "New
Paradigms," KMUD-FM. Suggested intro: WOMEN IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ARE APPLYING POLITICAL PRESSURE TO TRY TO HELP THE WOMEN OF
AFGHANISTAN. HERE'S WHAT SOME U.S. WOMEN HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.:
5. (3:42) PREPARING FOR BEIJING+5. lnloutcues: "A conference called Beijing+5 .. .
Production assistance, Karen Heikkala. I'm Frieda Werden, for WINGS." On tape: Anne
Walker, President, hrternational Women's Tribune Centre < iwtC@iwtc.org >. Audio source:
Interview by Maria Suarez, recorded from the web site < www.fire.or.cr >. Suggested intro:
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS HAVE BEEN SET FOR POLICY AFFECTING
WOMEN. BUTWHO WILL MAKE SURE THE COMMITMENTS ARE KEPT?
ONCE MORE, IT'S UP TO THE WOMEN:
#5-00 BEYOND SEATTLE: Trade is a women's issue. Eight participants in the Seattle WTO
demonstrations describe their activism to Michelle Garcia.
#6-00 ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY. Time: 28:33
Traci Hixson interviews Isabel Coe about this oldest protest site in Australia. Coe explains the
history and symbolism ofthe site, and details the troubled relationship between aboriginal people,
who have never given up their claim on their traditional lands and countries within Australia, and
the colonizers who have craftily made use oflaws and abused negotiations to avoid recognizing
those prior claims and the people who make them. Coe charges that the Australian government's
criticism ofhuman rights violations in China overlooks genocidal treatment of aboriginal people
in their own country.
#7-00 ABORIGINAL WOMEN vs. NUKE WASTE. Time: 27:45
From Australia's national feminist community radio series Women on the Line, this unusual
program makes use oftapes recorded by university students on a visit to meet the women ofthe
Kupa Piti (aka Coober Pedy) Kungka Tjuda. The aboriginal women explain their reasoning for
opposing a nuclear waste dump being planned for siting over their underground water source in
the desert. One woman describes the health effects ofnuclear testing previously conducted in
their area . There is much conversation in the Kungka Tjudas' language with occasional snippets
oftranslation, and long bits of chanting and dancing.
#8-00 G. E. FOOD. News ofresistance to genetically engineered foodstuffs has been scarce in
the United States, but grassroots public forums are helping bypass the mainstream media. Two
talks from November 1999 forums are in this program. Dr. Mae Wan Do is a geneticist and
biophysicist, a senior academic at the Open University in Great Britain, and author ofthe book
"Genetic Engineering: Dream or Nightmare?" She addressed a teach-in ofthe International
Forum on Globalization in Seattle, Washington. Her talk was recorded by Maria Gilardin ofTUC
Radio, San Francisco. Renu Namjoshi, a concerned mother, founded Texas Consumers for Safe
Foods. Her address to a forum ofthe Alliance for Labeling Genetically Altered Foods was
recorded in Austin, Texas, by Jenny Clark. Editing for WINGS by Mary O'Grady and Frieda
Werden. For more on the proposed Genetically Engineered Foods Safety Act, check the web site
http ://www.thecampaign.org , e-mail label@thecampaign.org , or write The Campaign, PO Box
55699, Seattle, WA 98155 USA; Tel: 425-771-4049, Fax: 603-825-5841.
#9-00 PAT BOND'S "MURDER IN THE W.A.C." Time: 28:55
A front-page headline on the New York Times in March, about harassment and murder ofgays in
the U.S. military, prompted WINGS to reissue this classic. First aired in 1993, Bond's humorous
and tragic personal monologue was recorded in performance in 1982. It details events that took
place around 1942: the recruitment of lesbians into the Army during the WWII, and the courts
martial witch hunt when the war was won. The performance was produced and recorded by
Katherine Davenport, and edited by Frieda Werden.
#10-00 DISABILITY RIGHTS IN EL SALVADOR. Time: 28:53
Jean Parker ofDisability Radio Worldwide interviews Eileen Giron, a Salvadoran disability
rights activist who is taking the issues ofwomen with disability to the women's movement ofher
country. Giron currently heads a disabled women's pottery collective and she is a member of
Disabled Peoples' International www.dpi.org ; e-mail dpi@dpi .org .
#11-00 & #12-00 SISTER HELEN PREJEAN: The Death Penalty in the US,
Part I, Time: 29:09 / Part II, Time 29:00
Interview recorded by Carol Boss ofKUNM-FM, with the anti-death-penalty activist and author
ofthe book DeadMan Walking. Recorded after Susan Sarandon won an Oscar for portraying Sr.
Helen in the film. Prejean tells about her early life and how she was led to work with people on
death row, and gives an in-depth analysis ofwhy the United States -- the only developed country
that has the death penalty - should stop executing prisoners. She believes that the death penalty
hurts everyone and only benefits one category ofpersons: the politician.
#13-00 MURDER AT THE CLINIC Time 29:00. In 1998, Emily Lyons was nursing
supervisor at a clinic in Birmingham, Alabama. A man standing across the street remotely
detonated a pipe bomb full ofdynamite and nails, killing a policeman and leaving Lyons severely
disabled. The killer (still at large) is a hero to anti-abortion extremists, who celebrate such deeds
at banquets and on the internet. Lyons is telling the world this violence did not win . At a luncheon
for abortion rights supporters in Texas, she called for people to become stronger in support of
women's reproductive choice, as she has -- including working against politicians like George
Bush who have promised to make abortion illegal again . Produced by Mary O'Grady.
#14-00 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S NEWSCAST (March/April) Time: 27:23
• (4:29) MIDWIVES' STRIKE IN HOLLAND. In/outcues : "[baby cries] ... I'm Frieda
Werden" On tape: Franka Kade [FRAHN-kah kah-DAY], midwife; reporter, Anne Marie
Michel. Tape Source: Radio Netherlands' Euroquest. Update: Prof. Raymond DeVries.
