#1~99
& #2-99 WINONA LADUKE: INDIGENOUS VISION FOR THE
NEW MILLENIUM
Part I, Relinquish the Illusion of Power! Time: 27:48
Part II, Industrial vs. Natural Law Time: 28:48
Indigenous land rights activist and environmentalist Winona Laduke's keynote
address at the Mario Savio Free Speech Awards contrasts the linear, nonsustainable
world view of industrial society with the view of land-based peoples
that life is cyclical and humans should conform themselves to natural law.
Recorded December 4, 1998 and edited for WINGS by Aimee Pomerleau, who
also introduces part II. In part I, Laduke is introduced by legendary '60s free
speech activist Bettina Aptheker.
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#2-99 WINONA LADUKE: INDIGENOUS VISION FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM,
Part B, Industrial vs. Natural Law Time: 27:48
Indigenous land rights activist and environmentalist Winona Laduke's keynote address at the Mario
Savio Free Speech Awards contrasts the linear, energy-guzzling world view of industrial society
with the view of land-based peoples that life is cyclical and humans should conform themselves to
natural law. Recorded December 4, 1998 and edited for WINGS by Aimee Pomerleau, who also
introduccs this hal I-hour.
#3-99 PEACE MUST RiSE Time: 28:27
Ellen Diederich, curator of the International Women's Peace Archive in Obcrhauscn, Germany,
addressing the conference "Nuclear Disarmament Put To the Test" in Stockholm November 21,
1998. She cites stark figures showing that though the Nazis were defeated their totalitarian vision
has kept bearing fruil in a more and more militari zed world. The peace movement, she says, is aL
the low point of one of it." waves ; she calls for fragmented peace and environmental groups to unite
in a mass movement for converting resources and minds from violent to peaceful usc.
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#4-99 PAKISTAN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT? Time: 28:58
WINGS' Karachi correspondent Nafisa Hoodbhoy covers the effort by Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif and his ruling Muslim League party to amend the Constitution in the name of Islam. If
passed, the 15th Amendment would use the name of Islam to make amending the Constitution much
easier, and it would leave women's rights even less protected, just as "Talebanization" is creeping
into Pakistani society from neighboring Afghanistan. Hoodbhoy includes interviews with attorney
and women's rights activist Daanish Zubairi and psychologist Saadiya Sadat, both members of the
women's organization War Against Rape. The tape was edited and narrated by Mary O'Grady.
#5-99 WOMEN & TATTOO Time: 28:53
Art critic Margot Mifflin syas she has written the first history of women and tattoo art. It's called
"Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo" (Juno Books, 1997, in the U.S.).
Reporter Kathe Forrest interviewed Mifflin, taped part of her lecture, and interviewed women in the
audience of the lecture who are involved with tattooing in various ways. (closing music, for your logs:
Wagner: Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin, from "The Complete Wedding Album: There is Love" Telarc 2CD-80490)
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Side A of tape: un-numbered L-hour special program
targeted for Women's History Month (March)
1999 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S NEWS ROUNDUP 58 minutes
Incue: music from Casse Culver & the Belle Starr Band's "I'm Late Again" (1979 demo)
Station identification music break about 25:40. Music from Shirley Mae Springer
Staten's CD "Keep on Mavin' Forward," from the song "Hang On."
Outcue of entire program: "Happy International Women's Day and Many Happy
Returns."
Program reviews 15 of the hottest women's radio news stories of 1998, and awards the Katherine
Davenport Award for Women's News (DAWN prize) for "hottest women's radio news story of the
year. II Stations may excerpt. Script available on request via e-mail.
#6-99 HAFSAT ABIOLA: Young Nigerian Leader Time: 28:38
24-year-old Hafsat Abiola is the daughter of Kudorat Abiola, an assassinated labor leader, and
Mahsood Abiola, the imprisoned president-elect of Nigeria who died under suspicious
circumstances in July 1998. Hafsat tells Elayne Clift about the political legacy of her parents that
she carries on as founder of the Kudorat Initiative for Nigerian Democracy.
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S NEWS ROUNDUP 1999 59 minutes
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#7-99 WOMEN'S NEWSCAST (JAN/FEB) Time: 29:01
1. (6:04) "FIRE" IN INDIA: ln/Outcue: "On Feb. 14the National Film Censor Board of
India...This is FriedaWerden reporting from Delhi for WINGS." On Tape : Renke Roy Buttacharya, censor
from Bombay; Sehjo Singh. independent filmmaker, Delhi. Intra : A FILM ABOUT LESBIANS HAS
GRABBED THE FRONT PAGES IN INDIA. FRIEDA WERDEN COVERED THE
CONTROVERSY FOR WINGS: .•.
2. (3:48) CAR BOMB IN NORTHERN IRELAND: In/Out: "I've defended child
abusers ... no suspects in the car bomb murderof Rosemary Nelson. For WINGS, this is MaryO'Grady."
On
tape: Rosemary Nelson. Intra: IN 1998, SOLICITOR ROSEMARY NELSON TOLD THE
UNITED NATIONS THERE COULD BE NO PEACE IN NORTHERN IRELAND UNTIL THE
POLICE STOPPED THEIR PRO-ORANGE VIOLENCE. ON MARCH 15, NELSON DIED
FROM A CAR BOMB. IF HER PREDICTIONS WERE RIGHT, THE POLICE DID THE DEED:
3. (4:54) HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ADDRESSES
RADIO & TV WOMEN: In/Out: 'The future of media is women ... speech was edited by Mary
O'Grady, I'm Frieda Werden, you're listening to WINGS." On tape: Mary Robinson, UN High
Commissioner
for Human Rights.Tape recorded by Frieda Werden. Intra: THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF WOMEN IN RADIO AND TELEVISION IS A SMALL BUT VENERABLE
ORGANIZATION. AT THEIR RECENT CONFERENCE, THEY RECEIVED A CHALLENGE:
4. (5:35) ZIMBABWE TORTURES JOURNALISTS: In/Out: "As 1999 began ...