Suggested intra: IN THE '60S, DUTCH MIDWIVES SOLD THEMSELVES TO THE
HEALTHCARE SERVICE AS AN INEXPENSIVE WAY TO HANDLE BIRTHS -NOW
THEY'RE INDISPENSmLE, AND THEY'VE FINALLY ASKED FOR A
RAISE. HERE'S MORE FROM WINGS: •••
• (5:25) THE PROBLEM IN VIEQUES. In/outcues: "On April 19 .. . Corrie SublettBerrios for WINGS." On tape: Mimita Nieves, a grandmother and demonstrator. Audio
source: Lourdes Perez and Annette D'Armata. Produced and edited by Corrie SublettBerrios.
Suggested intro: WHYWERE GRANDMOTHERS ARRESTED BY THE FBI
ON AN ISLAND IN PUERTO RICO? WHAT WERE THEY TRYING TO ACHIEVE?
HERE'S THE STORY, FROM WINGS: •••
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#15-00 IRAQ as a FEMINIST ISSUE. Time 28:46. On April 8, 2000, the Arab
Women's Solidarity Association co-sponsored an event in San Francisco titled "Artists
for Iraq ." Iraqui exiles Sundes Almussa and Iltifat Jabber talked ofthe hunger ofIraquis
under sanctions, and grief at not being able to help enough. Egyptian feminist writer and
psychiatrist Nawal El Sadaawi gave a keynote speech, explaining why the treatment of
Iraq is a feminist issue. Program produced and edited for WINGS by Kellia Ramares.
#16-00 CHILD SOLDIERS. Time 27:55. The Lord's Resistance Army has
abducted thousands ofUgandan boys and girls to enslave as killers and concubines. The
Uganda-Sudan border is one of the places found on every continent where children are
forced to fight wars . Helen Akongo of Gulu Support for Children Organization (GUSCO)
is a social worker helping reintegrate children who escape their captors back into
community life. She and Julianne Traylor, Chair of Amnesty International - USA, spoke
in May 2000 to Sue Supriano. Editing by Frieda Werden. Contact: GUSCO, Box 405,
Gulu, Northern Uganda; phone: 256-0471-32049. The film "Soldier Child" is available
from Amnesty International-USA by calling (301)-899-9451.
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#15-00 IRAQ as a FEMINIST ISSUE. Time 28:46. On April 8, 2000, the Arab
Women's Solidarity Association co-sponsored an event in San Francisco titled "Artists
for Iraq ." Iraqui exiles Sundes Almussa and Iltifat Jabber talked ofthe hunger ofIraquis
under sanctions, and grief at not being able to help enough. Egyptian feminist writer and
psychiatrist Nawal El Sadaawi gave a keynote speech, explaining why the treatment of
Iraq is a feminist issue. Program produced and edited for WINGS by Kellia Ramares.
#16-00 CHILD SOLDIERS. Time 27:55. The Lord's Resistance Army has
abducted thousands ofUgandan boys and girls to enslave as killers and concubines. The
Uganda-Sudan border is one of the places found on every continent where children are
forced to fight wars . Helen Akongo of Gulu Support for Children Organization (GUSCO)
is a social worker helping reintegrate children who escape their captors back into
community life. She and Julianne Traylor, Chair ofAmnesty International - USA, spoke
in May 2000 to Sue Supriano. Editing by Frieda Werden. Contact: GUSCO, Box 405,
Gulu, Northern Uganda; phone: 256-0471-32049. The film "Soldier Child" is available
from Amnesty International-USA by calling (301)-899-945 1.
****CONTENT ADVISORY FOR U.S. STATIONS: #19-00, "The History ofthe
Vibrator," discusses both orgasm and masturbation. A parental advisory precedes the
show. No vulgar terms are used, and the context is scientific and historical. However,
local standards should be considered by each station, in terms oftime of airing . If you
don't air in your usual WINGS slot, feel free to air it in the "safe harbor" after 10 p.m.
and/or skip to #20-00 . WINGS will send a makeup tape (selected rerun) ifyou request.
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#17-00 ABUSE: THE NEXT GENERATION. Time 28:48. Producer Heather
Anderson of4ZZZ community radio in Brisbane, Australia, explores views of young
women on domestic violence and what to do about it. Among the conclusions: young
women don't want to hear about domestic violence, and might best be approached in
terms of what a healthy relationship looks like. The half-hour ends with a one-minute
public service announcement produced by Terri Schreiner ofKoahnic Broadcast
Corporation Training Center in Alaska. This promo, "Generational Abuse," won a
Golden Reel from the US National Federation of Community Broadcasters.
#18-00 FOOD AND WATER. Time 28: 27. Bettina Corke reports from Rome on the
most recent Food and Agriculture Organization meeting, and its relationship to women.
Bissera Kostova presents voices and ideas from the Second World Water Forum in the
Hague. Editor for WINGS: Frieda Werden.
#19-00 ****HISTORY OF THE VIBRATOR. Time 28: 14. Rachel Maines'
award-winning book The Technology ofOrgasm (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1999) is
especially important for explaining the mysterious term "hysteria." In a talk at The
University of Texas at Austin, Maines said the vibrator was one ofthe first electrical
appliances introduced into the home, and that it was originally developed to help doctors
treat hysteria -- the second most common medical diagnosis in the Western world (after
fever) . By 1952, the American Psychiatric Association said there was no such thing as
hysteria, a diagnosis that had existed for 2,400 years. "Hysterical paroxysm," the state
induced by doctors to relieve hysteria, is now known as "orgasm." Recorded by Frieda
Werden, edited by Mary O'Grady.
#20-00 MlNG WOMEN. Time 28:49. During the Ming dynasty, vast wealth from
the newly exploited Americas found its way to China, to pay for goods and services
bought by Europeans. This helped make possible a wide variety ofroles for women, and
of publications in which women's stories were told. Victoria Cass, Associate Professor
ofChinese Language and Civilizations at University of Colorado, Boulder, talks with
Tonja Loendorf. Cass's recent book is Dangerous Women: Warriors, Grannies and
Geishas ofthe Ming.
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#21-00 LANDMIHES Time: 28:37
Marya nne Hol~z is with the Landmine Survivors Network,
which works for full acceptance and implementation of the 1997
treaty banning land mines. Among the relatively few countries that
have not signed are India and the US The US is considering
signing in 2006. Holtz was blown up by a land mine while working
as a nurse with Rwandan refugees in Zaire. She lost both feet and
a quarter of her face. She contrasts expensive care she got as an
American with the minimal medical support available to most people
injured by these devices. Interview and script by Jean Parker of
Disability Radio Worldwide. Abridged for WINGS by Mary O'Grady.
Contact: WWW.LANDMlNESURVIVORS.ORG
LANDMINE SURVIVORS' NETWORK
1420 K STREET NORTHWEST, #650
WASHINGTON D.C. 20006 USA
# 2 2 - 0 0 OVAL I ZI NG POWER Time: 29:00
The Keynote Speaker at the U.S.'s National Women's Studies
Association 2000 Conference was Lani Guinier. After being
nominated for deputy U.S. Attorney General for Civil Rights,
Guinier's nomination was withdrawn by President Clinton over
criticism of her writings about affirmative action and voting
rights. Now, Guinier is the first black woman tenured professor
at the Harvard University Law School. Her talk focuses on the
challenge for minorities and women who rise in the hierarchy by
"climbing backwards up the cheese grater" to use their positions
to promote less hierarchical models of teaching and leadership.
This speech is not available for sale to listeners, however other
excellent talks from NWSA 2000 are. To look over the selections
from this conference, check the web site http://www.nwsa.org.
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#23-00 INTERNATIONAL NEWSCAST (June/July) Time: 28:54
1. ( 5:44) THE TREASURE OF SIERRA LEONE. In/outcues: "On July 6, the United Nations
Security ...Nafisa Hoodbhoy reporting. On tape: Amy Smythe, Sierra Leone Minister for Gender and
Children's Affairs; Isha Diafan, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Tape source:
Frieda Werden. Suggested intra : NEXT TIME YOU LOOK AT A DIAMOND, CONSIDER THE
SOURCE - YOURSYMBOL OF LOVE COULD BE PAYING FOR WAR: •••
2. (4:12) FEMINIST WATCHDOGS OF FRANCE. In/outcues: "[WHISTLE, CATCALLS] . . . C-HIE-N-N-E-S D-E G-A-R-D-E. You're listeningto WINGS." TapeSource: Radio Netherlands "Euroquest."
Suggested intro: THE us HAD GORILLA GRRLS, BUT IN FRANCE IT'S THE FEMALE
WATCHDOGS WHO DEFEND THE HONOR OF WOMEN: ...
3. (6:11) IRAN AT WOMEN 2000. In/outcues: "The United Nations General Assembly met in June
to review women's progress ... recorded for WINGS by Lisa Rudman. I'm Nafisa Hoodbhoy." On
tape: Shireen Panoi, Exec. Dir. National Committee ofWomen for Democratic Iran; spokesman for
Iranian delegation to Women 2000. Suggested intro: BETWEEN THE LINES OF WHAT
GOVERNMENTS SAYABOUT THEMSELVES, YOU CAN SOMETIMES GLlMPSE REAliTY. THIS
WAS EVIDENT AT THE SO-CALLED "BEIJING +5," OR "WOMEN2000 CONFERENCE."
WINGS EXAMINES THE RHETORIC OF IRAN: ...
4. (5:17) THE WOMEN'S BUILDING OF DULUTH. In/outcues: "On June 29 the U.S.
Supreme ... I'm Stephanie Hemphill in Duluth, Minnesota." On Tape: demonstrators/street
counselors; Dr. Jane Hodgson, Tina Welch, Mary Whitney. Sources: Dorothy Fadiman, Concentric
Media; Minnesota Public Radio. Suggested intro: "STREET COUNSELING" IS A POLITE
NAME FORHANGING AROUND OUTSIDE A CLINIC TRYING TO CONVINCE WOMEN
NOT TO HAVE ABORTIONS. WINGS REPORTS ON RECENT APPROACHES TO
MAKING THESE FOLKS KEEP THEIR. DISTANCE.: •• •
5. (5:39) NICARAGUANS AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE•. In/out: IIOfall the issues
dealt with at ... National Radio Project for the material in that report. You're listening to WINGS. II
On tape: Carmen Narvaez, Women's Network against Violence in Nicaragua; Oswaldo Montoya,
Puntos de Encuentro. Reporter:Dalya Massachi.Suggested intro: ONEHUGE SUCCESS OF THE
GLOBAL WOMEN'S MOVEMENT HAS BEEN BRINGING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OUT OF THE
CLOSET. MOST PEOPLE NOW ADMITITSAGENUINEPROBLEM; THE QUESTION IS. WHAT'S
THE BEST WAY TO FIX IT? NICARAGUANSHAVE SOME IDEAS. HERE'S MORE FROMWINGS:
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#22-00 OVALIZING POWER. Speech by Lani Guinier - availableto radiostations only.
#21-00 LANDMINES. Maryanne Holtz, a US nurse severely injured by a landmine in Zaire, compares her
care to what the locals would get, and its cost to the cost ofthe landmine. Produced by Jean Parker.
#20-00 MING WOMEN. Victoria Cass talks with Tonja Loendorf about Cass's recent book Dangerous
Women: Warriors, Grannies and Geishas ofthe Ming.
#19-00 HISTORY OF THE VIBRATOR. Rachel Maines, author of Technology ofOrgasm explains
vibrators were developed for doctors to treat hysteria, but were soon marketed for use at home.
#18-00 FOOD AND WATER. Women's activities at the Food and Agriculture Organization meeting in
Rome the Second World Water Fonun in the Hague.
#17-00 ABUSE: THE NEXT GENERATION. Heather Anderson of 4ZZZ community radio in Brisbane,
Australia, explores views ofyoung women on domestic violence.
#16-00 CHILD SOLDIERS. Helen Akongo helps children who escape the Lord's Resistance Army in
Uganda; Julianne Traylor chairs Amnesty International- USA Interview: Sue Supriano.
#15-00 IRAQ as a FEMINIST ISSUE. Iraqui exiles Sundes Almussa and lltifat Jabber; Egyptian
fem inist writer and psychiatrist Nawal EI Sadaawi. Producer: Kellia Ramares.