for th care of victimsof torture. For WINGS,this is Mary O'Grady.liOn tape: Sinikka Siekinnin, a Finnish
radio
reporter, interviews a Zimbabwean woman reporter who protested and was arrested, and who asked that
her name be withheld. I ntro: PRESIDENT MUGABE OF ZIMBABWE IS ONE OF THE
RICHEST MEN IN THE WORLD, AND HE USES THE ARMY TO PROTECT HIS
INVESTMENTS IN THE CONGO. THESE ARE THINGS ZIMBABWEANS WILL TELL YOU
PRIVATELY THAT CAN'T BE MENTIONED IN THE PRESS. EARLY THIS YEAR, MUGABE
CRACKED DOWN ON NEWS REPORTING THAT HE FOUND CRITICAL OF HIS REGIME:
5. (6:14) U.S. WOMEN PRESS NEW ECONOMIC AGENDA. In/Out: "On
January 14th, women's agenda projects ... program on KUNM, Albuquerque, New Mexico. You're
listeneing to WINGS. "Source: Women's Focus, KUNM.On tape : Susan Loubet, reporter; Linda Tarr
Whelan, US Rep. to UNCommission on the Status of Women, and Director, Center for Policy Alternatives,
Washington DC. Intra: THE U.S. ECONOMY IS INCREASINGLY DEPENDENT ON WOMEN
FOR GROWTH. KNOWING THIS HAS EMBOLDENED U.S. WOMEN TO ASK THE
STATES FOR FOR POLICIES THAT THEY WANT. SUSAN LOUBET (Ioo-BAY) TALKED
WITH LINDA TARR WHELAN (WAY len) ABOUT THE INITIATIVE: ...
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#3-99 PEACE MUST RISE: ELLEN DIEDERICH ON THE STATE OF DISARMAMENT
#4-99 TALEBANIZATION OF PAKISTAN
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#6-99 HAFSAT ABIOLA: YOUNG NIGERIAN LEADER
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#8-99 AMY GOODMAN ON HARDBALL INTERVIEWING Time: 28:58
Goodman produces for Pacifica Radio's program Democracy Now and was co-winner of
a National Federation of Community Broadcasters Golden Reel for the documentary
IIDrilling and Killing! Chevron & Nigeria t s Oil Dictatorship,II In a workshop at the
March 1999 NFCB conference, she described her "hardball" techniques used in gathering
tape and information for that documentary, and also about confronting Newt Gingrich
over woman-bashing in the U.S. Congress,
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#9-99 HOLISTIC VIEW OF KOSOVO.
Alice Mead is a Quaker who has spent several years in Kosovo and following
international policy on the region. She has authored two children's books about the
region: "Journey to Kosovo," and "Adam's Cross," and produced the video ''Kosovo and
the Death of'Yugoslavia." On March 29, she told Frieda Werden ofWINGS about the
sources of the conflict, what she believes should have been done to prevent it, and what
can be done now to help the people and relieve the situation
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#10-99 NIGERIAN DISABILITY ACTIVIST FOLUKE 'DEAD. Time: 28:50
People in Nigeria have been suffering from war, poverty and illiteracy, overwork,
healthcare fraud and mismanagement, a tradition of shame about disability, and religious
superstition. It's no wonder, then, that most disabled people are not able to Jive their lives
to the fullest there. Nigerian Foluke Ideau (foe-LOO-keh ee-DOH) has been working to
change that condition ever since she herself became disabled. Ideau talks with Jean
Parker, who is the producer of Disability Radio Worldwide and a contributor to WINGS.
To reach Disability Radio Worldwide, e-mail: gh ) h a l3.~1 ~o n c.~ n_~ rj c net
#11·99 AUSTRALIA: CAPE YORK WOMEN'S MEET. Time: 28:52
The Cape York region of Northern Queensland is vast and sparsely populated. Every two
years, the Weipa (WEE-pah) Community Care Association holds a Women's Meet,
where women gather from far and wide for community work and fun . And.rea Baker, of
community radio 's "Women on the Line," came from Melbourne to interview women
and record a speech by Jud y Spence, Queensland's minister for Women's Policy,
Abori ginal andTorres Strait Islander Policy, and Fair Trading. Music: Christine Anu .
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#12-99 WAR IS "GOOD FOR ECONOMY" 29:00
Ellen Diederich's 1999 Easter speech to German peace marchers 1999, criticizing
war as a solution in Kosovo; and Kosovar Albanian peace activist Mihane Salihu of
Pristina, talks to Karen Louise Boothe, shortly before the NATO bombing began.
#11-99 AUSTRALIA: CAPE YORK WOMEN'S MEET (from Women on the Line)
#10-99 NIGERIAN DISABILITY ACTIVIST FOLUKE IDEAU
#9-99 HOLISTIC VIEW OF KOSOVO (with author Alice Mead)
#8-99 AMY GOODMAN ON "HARDBALL INTERVIEWING'
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13 -99 WOMEN'S NEWSCAST (mar/apr) Time: 29:00
1. (6:09) WOMEN'S GLOBAL STRIKE FOR A CHANGE. In/Outcue:
"Margaretta D'Arcy from Galway, Ireland, is a member of the International Women Count Network ... I'm
Monica J. Moore reporting for WINGS." On Tape: D'Arcy. tntro : WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO TURN IN
A BILL TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR ALL THE UNWAGED WORK YOU DID IN A YEAR?
THAT'S ONE OF THE IDEAS BEING FLOATED FOR THE "GLOBAL WOMEN'S STRIKE
FOR A CHANGE" NEXT MARCH. MONICA MOORE REPORTS FOR WINGS: ..•
2. (6:11) THE REDWOODS AGREEMENT: In/Out "Pacific Lumber Company has
agreed .. . you're listening to WINGS." On tape: Julia Butterfly, interviewed by Aimee Pomerleau ;
additional script by Frieda Werden. Intro: SPEAKING OF UNWAGED WORK (AND IF YOU
WEREN'T SPEAKING OF IT, NOW'S THE TIMEI), CONSIDER THE UNWAGED WORK OF
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS -* LIKE JULIA BUTTERFLY, NOW WELL INTO HER
SECOND YEAR OF LIVING IN A REDWOOD TREE. FRIEDA WERDEN EXPLAINS WHAT
JULIA IS PROTESTING NOW: ...
3. (3:49) WOMEN IN PRISON: U.S. AND RWANDA. In/Out: "A UN Report on
the condition of women . . . from the United Nations this is Lena Yacoumopou!ou reporting. On tape:
Rhadika Coomaraswamy, UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women; anonymous reader of
report. truro: COMPLAINTS ABOUT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ALL OVER THE
WORLD ARE SENT TO THE UNITED NATIONS. THE WOMAN WHO INVESTIGATES
DISCUSSES U.S. AND RWANDAN PRISONS, IN THIS STORY FROM WINGS: ...