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#24-00 THE U.S. BUDGET Time: 28:58
At a Sept ember 2 7 , 1999 , b r iefing in Wa shington, WiLL membe r s h e a r d
t h e U.S . b udget a nalyzed by Lynn Rivers, a membe r of the Congressional
Budget Committee , a nd Nan Grogan Orrock, a s tate legislator f rom
Georgia who i s Preside n t o f WiLL. Rivers explained t hat the budgetary
" s u r plu s " on which a t a x c u t is p r edicated is based on a commitment to
make deep c uts i n spend i n g, which a re expected to f a l l tot ally o n
d ome s t i c non- mili tary programs. Orrock explained how f edera l cuts
i mpact the states . Both wome n urged re-orien tat ion away f rom
increasing milita r y s pendin g . Th e Wome n Legislators' Lobby brings
toget he r women state legislators from a r ound the U. S . to discuss issues
wit h members of Congress . It grew out of Wome n ' s Ac tion fo r New
Directi ons (formerly Women 's Action f o r Nuclear Disar mament ) , a group
fou nd e d b y Helen Caldi cott in 1986.
#25-00 TALEBAN. Time: 28:49
Oil , drugs, the CIA .. these are s ome of the reasons f undame n t alist
extremi s ts from acros s t h e Muslim wo rld arrived in Afghani s t a n, to
imp o s e t he mo st r e p r e s s ive g e nder apa r t heid t he mode r n worl d has seen.
Armed with the ir outrage , their knowledge , the i r voi c e s , a nd someti mes
wooden stickS , Afghan women have been hitti ng out agai nst t h e Taleb a n
for half a deca d e . In t hi s rich and compel l i n g documen t ary p r od u ced b y
Pakist ani j ournalis t Nafisa Hoodb hoy , the con f lict b e come s both
person a l a nd real. Interviews by Hoodbhoy in Isl amaba d, Pa kistan: Hurna
Saeed, Marina Mateen , and Saima Kareem of the Revo1utionary Afghan
Women's Association (RAWA). I nterviews i n the US by Monica J. Mo o re:
Hawa Ghous of Feminist Majority, Giti Shams , and Freiba Waki1i.
Demonstration in Peshawar , Pakistan, reco r ded by RAWA. Product ion
assistance : Frie d a Wer d e n . Conta cts for fu r t h e r info rma t ion:
Revol u t i onary Afghan Women' s Association , rawa@ rawa.org ; Femini s t
Maj o r ity Foundat ion, 1-888- WE-WOMEN.
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#25-00 TALEBAN. Time: 28:57
Oil, drugs, the CIA . . . these are some of the reasons fundamentalist
extremists from across the Muslim world arrived in Afghanistan, to
impose the most repressive gender apartheid the modern world has seen.
Armed with their outrage, their knowledge, their voices, and sometimes
wooden sticks, Afghan women have been hitting out against the Taleban
for half a decade. In this rich and compelling documentary produced by
Pakistani journalist Nafisa Hoodbhoy, the conflict becomes both
personal and real. Interviews by Hoodbhoy in Islamabad, Pakistan: Huma
Saeed, Marina Mateen, and Saima Kareem of the Revolutionary Afghan
Women's Association (RAWA). Interviews in the US by Monica J. Moore:
Hawa Ghous of Feminist Majority, Giti Shams, and Freiba Wakili.
Demonstration in Peshawar, Pakistan, recorded by RAWA. Production
assistance: Frieda Werden. Contacts for further information:
Revolutionary Afghan Women's Association, rawa@r awa . o r g ; Feminist
Majority Foundation, 1-888-WE-WOMEN.
#26-00 CIVIL UNIONS. Time: 27:24
Following a Vermont Supreme Court ruling that said blocking same-sex
couples from marrying violates the "common benefits" clause of the
Vermont Constitution, the state legislature came up with a compromise:
same-sex couples can now have "civil unions." Unlike marriages, civil
unions are not to be "solemnized" by the state, they are not intended
to be valid outside of Vermont, and they do not entitle the partners to
the U.S. Federal Government benefits extended to married couples.
Reporter Elayne Clift of Saxtons River, Vermont, talked with some of
the many women who helped bring civil unions into being: attorney Susan
Murray, a co-counsel in the court case; longtime lesbian partners Sandi
Cote and Bobbi Whitacre, who are active members of the Vermont Freedom
to Marry Task Force; United Church of Christ minister Catherine
Cadieux; state legislator Elaine Alfano; and psychologist Dr. Jackie
Weinstock. Tape editors: Mary O'Grady, Frieda Werden.
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#27-00 DISAPPEARED CHILDREN-OF ARGENTINA. Time: 28:51
Rita Arditti is the author of the book "Searching for Life:
Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo and t h e Children of the Disappeared"
(Berkeley: Univ. of· Calif. Press, 1999 ). At the U.S. ' s National Women's
Studies Conference in June of 2000, Arditti described how children of
prisoners from the "Dirty War" were adopted out to their parents '
killers, and the courage of the surviving grandmothers in searching
these children out. Because of their work, Argentina has a genetic
database for people seeking their relatives, the UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child spells out "The Right to I d enti t y," and members of
the Argentinian military who committed human rights violations are in
jailor being being targeted for prosecution . Recorded for WINGS by
Dorothy Abbott.
#28-00 MOBILIZING RESENTMENT. Time: 28:55
In 1981, Jean Hardisty founded Political Research Asso ciates, an
independent nonprofit research center t o study the U.S. political
right. Her latest book is "Mobilizing Resentment: Conservative
R~surgence from the John Birch Society to the Promise Keepers " (Beacon
Press, 1999). In her talk at the 2 0 00 Nati on a l Women's Studies
Association, Hardisty delves i nto the motivation and methods of the
right and particularly three kinds of r i ght- win g women, the traditional
right, the Christian Right, and the "Equ a l i t y Feminists." She also
talks about the racism of the new right . Though she says progressives
have a huge job of rebuilding to do, she is hopeful that today there is
activist motion, though she suggests t h e left has things to learn from
the coordination and recruitment methods of the right . Talk recorded
and edited by Frieda Werden. Complete speech may be ordered (nonbroadcast
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#29-00 WOMEN EYE WORLD BANK. Time: 28:57. The global women's
movement has long protested the glaring contradictions between the World Bank's stated
objective ofalleviating poverty in the world and its actual policies that widen the gulf
between rich and poor. In this lively audio documentary, women from inside and outside
the bank hold a virtual debate about whether the bank has changed, as promised to
women at Beijing in 1995, and, given its basic assumptions, whether it can change.
Voices on tape are: Narrator, Nafisa Hoodbhoy; Karen Mason, chair of the World Bank
Gender Board; Sharon Delgado, a Methodist minister who leads teach-ins against the
Bank; Suzanne Kindervatter, from Interaction, a member group ofWomen's Eyes on
the World Bank USA; Laura Frade, coordinator ofWomen's Eyes on the World Bank
Latin America; Nighat Saeed Khan, a gender trainer and head ofthe Applied SocioEconomic
Research Institute in Lahore, Pakistan; Gillian Brown, World Bank East Asia
Coordinator, an irrigation specialist and member ofthe Gender Board; members of
Women's Eyes on the World Bank Mexico, Marta Patricia Aguilar, Frine Lopez, and
Carol de Carbajal; Annuradha Mital ofIndia, co-director of the Institute for Food
Policy; Stanley Fisher, acting Managing Director ofthe International Monetary Fund;
and demonstrators from the streets protests against the World BankIIMF meeting in
Washington DC (April 2000) . Tape sources are: UN Radio; People's Tribune Radio ; the
Independent Media Center ofWashington DC; and WINGS. Script and editing: Nafisa
Hoodbhoy and Frieda Werden.
This program was edited on a Microsound digital audio workstation (www.mtu.com).
#30-00 WINONA LADUKE: INDIGENOUS VISION FOR THE NEW
(/ 5'/
MILLENIUM -- PART I, REliNQUISH THE ILLUSION OF POWER! J-1 ~
Winona LaDuke is an indigenous land rights activist from the Anishanabe people, an
environmentalist, the founder of the Indigenous Women's Network, and, for the second
time in 2000, a candidate for Vice President ofthe United States, as running mate of
Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. This program is from Laduke's keynote address at
the Mario Savio Free Speech Awards Dec. 4, 1998. In this part, she says it's hard for
indigenous people to pull themselves up by their bootstraps when other people have their
boots. She calls on her audience to relinquish the illusion ofpower and support
indigenous people's sovereignty and their right and ability to make decisions over
resources. This two-part series was produced for WINGS by Amy Pomerleau. Intra:
Bettina Aptheker.
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Winona LaDuke is an indigenous land rights activist from the Anishanabe people, an
environmentalist, the founder of the Indigenous Women's Network, and, for the second
time in 2000, a candidate for Vice President ofthe United States, as running mate of
Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. This program is from Laduke's keynote address at
the Mario Savio Free Speech Awards Dec. 4, 1998.
In part one, she says it's hard for indigenous people to pull themselves up by their
bootstraps when other people have their boots . She calls on her audience to relinquish the
illusion of power and support indigenous people's sovereignty and their right and ability
to make decisions over resources.. Intro : Bettina Aptheker.
In Part II, LaDuke examines the deep differences in worldview between industrial, linear,
competitive culture and the land-based circular cultures, on which they prey.
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#31-00 INTERNATIONAL NEWSCAST (Aug/Sep) Time: 29:00
1. (6:14) POLITICAL
DEMONSTRATORS IN U.S. In/outcues: "Although they may differ on
some policies ... this is what plutocracy sounds like [chant fades]". On tape: Millie O'Naire, satirist;
Cheri Honkala, Kensington Welfare Rights Union; puppetista Jodie Netzer; Gretchen King, reporter,
Independent Media Center of Philadelphia Tape sources: Kellia Ramares, reporter; Scott Harris,
Between the Lines; Phi/adelphia Independent Media Center . Suggested intro: THE U.S.
POLITICAL SEASON IS ALSO THE PROTEST SEASON - THIS YEAR, BOTH MAJOR
PARTIES HELD THEm CONVENTIONS IN CITIES FAMOUS FOR POLICE BRUTALITY.
UNDAUNTED WOMEN TOOK PART IN THE ACTION. HERE'S MORE FROM WINGS: •.•
2. (5:58) WOMEN'S MANIFESTO OF NAMIBIA. In/outcues: "Myobjective tonight . . . Frieda
Werdenfor WINGS." On Tape: Elizabeth Khaxas, Sister Namibia. Tape Source: Lisa Rudman, Natl Radio
Project Women's Desk Suggested intro: THE TIME-TESTED TACTIC OF LESBIAN-BAITING TO
DIVIDE FEMINISTS RAISED ITS HEAD IN NAMIBL\ RECENTLY. HERE'S MORE FROM WINGS:
3. (4:49) WOMEN AND THE IRISH PEACE . In/outcues: "The tenuous peace process .. .
WINGS thanks Women on the Line, Australia, and Cath Keaney for that report." On tape : Kathleen
McCulla, Northern Ireland Women's European Platform. Suggested intro: THE VIOLENT HABITS
OF AWARTORN SOCIETY DON'T JUST DISAPPEAR WHEN PEACE IS SIGNED- THEY ASSERT
THEMSELVES IN COMMUNITIESANDHOMES, AS NORTHERNIRISHWOMEN ARE COMING
TO KNOW. CATHKEANEY REPORTS: ...
4. (4:14) STERILIZATION ABUSE IN PERU. In/o utcues: "In Peru, a govermnent campaign
120.Wall St, NY NY 10005. For WINGS, I'm Mary O'Grady." On Tape: dLuisa Cabral, staff
attorney, Center for Reproductive Law & Policy. Suggested intro: TO FEMINISTS,
WITHHOLDING BIRTH CONTROL AND FORCING IT ON WOMEN ARE TWO SIDES OF
THE SAME COIN. AS MARY O'GRADY OF WINGS REPORTS, WOMEN'S GROUPS
WANT CHOICE TO BECOME A REAL OPTION FOR POOR WOMEN IN PERU: •••
5. (6:23)WOMEN IN THE TAXI INDUSTRY•. In/out: "Where are we going? . . . Nafisa
Hoodbhoy, reporting for WINGS. On Tape: Hannah Riddering, cab driver and president of Austin,
Texas, N.o.W.; Pamela Riley, dispatcher, Blue Ribbon Cab Company, Chicago; Chicago cab drivers,
Tahrir Bugwaya and Ghulam Khan. Suggested intra: WANTA JOB WITH FLEXIBLE HOURS,
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#25-00 TALEBAN. Compelling documentary of women's struggle against th is repressive occupying
force, in their own words. Produced by Nafisa Hoodbhoy (with Monica J . Moore).