4. (6:14) OUTPATIENT COMMITMENT: In/Out: [Ambience & music up] "I'm
schizophrenic . . . Frieda Werden for the Women's International News Gathering Service."On tape:
Women survivors of mental illness, including : Jill Stainsby, co-producer, and other Canadians in the video
"Within These Walls, II and Cath Collins, interviewed at Lorrimore Community Mental Health Centre, South
London, by Claudia Hammond of Radio Netherlands' "EuroQuest." I ntro: IF YOU HAVE DIABETES
OR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, NOBODY CAN FORCE YOU TO TAKE YOUR MEDICINE;
BUT GOVERNMENT AFTER GOVERNMENT IS CLAIMING TO RIGHT TO MAKE PEOPLE
WITH MENTAL ILLNESS WHO HAVE COMMITTED NO CRIME TAKE PSYCHIATRIC
MEDICATION. HERE'S MORE FROM WINGS: ...
5. (4:48) THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT CHALLENGED.
In/Out: "In the United States, the Americans .. . I'm Mary O'Grady for WINGS." On tape: Lucy Gwin, editor
of "Mouth" magazine." Intro: THE UNITED STATES HAS ONE OF THE MOST SUPPORTIVE
LAWS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, BUT THAT LAW IS NOW BEING
CHALLENGED IN THE COURTS. MARY O'GRADY OF WINGS TALKED TO LUCY GWIN,
ABOUT A CASE INVOLVING TWO WOMEN JUST ARGUED IN THE U.S. SUPREME
COURT: ...
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#14-99 CARIBBEAN RAIN AND RACISM Time: 28:53
Polly MacLean was born in Trinidad and moved to the U.S. as a teenager. In 1994, she
became a tenured professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder. In this program she
analyzes the way racism works in the U.S. and compares it to a Caribbean rainstorm,
which can drench you while the sun is shining. She also discusses methods for working
on change. This is Part I of a two-part series taken from Margie Thompson's interview
for FIRE - Feminist International Radio Endeavour. FIRE's website, mentioned in the
program, is http://www.fire.or.cr
#15-99 U.S. MEDIA AFFECTING AFRICA Time: 28:19
Part IT ofMargie Thompson's interview with Professor Polly MacLean. MacLean, who
researches Communication and its relation to women's health in Africa, talks about
cultural change -- including the chain of effects that lead from broadcasts ofU.S.
commercial media in Africa to the deaths of young girls in Swaziland from self-abortion
attempts. Polly MacLean is currently in Swaziland on a Fulbright research grant.
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#16-99 A BLACK WOMAN'S JOURNEY THROUGH DEPRESSION
Time: 28:59
WILLOW WEEP FOR ME: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression is a new
book by Ghanaian-American writerMeri Nan-Ama Danquah. Danquah gavea readingin
Boulder, Colorado in the fall of 1998 as part of a tour promoting National Depression
Screening
Day. After the reading, she gave an interviewto Kathe Forrest, a producerfor KGNU-FM and
WINGS. Danquah says that the stereotype of the Black woman in America prevents many
who
couldbenefit fromtreatment from seeking or receiving it. This program was editedand
scripted by
WINGSHealth Editor MaryO'Grady. Closingmusic is from the song "GetUp Blues," on
Joyce
& Jacque's cassette "HigherGround" (self-published, 1990).
#17-99 THE FUTURE OF RACE, U.S.A. Time: 29:00
THE COLOR OF OUR FUTURE is a newbookby Zimbabwean-American writer Farsi
Chideya. Chideyainterviewed young people ages 15-24 acrossthe UnitedStates, to find out
about currentracial patterns and attitudes, how they are changing, and wherethey have failed
to
change. She usesthe information to project what the country maybe like 50 years from now
when
whites ceaseto be a majority. The interviewer is Tony Loendorfof KGNU-FM. Closing
musicis
from "TimeIs on My Side," sung by Irma Thomas on the Smithsonian FolkwaysCD set The
Mississippi River of Song, UPC#093074008621.
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#18-99 MARRIAGE RIGHTS IN PAKISTAN: The Case of Rifat Ahson Time: 27;46
A young couple's decision to marry touched off riots ill Pakistan last year and nearly got them
murdered by the bride's family. The groom Kanwar Ahson is from a leadin g Mohajjer family,
successful Moslem immigrants from India; the bride Rifat Afridi comes from the tribal group
called Pashtuns or Pathans. Pakistani women's groups took an interest in this case, in which the
courts were asked to protect a woman's right to choose her spouse. The couple finally had to flee
the country. WINGS reporter Nafisa Hoodbhoy and Women's Action Forum co-founder Nusrat
Kidwai describe the dramatic events. Narration & editing: Monica J. Moore.
#19-99 MEDMA FOR WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT Time~ 28:59
At the International Association ofWomen in Radio and TV conference held Feb ruary 1999 in
Delhi, conference convenor Jai Chandiram hosted an International Women's Round Table on
women's effective use of media . Guests were Ana Leah Sarabia from the Philippines; Charu
Gargy from India; Augustina Apik ofGhana; Elizabeth Karonga of Zimbabwe; and Bela Trivedi
and lndu Ramesh, also from India. They talked about techniques for bringing information both to
and from the grassroots, using radio, video, teleconferencing, and cassettes. Roundtable produced
by Frieda Werden and Mal Johnson; videotaping by Women's Media Circle; audio recording and
editing for WINGS by Frieda Werden; executive producer Linda Israel.
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#20-99 WOMEN'S NEWSCAST (May/June) Time: 28:31
1. (6:22) ZIMBABWEAN WOMEN RESPOND TO LOSS OF RIGHTS. In/outcues: "Last
year a representative . .. World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters." On tape :
Bianca Miglioretto (of Radio LoRa, Zurich) interviews Elizabeth, a member ofthe women's
movement in Zimbabwe. Suggested intra: THE HIGH COURTOF ZIMBABWE RULED THIS
SPRiNG THATA WOlvLANC4N NEVER LEGALLYBECOMEANADULT ZIMBABWEAN WOME.V
ARE SEEKING TO CHANGE THIS RULING-AND THEY DO NEED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT..
HERE'SMORE FROM WINGS: ...
2. (5:46) LUCREZIA VlZZANO, CAGED CATHOLIC COMPOSER.ln/autcues: (music)
... (music). Ontape: Mary O'Grady, reporter; music composed by Vizzano and performed by
Musica Secreta (Lynn Records, Glasgow). Suggested intro: IF"I KNOWWHY THE CAGED
BIRDS/NGS" WERENOTTHEAUTOBIOGRAPHYOFMAYAANGELOU,ITWOULDBEA
GOOD TITLE FOR A BOOKABOUTTHIS 16m-CENTURYCONfPOSER: . ..