#24-00 THE U.S. BUDGET. Member of Congressioual Budget Committee explains "surplus" and
tax cuts will nearly halve the social budget, while mili tary expenses climb. By Frieda Werden.
#26-00 CIVIL UNIONS. How and why Vermont ap proved this near-marriage solution, in the voices
of a lawyer, a legislator, a minister, and lesbians who hope to be ma r ried some day. By Elayne Clift.
#27-00 GRANDMOTHERS, ARGENTINA. Ri ta An Jitt i, author of Searching for Life:
Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo and the Children of the Disappeared. By Dorothy Abbott.
#28-00 MOBILIZING RESENTMENT. Author J ean Hardisty, founder of Political Research
Associates, analyzes 3 types of women on the US political right. By Frieda Werden.
#29-00 Wo.MEN EYE THE WORLD BANK A dynamic "debate" about whether and how the
Bank could fulfill its promise to be responsible to women. By Nafisa Hoodbhoy and Frieda Werden.
#30 & #32-00. WINONA LADUKE: INDIGENOUS VISION FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM
PART I, Relinquish the illusion ofpower! PART II, Lin ear vs. circular cultures: the predator and the
prey. LaDuke is running for vice president of the US, with the Green Party. By Amy Pomerleau.
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#34-00 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT REAUTHORIZATION
(USA) Time: 28:59 Since 1994, the Violence Against Women Act
(VAWA) has provided federal guidance and funding for a wide array of
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#33-00 VOICES OF INDIA: VILLAGE WOMEN'S HEALTH.
Time: 26:19. Indu Ramesh is a community radio producer in Bangalore,
South India. Bangalore is a booming hub of the computer industry, but is surrounded by
farming villages. Not long ago, Ramesh accepted an assignment from the program Voices
to go to five villages about 150 km from Bangalore and record conversations with women
about health and reproduction. She took along her friend Gangama, a specialist in herbal
medicine. In this program, Ramesh describes their interactions and findings, and presents
music and bits of dialog from the original-language radio programs. The language the
women speak is Kannada. Additional script, narration and editing by Nafisa Hoodbhoy.
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#33-00 VOICES OF INDIA: VILLAGE WOMEN'S HEALTH.
Time: 26:19. Indu Ramesh is a community radio producer in Bangalore,
South India. Bangalore is a booming hub ofthe computer industry, but is surrounded by
farming villages. Not long ago, Ramesh accepted an assignment from the program Voices
to go to five villages about 150 km from Bangalore and record conversations with women
about health and reproduction. She took along her friend Gangama, a specialist in herbal
medicine. In this program, Ramesh describes their interactions and findings, and presents
music and bits ofdialog from the original-language radio programs. The language the
women speak is Kannada. Additional script, narration and editing by Nafisa Hoodbhoy.
#35-00 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN in SOUTH AFRICA. Time: 28:52. Dibetle
Lydia Masemolaof Johannesburg returned to South Africa from Canadian exile in 1996 and
found a society still steeped in violence, especially violence against women. She produced this
programto raise awareness ofthe problem inside the country and abroad. Interviewees: Matsilo
Mutsei and Naomi Webster. Music credits: Thembinkosi wami by Ringo Madlingozi; Green Valleys
byC. Norton andF. Mizen, perfomred y Royal Bristol Cathedral Choir -- bothonThe Choral Album
(KPM233 CD); Thu/a Mama, traditional song, andU ea Kae by M.Masonga, J.S.M. Khumalo andJ.P.
Mohapeloa, both arranged & performed by Sibongile Khumalo onAncient Evenings (CDCOL 8001 P);
Mother Africa by LeboM. & Hans Zimmer, on The Power ofOne soundtrack (CD 61335 Electra Records).
#36-00 THE STRUGGLE FOR HAITI. Time: 28:58 Haiti was the first countryto be
liberatedfrom colonialism,when a movementof slavesthrew off the French. It was also the first
nation to undergo structural adjustment, having been forced to close its schools in 1830 to pay for
reparationsto former slaveholders, explainsLaura Flynn from the Aristide Foundation for
Democracyin Haiti. Myrlande Liberus, director of the Foundation, says now the era of military
dictators is over, and free speech and voting are the order ofthe day; but the poor and middle
class are struggling against elites and neo-eolonialpowers, to keep some wealth in the public
sector and build a genuine state. Explainsthe U.S.'s attemptsto discredit the electionprocess in
Haiti. Interviewer: Sue Supriano. Editor: Frieda Werden.
#37-00 HICK: A TRIBUTE. Time: 28:09 Lorena Alice Hickok was the first woman
reporter for the Associated Press, but she got too close to a news source. The news source was
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States. "E.R." and Hick had a long and some would
say bluntly a lesbian relationship, which is little known; Hick was cropped out ofthe family
pictures. When E.R. died, Hick took yellow roses to her grave at midnight. Four years later,
nobody claimed Hick's ashes. In the spring of 2000, womenscholars held a memorial event, at
which the principal speaker was Blanche Wiesen Cook, Eleanor Roosevelt's biographer. Cook
tells the story of Hick and Eleanor, and issues a warning to other women: "Nevergive up your
career for someoneyou love." Producedfor WINGS by Ginger Miles.
#38-00 STEINEM'S FAMILY VALUES. Time: 28:56 U.S. feminist Gloria Steinem
married South African-born David Bales September 3, in a ceremonyat the home offormer
Cherokee Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller. The significanceof the type and location of the
ceremony becomes clear when you listen to Steinem's 1996 address about Feminist Family
Values. The event was sponsoredby the Foundation for a Compassionate Society. Recordingand
editing for WINGS by Eliza Graney. Update: Frieda Werden.
#40-00 NATIONAL SORRY DAY, AUSTRALIA. Time: 28:17 The Prime
Minister of Australiahas refusedto apologizeto Aboriginalpeople for their ill-treatment at the
hands ofthe dominant society, but many other Australianshave begun participating in a process
called Reconciliation. Ahighlight was the first National Sorry Day in May of 2000. Heather
Andersonof Brisbane interviewedwomen participants for this WINGS documentary.