3. (6:56) UTA RANKE HEINEMANN'S RUN TO BE GERMAN PRESIDENT. In/outcues :
"Uta Ranke Heineman ... Mary O'Grady for WINGS." On tape : Ellen Diederich interviews
Heineman. Suggested intro: A THEOLOGIAN WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT OF GERMANY WO.\'
5% OF THE VOTE, PLUSA SIZEABLE SHARE OF THE PRESS COVERAGE FOR HER.
CAMPAIGNAGAINST NATO'S BOMBING. MARY O'GRADYREPORTSFOR WINGS:
4. (4:59) THE MILOSEVIC INDICTMENT.lnloutcues: "The International War Crimes
Tribunal . . . www.egualitynow.org . I'm Frieda Werden." On tape: Jessica Neuwirth, Director
ofEquaIity Now. Source: Susan Loubet, "Women's Focus," KUNM-FM, Albuquerque, New
Mexico. Suggested intra : EQUALITY NOW,ANINTERNATIONAL WOMEN'SRIGHTS
ORGANIZATION. CAMPAiGNED LONG AND HARD FOR THE INDICTMENT OF SLOBODAN
MILOSEVIC. NOW THEY WANT HIMARRESTED. HERE'SMORE FROM WINGS: .. .
5. (2:34) VINEGAR BEATS PAP TEST FOR CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING.
In/outcues: The March 13th issue ofthe British medicaljoumal . . . Mary O'Grady for
WINGS." On tape: Mary O'Grady interviews Dr. Lynn Gafekin by phone. Suggested intra :
AS CERVIC4L C4NCER IS BOTHSO COMMON ANDSO PREVENTABLE, WOMEN HAVE LONG
BEENADVISED TO GETA "PAP SMEAR" EVERY YEAR. BUTNOWIT SEEMS THERE'SAN
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EASIER.. CHEAPER AND FASTER WAY TO TEST FOR THOSE BAD CELL CHANGES ALL
NEEDISA SPECULUM. A SWAB. VINEGAR. AND A FLASHLIGHT--AND UNLESS YOU/REA
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WINGS: . . .
#21-99 LESBIAN/GAY POLITICS -- SOUTH AFRICA Time: 28:59
"Carrie" -- an organizer in South Africa's lesbian/gay movement, talks with Bianca
Miglioretto, a reporter from Switzerland. Topics include the different experiences of
the races, where lesbians meet, the Constitution, law and politics, lesbian
marginalization in the gay movement, and the International Lesbian and Gay
Association's upcoming conference in South Africa.
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#15-99 GLOBAL MEDIA AFFECTING AFRICA; #16-99 JOURNEY THROUGH DEPRESSION;
#17~99 THE FUTURE OF RACE USA; #18-99 MARRIAGE RIGHTS IN PAKISTAN;
#19-99 MEDIA FOR WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT
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#22-99 HOW LESBIANS TELL: Short stories involving talking to mothers, by Laura
Araujo-Salinas and Judy Grahn. Time: 28:00 Both authors participated in the
Evening Writers Series at the U.S.'s National Women's Studies Association Conference in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, in June 1999. Araujo-Salinas is a y01U1g bilingual writer originally
from Mexico, now teaching Spanish at the University of California Santa Cruz. Her story
involves the problem of a young college student trying to come out to her immigrant mother.
Grahn, who canjustly claim to be "a co-founder of lesbian feminism," for her '60s works such as
the "Common Woman" poems and "Edward the Dyke," reads from a story about introducing her
new lover to her elderly parents. The e-mail mentioned is: jgrahn@serpentrna .com
#23-99 AFRICAN WOMEN STANO UP TO ADJlJSTMENT Time: 26:06 + music to 28:37
(fade music at any time desired). Hellen [sic} Grace Awii Wangusa, former director ofthe
Mothers' Union for the Church of Uganda, is international cooordinator of AWEPON [pronounced
"a weapon"], the African Women's Economic Policy Network. AWEPON conducts
economic literacy education, does remedial research. and advocates for rural women at the
international level. They've had some success getting the World Bank and International Monetary
Fund to reassess "structural adjustment" policies' effects on women . Wangusa also critiques the
Jubilee 2000 movement (which aims to cancel poor countries' debts to rich countries).
Interviewer is Dee Aker, a journalist with extensive experience covering women in. Uganda.
#24-99 AFTER INCEST: "The Healing Years. II Time~ 28~58
Excerpts from Kathy Barbini's I-hour video The HealingYears focus on incest survivors turned
activists: former Miss America Marilyn Van Derbur; near-octagenarian Barbara Hamilton; and
Janice Mirikitani, president of Glide Church in San Francisco. They discuss the complex
longterm damage from incest; the persistence of incest behavior, affecting multiple generations;
and the process of personal and societal healing. Edited for WINGS by Mary O'Grady.
#25 ~99
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF WAR; Susan Griffin Time; 29:08
Denial, a component of war, is born in the family . Reading from "A Chorus of Stones: The
Private Life of War," feminist theorist & writer Susan Griffin links secrets about her own family
and about the firebombing of Dresden in WWII. Griffin has held a MacArthur grant for Peace &
International Cooperation. Among her many books are "Woman & Nature, and "Pornography &
Silence." Production & interview by Piera Paine. Music: "Exorcism" by Harold Siletski. (This
program previously aired on WINGS in 1993 .)
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#26-99 SOUTH AFRICA'S NEXT STRVGGLE Time: 29:00
Thenjiwe Mtintso, is Deputy Secretary General of tile African National Congress. In this speech
prepared by tile party she talks about the ANCs triumphs, like the tremendous increase ill active
women in government, and delivering electricity to rural area s -- and also the country's problems,
like "victim mentality" and international conflicts over how and for whom to develop . Recorded
July J6, J999, by Sue Supriano in Berkeley, California . Edited by Frieda Werden for WINGS.
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#27-99 THENJIWE MTINTSO -- WOMAN AT TUli: TOP Time: 28:58
Thenjiwe Mtintso has been expelled from school, tortured, exiled . She has been a military
commander, negotiated for peace, chaired the Commission on Gender Equality, and reformed
South Africa's defense forces. On July 16, 1999, this highest-ranked woman in the ANC told a
large audience some ofher own thoughts . Recorded by Sue Supriano, edited by Frieda Werden .
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#28-99 THE SAFETY OF HOMEBIRTH Time: 28:59
Dr. Kathleen Fahey coordinates the Master of Midwifery Course at the University of
Southern Queensland, Australia. In this interview with Heather Anderson of radio 4ZZZ ,
Brisbane, Fahey debunks the false spin put on studies of hornebirth, which she says has
been shown internationally to be safer than hospital birth for all but the 10% of
pregnancies that are high-risk. Fahey talks about cultural reasons for medicalizing this
complex natural process, and some problems intervention can cause . She supports
birthing centers as the best alternative for most births.