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#41-00 INTERNAT I ONAL WOMEN'S NEWS (Oct./NOV) Time: 28: 59
1. ( 6:29 ) WORLD MARCH OF WOMEN. Organizers and participants of
this historic series of marches orgapized by the Federation of
Quebec Women. The final march was in New York OCtober 17.
Reporter/producer/Narrator: Nafisa Hoodbhoy. Tape sources:
Dorothy Abbott, Frieda Werden, World March of Women CD. CoJ..JP'tC.T~
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2. ( 5:34 ) INDYMEDIA PRAGUE. Katia Hristova is a Bulgarian woman
who attends college in the US and is doing her study abroad in the
Czech Republic. She became the trans lation coordinator, as well
as an organizer and reporter for the Prague IndyMedia Center
during the anti-globalization protes ts in Prague in September.
Producer: Kellia Ramares. Interview by Frieda Werden. Thanks to
AMARC-Europe. C,,"Ytfztct-: r"VW:,v' , ;'rtdvj i'Vl €'J.{~J 0 r')
3. ( 3:52 ) NOW PROTESTS NAB. The US National Organization for
Women has stepped up its attention to media this year, September
20th, they joined others in protesting the National Association of
Broadcasters. Kellia Ramares caught up with the demonstrators
outside the NAB Radio exhibit in San Francisco. Con~(f: i,lA.:.//,;,) , n ou» :"'oJ
4. ( 6:07 ) YOUNG FEMINISTS UNITE. 'Da l ya Massachi and the Women's
Desk of the National Radio Project produced this story for WINGS,
covering the Youth Caucus of Beijing+5 and other young women
active in the women's movement around the world.
5. ( 5:51 ) THE RIGHTS TO RICE. Vandana Shiva of India heads the
Research Foundation for science, Technology, & Natural Resource
policy. She spoke in Texas October 27 at the request of the
Coalition Against RiceTec's Patent - - opposing a Texas
corporation's patents on Indian Basmati Rice. Shiva points out
that hundreds of thousands of varieties of rice have been created
through the collective genius of women farmers, and no one should
be able to patent life. Shiva's published books include "Staying
Alive. Story produced by Monica J. Moore. Contact for opposing
the RiceTec patent: Center for the Study of the Gift Economy, 109
w. Johanna St., Austin TX 78704 USA. (512)444-1672.
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#42-00 PALESTINE REPORT: FLASHPOINT Time 29:00. In October, Barbara r
Lubin, Executive Director ofthe Middle East Children's Alliance, used her cell phone to
report from Palestine for the radio program "Flashpoints," produced and hosted by
Dennis Bernstein on KPFA-FM, Berkeley, California. We first hear Lubin as she follows
the funeral ofa 13-year-old boy, shot in the head and killed while he was hurling rocks .
The issue of why children are being martyred is.also discussed by a U.S. Senator and a
Palestinian professor, women with highly divergent views. Lubin points out the role of
US citizens acting as Israeli "settlers" within Palestinian territory, and using heavy
artillery to attack and kill Palestinians engaged in daily life. She calls on the peace
movement to support Palestinians' rights. Edited for WINGS by Kellia Ramares.
to Bernstein about the claim that Palestinians are deliberately making martyrs out
of their children. Lubin describes US citizens acting as "Jewish settlers" invading
Palestinian land and attacking homes with tanks. Editor: Kellia Ramares.
#43-00 RAGE OF THE "COMFORT WOMEN" Time: 28:33
Kiana Davenport, a Hawaiian novelist, spent more than five years
listening to elderly women who had survived being sex slaves for the
Japanese during World War II. They were dubbed "comfort women" when
they were shipped to far-flung bases along with spare socks. Davenport
disputes the commonly repeated figure that fewer than 200,000 were
subjected to this torture; she says records now in the US and Australia
show that over a million women and young girls of all
races were kidnapped for sexual use by the troops. Though filled with
rage,
as Davenport reports, most victims remain shamed into silence; but
organized feminists have encouraged some to talk, and coerced a halfhearted
apology by the Prime Mlnister of Japan. Offers of reparations
have been insultingly sma l l .
Davenport read scenes from her novel "Song of the Exile" to the U.S.
National Women's Studies Association in June of 2000. The talk was
recorded and edited for WINGS by Frieda Werden.
On December 8, 2000, surviving "comfort women" testify at a Tokyo
tribunal. Reports should appear on the web site http://www.fire.or.cr .
#44-00 MEDIA FOR WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT Time: 28:59
International Women's Round Table hosted by Jai Chandiram of the
International Association of Women in Radio & TV, c ov e r s techniques for
bringing information to and from the grassroots. Guests: Ana Leah
Sarabia, Philippines; Charu Gargy, India; Augustina Apik, Ghana;
Elizabeth Karonqa, Zimbabwe; Bela Trivedi and Indu Ramesh, India.
Produced by Frieda Werden and Mal Johnson. Recorded in Delhi by Women's
Media Circle and WINGS; executive producer, Linda Israel.
#45-00 MUSLIM WOMEN ON THE NET Time: 28:59
Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) are giving women in secluded environments
their first entry into the public sphere. This was one ofthe revelations at the seminar "Cultural
Boundaries and Cyberspaces," held in June 2000 by the Women's Learning Partnership. In this
radio program, fifteen leading women from Libya, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Palestine, Jordan,
Lebanon, South Africa, Afghanistan, Nigeria, and other countries tell about the impact ofICTs on
women's ability to organize and educate . Based on a video by the Women's Learning Partnership
<www.1earningpartnership.org>. Audio adaptation for WINGS by Nafisa Hoodbhoy .
#46-00 THE GLOBAL SEX TRADE: NINOTCHKA ROSCA Time: 28:59
Eminent Filipina novelist and former political prisoner Ninotchka Rosca is a founder ofthe
Gabriela Network, a Filipina-American support organization conducting projects to help
trafficked women, such as calling for regulation ofthe mail order bride industry. Rosca spoke on
a panel titled "Beyond the Sex Wars: Feminism, Sexuality and Power in a Commodity Culture,"
at the US National Women's Studies Association in 1998. Contact: www.gabnet.org.