#29-99 THE WORLD OF OUR ELOii:RS Time: 28:59
Dr. Mary Pipher, clinical psychologist and author of the bestselling work on adolescent
girls , "Reviving Ophelia," has published a new book, "Another Country: Navigating the
Emotional Terrain of Our Elders." Pipher talks to Kathe Forrest ofKGNU radio about
how the world and the United States have changed since our elders were growing up, and
about points of communication between the young, the middle-aged, and the very old.
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#30-99 FEMINISM VVITHOUT FRONTIERS Time: 28~50
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is a celebrated professor of English , now at Columbia.
University, with the arcane specialty of deconstructionism. She also runs basic literacy
schools in her native India. In June 1999, she delivered a keynote to the u.s.National
Women's Studies Association. In this version abridged for VlINGS by Frieda Werden,
Spivak says that economic global ization is inevi table, and proposes informing and
negotiating with those whom it empowers to be "feminists without front iers." She also
explains her most famou s rhetorical question: "Can the subaltern speak?"
#32-99 THE mAQ BLOCKADE Time: 28:52
Rania Masri, founder of the Iraq Action Coalition, talks with Susan Franzblau of WFSS,
Fayetteville, North Carolina, about the kind of country Iraq was before the Gulf War and
what has been happening to it under the U.S .-led blockade. Recorded in 1997, tills story
is unfortunately still current. You can find the Iraq Action Coalition on the internet for
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#31-99 WOMEN'S NEWSCAST (July/Aug) Time: 29:00
1, (5:35) SOlJTH AFRICA'S AIDS DRUG STRUGGLE. In/outcues: "Soulh Africa has the
rasicst-growing AIDS .. , This is Mary O'Grady for WTNGS." On tape: Thcnjiwc Mlintso, Deputy
Secretary General, African National Congress. Tape Source: Sue Supriano. ,\'w!.gcsted intro : THE
VARIABLE COST OF DRUGS FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY IS A MAITER OF LIFE
AND DEATH, THE U.S. AND THE DRUG COMPANfES ARE TRYING TO KEEP SOUTH
AFRICA FROM LEVELING THE FIELD. HERE'S MORE FROM WINGS: .• ,
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~ «(}:26) WOMEN WIN MINISTRY IN ~IGERIA. Inoutcues: "On May 29, Niccria . .. Frieda
Werden reporting for W1NGS ." On tap e: Hajji) a Limota Goros o-Giwa, International Women
Communication Centre, florin, Kwara Slate, Nigeria, Sugge sted Intra: NTG'E~IAN WOMEN TOOK
TO THE STREETS IN JUNE TO DEMAND THAT THEIR MINISTRY FOR WOMEN'S
AFFAIRS WOULD NOT BECOME A CASUALTY OF DEMOCRACY. FRIEDA W.ERDEN
REPORTS FORWINGS: .. .
3. (4:12) JUBILEE 2000.1ti/ollt(.f(cs: "As the year 2000 approaches , . . this is Marv O'Grady for
~JTNGS ." On tape: Winnie Byanyima,Member of Ugandan Parliament. lntervi «- source: Dec Akcr.
Suggested intro: DEBT CANCELLATION FOR POOR COUNTRIES - IS IT TOO
IDEALISTIC FOR THE REAL WORLD'? A MEMBER OF PARL1AM.ENT FROM UGANnA
SAYS, NO. SHE EXPLAINS IN THIS STORY FROM WINGS: ...
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4. (6:03) THE SWEATSHOPS OF SAIPAN. In »u.iues: I read thatPuerto Rico ... This is Mary
O'Grady." On tape : Carmclita Abaci, union organizer. Tape S()UI'G~': Ci.rol Stall. Austill, Texas.
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A LIE - A LJE THAT'S BEEN MADE LEGAL BY THE U.S, CONGRESS. WORKER
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States. Chri stian religious conservatives . .. This is Mary O'Grady for WlNGS." On tape: Molly
Godzich, National Association of Marriage Enhancement, Arizona; Dianna Philip, Regional Director,
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Centra! Texas. Sourc.s: Phone interviews by Mary O'Grady.
Suggested intro: A NEW KIND OF MARRJAGi, LAW, PASSED IN TWO U.S, STATES,
REQUIRES TH.E STATE TO ENFORCE A RELIGIOUS VERSION OF THE USUAL
MARR!AGE CONTRACT. MARY O'GRADY OF WiNGS REPOR.TS ABOUT THlS
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#2V)!> LESBIAN/GAY POLITICS, SOUTH AFRICA
#22-99 HOW LESBIANS T.ELL: short fiction by Judy Grahn & Laura Araujo-Salinas
#23-99 AFRICAN WOMEN STAND UP TO ADJUSTMENT: Hellen Grace Awij Wangusa
#24-99 AFTER INCEST: from the film "TffE HEALING YEARS"
#25-99 "THE PRIVATE LIFE OFWAR" (Susan Griffin)
#2(j-99 SOUTH AFRICA'S NEXT STRUGGLE (Thenjiwe Mtintso, DeI>.
sec. ~nl. ANC)
#27-99 TffENJIWE MTINTSO, WOMAN AT THE TOP
#2R-99 TifF. SAFETY OF HOMEBffiTH (Dr. Kathleen Fahey, U. of Queensland)
#29-99 THE WORLD OF OUR ELDERS (Dr, Mary Pipher)
#30-99 FEMINlSM WITHOUT FRONTIERS (Gayatd Chakravorty Spivak)
#32-99lRAQ BLOCKADE (Rania Masri, Iraq Action Coalition)
#32-99 THE IRAQ BLOCKADE Time: 2R:52
Rania Masri, founder of the Iraq Action Coalition, talks with Susan Prarvbtau of WFSS, Fayetteville, North
Carolina. about the kind of country Iraq was before the Gulf War and what has been happening to it under
the U.S.-led blockade. Recorded in 1997, this story is unfortunately still current. You can find the Iraq
Action Coalition on the internet for updates -- which so Iar arc mainly more and worse of the same:
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#33-99 LESB.lAJ~ WOMEN IN ASIA Time: 28:06
Cath Keaney. producer of Australia's Women 011 the Line, interviews three lesbian women who live as
foreigners in Asian countries. Jell (Australian) and Ying (from Mainland China) say gay people are largely
accepted in Thailand but butch and fem labels are rigid. Jen brought Drag King shows to Bangkok. Kath
Slcggard (British) helps organize the Sangini support group for lesbians in New Delhi. She says new
awareness of lesbianism has reduced the privacy of lesbian couples -- who prefer to be called butch or fem
rather than lesbian. Lack of acceptance of lesbianism leads some women to seek sex changes. she feels . She
wants the Indian feminist movement to support lesbian rights. Contact e-maili : sallgill..i97@hotmail.colll.
Edited for WINGSby Frieda Werden,
#34-99 WELFARE WARRIOR 28:56
Margarcua D'Arcy of Radio Pirate Woman. Galway. Ireland, interviews Pal Gowens of the newspaper
Welfare Mothers Voice based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA,about the "weeping mothers in black"
campaign against welfare reform. Additional info about proposed $3 billion cut in federal TANF aid to
states -- Temporal)' Assistance to Needy Families (which replaced AFDC).
#35-99 V2K ATOMTC ROLIDAV 29:00
Yumi Kikuchi of Japan is the founder of a worldwide movementcalling for governments to de-alert
nuclear missiles and power-down nuclear power plants during the rollover between the years 1999 and
2000. Very clear explanations. Interview by Sue Supriano.
#36-99 HAGUE PEACE APPEAL 28:57
In May 199'), nearly 10,000 people of over 100 nationalities attended the Hague Appeal for Peace
conference. Speakers heard in this program are Zincta Rasavac from the Corridor Project in Bosnia. Dr.
Mary-Wynne Ashford of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Nobel Peace
Laureat Jody Williams of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Fatiba Ihrablm of the Sudanese
Women's Union. and Aruntlhati Roy. Indian anti-nuclear activist and author of The God ofSniall Things.
Tape supplied by Debra Latham of Radio for Peace lnternational millproduced by Mary O'Grady.
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Vaughan Foundation; The Gaca Fouudation; The Stewart Moll Foundation; Eleanor and Bert Alper;
Shelley Hcrctyk (and her employer Lucent Technologies, for their match); the WTNGS subscribing
stations; Suzette Cullen; and Genevieve Vaughan, author of the book For-Giving: A Feminist Criticism of
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#38..99 WOMEN'S NEWSCAST (Sep/Oct) Time: 28:57
1. (6:45) THE VATICAN'S ROLE AT THE U.N. In/outcues: "Because it has political power.. .
This is Mary O'Grady for WINGS." On tape: Joanna Manning, Canadian author of the book"Is the
Pope Catholic?" Suggested intro: NO OTHER RELIGIOUS BODY OR NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZAnON HAS TIlE SAME PRIVILEGES AT THE U.N. AS THE VATICAN. TIllS STORY
TELLS HOW THINGS GOT mATWAY, ANDWHO IS TRYING TO CHANGE IT:
For ilifo: Catholics for a Free Choice, J436lJ Street NW, Washington DC 20009 USA. ""n~· .seechange-org
2. (5:53) WOMEN'S EQUALITY IN FINLAND. In/outcues: "OnJanuary 161!J. ... You're listening
to WINGS." On tape: Sinikka Siekkinen interviews Jaana Kuusipalo, a professor at Tampere
University. Suggested Intro : WHEN FINLAND'S NEXT ELECTIONS ARE OVER, FINNISH WOMEN
EXPECT TO FIND lHEMSELVES -AS USUAL-liON TOP OF THE WOIiw." WILL HAVING A
WOMAN PRESIDENT MEAN FULL GENDER. EQUALITY? HERE'S THE STORY FROM WINGS: ...
J. (5:46) SOUTH AFRICANS DEALINGWIm RAPE.ln/outcues: "The incidence of rope is
increasing somewhat... Mary O'Grady for WINGS. On tape: Carol Bouwer, Director, Rape Crisis
Capetown. Suggested intro: SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN ARE STEPPING UP THEIR EFFORTS TO
LOWER THE RAPE RATE IN THEm COUNTRY. WINGS TALKED ABOUT THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS WITII A WOMAN FROM RAPE CRISIS CAPETOWN: ..,
4. (3:56) EAST GERMANY'S STASI VICTIMS. In/outcues: After the fall of the Berlin Wall ...
for Louise Potterton's report." On tape: Reporter Louise Potterton; anonymous East German former
prisoner of Stasi. Tape source: "Euroquest" from Radio Netherlands. Suggested intro: WHERE
ARE THE FORMER MEMBERS OF STASI - THE EAST GERMAN SECRET POllCE? ITS sAID
THEY MAKE GOOD TAXI DRIVERS - WHEN YOU GET IN TIlE CAB, TIlEY ALREADY KNOW
WHERE YOU trvz: WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING, MOST HAVE NOT HAD TO PAY FOR
THEIR OFFICIAL CRUELTY. BUT SOME OF THEm VICTlMS WILL BE TRYING TO TAKE
THEM1'0 COURT. HERE'S MORE FROM WINGS: '"
s (5:00) CmLD ABUSE LINKED TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE. In/outcues: "Glide Church is
located ... I'm Mary O'Grady for WINGS." On rape: Janice Mirikitani, director of programs, Glide
Church, San Francisco. Suggested Intra: IS DRUG ADDICTION AN AFTER-EFFECT OF
CHILDHOOD SEXUALABUSE? JANICE MIRIKITANI OF GLIDE CHURCH SEES A VERY
STRONG CORRELATION. MARY O'GRADY TALKED TO HER FOR WINGS: ...
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#33-99 LESBIAN WOMEN IN ASIA. Women on the Line's Kath Keaney learns (among other thing)
from women who live there that lesbians in Thailand and India prefer to be called "butch" and "fern."
#34-99 WELFARE WARRIOR. A founder of "Welfare Mothers Voice" in Milwaukee tells Radio Pirate
Woman Margaretta D'Arcy about "weeping mothers in black" demonstrations against US welfare cuts.
#35-99 Y2K ATOMIC HOLIDAY. Yumi Kikuchi of Japan appeals for nuclear missiles and generators to
be powered down during the dale change to the new millenium.
#36-99 THE U.S. BUDGET, a critical briefing by the Women Legislators' Lobby.
#37-99 HAGUE PEACE APPEAL. Stirring speeches from the vast May 1999 Hague Appeal for Peace
conference, by Zineta Rasavac of Bosnia; Dr. Mary-Wynne Ashford, 1nt'lPhysicians for Prevention of
Nuclear War; Nobel laureate Jody Williants, Int'l Campaign to Ban Landmines; Fatiba Ibrahim,
Sudanese Women's Union; and Arundhati Roy from India, author of "The God of Small Things."