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#47-00 THE DUTCH PILL Time: 28:50
The birth control pill is 41 years old, and it has played
a major role in social change. In the small country of
the Netherlands, these changes are especially easy to see .
Today WINGS presents as a guest documentary, " The Dutch
Pill," produced for Radio Netherlands by Laura Durnford.
Program includes male voices.
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#48-00 JUBILEE VICTORY Time: 29: 00 The Jubilee 2000 Movement has
gained a partial victory, with the World Bank announcing remission of a protion
of the debt of 20 Highly Indebted Poor Countries. The amount is about 10% of
what Jubilee 2000 called for, and 1.5% of these countries' debt stock - but
Jubilee 2000 is not throwing in the towel. Sue Supriano interviews Dr. Ann
Petti for of the United Kingdom, co-founder and Executive Director of Jubilee
2000. She explains that the movement's success c ome s from its not being captive
of any ideology or religion, and from being woman-led. For more information,
check the web site http://www.jubilee2000uk.org.
#49-00 STILL LrvING DOWNSTREAM Time: 28:58
Traci Hickson interviews Sandra Steingraber, author of the book ~Living
Downstream,H about North America's toxic-soup environment and the need for saner
approaches to regulation and problem-solving .
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#50-00 COURAGE IN JOURNALISM Time: 28:59
The International Women's Media Foundation presented four Courage in Journalism
awards in October 2000. The recipients were Flora Lewis of the New York Times,
Agnes Nindorera of Studio Ijambo radio in Burundi, Zamira Sydykova of Res
Publica newspaper in Kyrgyzstan, and war correspondent Marie Colvin from The
Times of London. Other voices from the awards ceremony are Narda Zacchino of
the Los Angeles Times, Cokie Roberts of ABC television news, and Rahida Dergham
of the London-based Arabic newspaper Al Hayyat. Tape courtesy of IWMF. Editor
for WINGS: Mary O'Grady.
#51-00 INCREDIBLE CREDITORS Time: 28:28
Charlotte Mwesigye is an accountant from Uganda and a leader of the Jubilee 2000
movement. She explains that despite expressed good intentions, the way
creditors run the governments and economies of indebted countries is entirely in
the creditors' own interests; decisions are made without representation from the
debtors or any recourse to arbitration. Mwesigye charges this causes both
corruption and political instability. She asks the educated citizenry of
developed countries to call for an independent arbitration system to promote
fairness in lending. Producer: Monica J. Moore. Info: www.jubilee2000uk.org
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#50-00 COURAGE IN JOURNALISM Time: 28:59
The International Women's Media Foundation presented four Courage in Journalism
awards in October 2000. The recipients were Flora Lewis of the New York Times,
Agnes Nindorera of Studio Ijambo radio in Burundi, Zamira Sydykova of Res
Publica newspaper in Kyrgyzstan, and war correspondent Marie Colvin from The
Times of London. Other voices from the awards ceremony are Narda Zacchino of
the Los Angeles Times, Cokie Roberts of ABC television news, and Rahida Dergham
of the London-based Arabic newspaper Al Hayyat. Tape courtesy of IWMF. Editor
for WINGS: Mary O'Grady.
#51-00 INCREDIBLE CREDITORS Time: 28:28
Charlotte Mwesigye is an accountant from Uganda and a leader of the Jubilee 2000
movement. She explains that despite expressed good intentions, the way
creditors run the governments and economies of indebted countries is entirely in
the creditors' own interests; decisions are made without representation from the
debtors or any recourse to arbitration. Mwesigye charges this causes both
corruption and political instability. She asks the citizenry of developed and
developing countries to call for an independent arbitration system to promote
fairness in lending. Producer: Monica J. Moore. Info: www.jubilee2000uk.org
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P.O. BOX 33220, AUSTIN TX 78764 USA
(512)416-9000 * http://www.wings.org wings@wings.org
#52-00 RADIORAKEL Time: 28:59
Liv Gu~randsen and Ingrid Wergeland are respectively a reporter and the editor
in chief of RadiOrakel, a women's radio station that has flourished in Norway
since 1982. In an interview with Frieda Werden, they explain how the station
started, what its ideals are, and how it has managed to have such an impact on
young women and on listeners, for nearly two decades. The women say that the
year 2000 produced a strong revival of feminism in Scandinavia, as young women
realized they had been fooled about the extent of their equality with men. The
station is also an outlet for women performers. The program is mixed with clips
from Norwegian women's bands: ~LovetannH by Eventyr; ~Na[oJeeH by Karianne
Arntzen; ~ReasonsH by Tinn; ~FallingH by Fake; ~BridgesH by Broncho Busters;
~DrawnH by Blund; ~GirlieheartH by the Barbarellas; closing riff (after WINGS
outro) by the Laundrettes . Music samples are from the internet; the music
appears on the Norwegian women's anthology album Stiff Nipples II.
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#52-00 RADIORAKEL Time: 28:59
Liv Gu~randsen and Ingrid Wergeland are respectively a reporter and the editor
in chief of RadiOrakel, a women's radio station that has flourished in Norway
since 1982. In an interview with Frieda Werden, they explain how the station
started, what its ideals are, and how it has managed to have such an impact on
young women and on listeners, for nearly two decades. The women say that the
year 2000 produced a strong revival of feminism in Scandinavia, as young women
realized they had been fooled about the extent of their equality with men. The
station is also an outlet for women performers. The program is mixed with clips
from Norwegian women's bands: ~LovetannH by Eventyr; ~Na[oJeeH by Karianne
Arntzen; ~ReasonsH by Tinn; ~FallingH by Fake; ~Bridges" by Broncho Busters;
"DrawnH by Blund; "GirlieheartH by the Barbarellas; closing riff (after WINGS
outro) by the Laundrettes. Music samples are from the internet; the music
appears on the Norwegian women's anthology album Stiff Nipples II.
BUMPER STICKERS AVAILABLE NOW: "MILLENNIUM OF WOMEN: 2001-3001" 5 FOR $5 GOOD
THING TO HAVE FOR MARCH 8 (INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2001).
ONE WILL BE MAILED FREE TO EACH LISTENER WHO SENDS IN COMMENTS [and a postal
address!] TO WINGS.