(Tape supplied by Debra Latham, Radio for Peace International and edited by Mary O'Grady.)
#39-99 SAUNA. Is this the secret of Finnish women's equality? Documentary by Dheera Sujan, adapted for
WINGS from Radio Netherlands' Euroquest.
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MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: The Disunited Kingdom Time: 28:57
Excerpt fromYasmin Alibhai-Brown's addressto the SalzburgSeminaron "Race, Ethnicity& Social
ChangeThroughPublic Awareness" in October 1999. Alibhai-Brown is the author of No Place Like Home
an autobiographical account of being a Ugandan seeking refuge in Englandin 1972, She is currentlya
British journalist anda research fellowin Government and Race Relationsat the Institutefor Public Policy
Research. Her talk was recordedby WINGScorrespondent at large FrankieHutton, a senior lecturer in
History at HowardUniversity.
#41-99 IS THE POPE CATHOUC? Theologian Joanna Manning Time: 28:57
LANGUAGE ADVISORY: In the context of tbetbeological views of St, Aogustine and
St, Aquinas, Manning uses the words "erection" at 8:41 and "penis" at 13:37.
Joanna Manning, a former nun and author of Is the Pope emholic? A Woman Confronts Her Church
#40~99
(Toronto: Malcolm Lester Books, 1999), says
POpe John Paul II favors the elitist Opus Dei , and that the Church
under his leadershiphas backtrackedfrom the Vatican II of the '60s on women'sequality and earthly justice
for the poor. Manningalleges the Pope's ideas on womenare hereticaland underminefundamental
teachings of the Church, as well as contributingto violence and discrimination against women.
Interview/Editor: Mary O'Grady; engineer, Frieda Werden.
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#42-99 RUSSIA AND CHECHNYA - THE RESOURCE WAlt Time: 28:49 At the international
conferenceof Women in Black,Ellen Diederich ofGennany talks with Mariat Torshkoeva, a formertranslatorfor
ChechenPresidentDzovkarDudayev. Torshkoeva is from Ingusheta, an ethnicregionof Chechnyathat stayedwith
Russia whenChechenia declaredindependence. She and Diederich discussthe origin of the war in a struggle for oil
fueled by outside countries, and the economic misery ofbath Chechenia and Russia today. Torsbkoeva calls for
technology and jobs to help Russia, but. not loans,whichshe says are always stolen beforethey reach thepeople.
#43-99 SAMIA!S LEGACY IN PAKISTAN Time: 28:45 On October 12,1999, the government of
Pakistanwas overthrown bya general who promisedto end corruption. One indicatorof corruptionto manywas the
failure to prosecute or to condemna so-called"honor killing" of 8 youngwomanby her family. The murdertook place
in a humanrightslaw officewhere Samia[sah:MEE ah] wasfiling for divorce. In thisreport by Nafisa Hoodbhoy,
Samia's lawyer Hina Jilani givesan eyewitness accountand discussesSanna'smurderin terms of government, law, and
society. We also hear a speech by Nelgis Rahman, convenor of the KarachiWomen Peace Committee, who said honor
killing is blasphemy againstIslam and called for a kind of activists'jihad to bring thegovernmentdown,
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#44-99 IDEAS OF SEX Time: 28:54
Note: This program speaksfrankly but not graphically about prostitution and orgasm.
Two previously un-aired interviews from the WINGSarchives: Sheila Jeffreys , author of The Idea of
Prostitution (Spinifex [Australia} : 1997), says prostitutionis the expressionof an ideathat it is all right to
use another person as a sexual object. Shedescribessome history and somecurrent controversy aroundthe
international movementto abolish prostitution. Elvira Banotti , an Italian presenterat the NGOForum of
the4th WorldConference on Women (Huairou, China, 1995), says that orgasmis important for both health
and communication, and that men lose touch with both functionswhen theylearn about sex only from
pornography andwar. Shesays all sex in which the female is coercedor not ready - as in prostitutionor
"conjugalduty"- is rape. Both interviewsby Frieda Werden.
#45~99
MONEY AND BEIJING+5 Time:
Maria Suarez, from FeministInternational Radio Endeavourin Costa Rica, speaks frankly about what the
women's movementin Latin Americahas learnedabout money, five years after the4th World Conference
on Womenin Beijing. She givesspecial praise to UNll'EM (theUN Women'sFund) for leveraginga small
amount of funding to great effect. Interviewby Frieda Werden. Website mentioned: www.fire.or.er
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#46-99 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S NEWSCAST (NovIDec) Time: 28:21
1. (6:04) THE REVOLUTIONARV AFGHANWOMEN'S ASSOCIATION. In/outcues:
tlWINGS recently receivedane-mail ... foundat www dot R-A-W-A dot org" On tape: young
Afghanwoman refugee, an organizer for RAWAin Pakistan. Source: Nafisa Hoodbhoy, reporting
from Peshawar, Pakistan. Suggested intro: AFGHANISTAN'SUNDERGROUND WOMENSRIGHTS
ORGANIZATION MAINTAINSABASEOF OPERATIONS IN PAIOSTAN. WINGS SENT A
REPORTER to A RECENT DEMONTRAnON IN PESHAWAR [pesh ..AD- wake]: ,.,
For morelofo: http://www,rawa.org
SHIVA NAILSmEW.T.O.lnloutcues: tiThe construction of words in the
WTO... I'mFrieda Werden." On tape: Vandana Shiva, Resch Fndn for Science, Technology, and
Ecology. Source: C-Span (by way of Ginny Clarke). . SuggestedIntra: AWOMANFROM INDIAIS A
2. (4:29) VANDANA
RENOWED EXPERT ON THE LANGUAGEOF INTERNATIONAL TRADE. WINGS CAPTUREDA
SAMPLE OF HER ANALYSIS FROM ADEBATE ABOUTTHE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION:
3. (4:17) NARRINDJERI AUNTIES CLAIM AUSTRALIAN ISLAND.In/outcues: "Secret
Women'sBusiness' is a term thathas entered the Australian vocabulary ... You're listening to
WINGS." On tape: Cath Keaney, announcer; Nicki Page, interviewer; Sandra Saunders, Narrindjeri
interviewee; unidentified Narrindjeri woman leading singing. . Suggestedintro: LAST YEAR; WINGS
LISTENERS HEARD ABOUT"SECRET WOMEN'S BUSINESS" ASANISSUE IN ABORIGINAL
LANDCLAIMS. THE AUSTRALIANGOVERNMENT REFUSED TO BELIEVE TItAT A SITE ON
HINDMARSH ISLAND WASSACREDAND SHOULD NOTBEUSED1'0 CONSTRUCTABRIDGE.
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4, (6:12) DOCTOR DEFENDSNIGERIAN WIDOWS. In/outcues: Itrm Dr. Eleanor
Nwadinobi
.. , Mary O'Grady edited the interviewfor WINGS, . On tape: Dr. Eleanor Nwadinobi, Widows'
DevelopmentOrganization, Nigeria, Tape Source: Interview by Elayne Clift at the 1999Association
of Womenin DevelopmentConference. Suggestedintro: NIGERIA'S CONSTITUTION PROMISES
1/
BASICRIGHTS TO EVERYONE,BUT OFTEN TRADITIONALPRACTICES ARE STILL ABUSNE
TO WOMEN. ONE NIGERIAN PHYSICIANHAS STARTEDA GROUP To IMPROVE TIlE
mEAThlENT OF WIDOWS. HERE'S MORE FROM WINGS.: ...
5. (5:21) US BASESABROAD CALLED MESSYBUSINESS. Inloutcues: "Ourproblem
is
that the u.s... .I'm Frieda Werden," On tape: Myrla Baldonado, ExecutiveDirector, People's Task
Force for Bases Cleanup in the Philippines; interviewer, Frieda Werden. Editor: Mary O'Grady.
Suggestedintro: THE us MILITARY CALLS ITSELF limE WORLD's POLICEMAN," BUT WHO'S
GOING TO BUSTTHEM FOR UTTERING? PERHAPS A COALITION OF GRASSROOTSGROUPS
FROM AROUNDTHE WORLD. HERE'S TIlE STORYFROM WINGS: ,..
#47..99 TROKOSI Time: 28:46 [Note: There are some men's voices on this tape.I
In 1998, Ghanaoutlawed a practice traditional in the country's Southeastregion: girls being given in
slavery to fetish shrines, supposedlyto atone for a' family member's crime and to prevent the god,
or Tro,
from killing other membersof the family. Julie Dogbadzi [dog-BAHD-zhi], a former Trokosi slave, is
one
of the people most responsible for the outlawingof Trokosi. Dogbadzi received a ReebokFoundation
award in 1999. WINGSasked Ghanaianjournalist Lydia Ajonoto follow up on what Julie was doing
after
receiving the award Ajono also found that shrine priests were not being sent to jail as the law
prescribes,
but negotiatingpayments to release the slaves, from InternationalNeeds -- the groupthat receivedthe
money from Dogbadzi'sReebok Award. Tape for this programcame from UNRadio "Women,II the
ReebokFoundation, and Lydia Ajono. Producer,Mary O'Grady; executiveproducer, Frieda Werden.
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Reissue of the 5 half-hour radio programs, adapted. from the Oscar-nominated, Ernmy-award-winingvideo
series by Dorothy Fadiman. This is a beautifully produced and very moving series of programs on the
history and present situation of the abortion rights movementin theU.S.
Series promos -- read your own local time and day at the end of each, please:
(1) 60--second "Sarah Weddington" promo for the series; (2) 30-sec. "chippingaway rights" promo for
series; (3) 3D-sec. "will risk her life" promo for series; (4) 30~sec. "temperatureof lOS" promo for program
I; (5) 30-sec. "minister"promo for program II; (6} }()-sec. "legislator"promo for program III; (7) 30-sec.
"theywere pushingme" promo for programIV; (8) 30·sec, "after the firebombing" promo for ProgramV.
#48-99 Part I When Abortion Was megal Time: 27:28
Womenspeaking ftankly some for the first time - about their experiencesobtaining illegal abortions.
Doctors and other hea1thcare workers discuss the tragedies they saw and their sense of being caught
between their medical dutyand the law.
#4g..52~99
«
Ineue: "1 was 17 year.s old .,;" Qutcue: 'I, •• more than 100 individuals."
#49-99 "From Danger to Dignity," Part T. Time: 28t27
lncue: "It was 1962 .. ." Outcue:"all people under all circumstances."**
*"'Tbe program ends with a promo for Part II - announce your station airtime for the next program.
#50-99 "From Danger to Dignity," Part II, Time: 27:07
lncue: "[music} From Danger to Dignity, Part Il."
Outcue: "KTEH·TV, San Jose [musicfade)"
"From Danger to Dignity" uses recent oral histories and archival footage to chronicle the decades-long
struggle for the right to have safe and legal abortions. Participantsin the struggle included such people as
brave politicianswho went against the party line, medical personnel who campaignedfor an end to the
butchery of women, a children's television program host, clergywho counseledwomen on the bestplaces
to get safe illegal abortions, anda young lawyer named Sarah Weddington, whosefirst case, Roe v. Wade,
went all the way to the SupremeCom.
#51-99 liThe Fragile Promise of Choice," Part I Time~ 26:36
Incue: "Whenabortion was illegal in the United States...
Outeue: "Whatare you living for?"**
11*Tbe program ends with a promo for Part n ~ announce your station airtime for the next program.
#52--99 "The Fragile Promise of Choice," Part U. Time: 27:55
lncue: "[siren]The Fragile Promise of Choice, Abortionin the United States Today, Part II.. ."
Outcue: IIK1EH-TV, San Jose {music fade} ."
"The Fragile Promise of Choice" chroniclesthe erosion of women's right to choose abortion by means of
obstructive legislation, withdrawal of funds, religious edicts, decisions of hospitalsand medical schools not
to provide and not to train students in abortion services) harassment, and terrorism against patientsand
providers. The programincludes the voices of anti-abortion activistsand of those who have had the courage
to stand up 10 all these forces, because ofwhat they remember of howthings used to be and what they still
believe is the right thing to do.
II
WINGS is making a special offer of non-broadcasts sets of the complete series for $25.
(Videotapescan be ordered from ConcentricMedia,POBox 1414,Menlo Park CA 94026.)
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#36-99 Ti.~ U.S. BUUGET Time: 28:58
The Women Legislators' Lobby brings together women state legislators from around the U.S. to discuss
issues with members of Congress. At a September 27 briefing in Washington, WiLL members heard the
U.S. budget analyzed by Lyn n Rivers. a member of [he Congressional Budget Committee, and Nail
Grogan Orrock, a stale legislator or Georgia who is President of WiLL. Both urged a re-orientation away
from increasing military spending.
#37-99 HAGUE PEACE APPEAL Time: 28:57
Tn May 1999, ncarty 10,000 people or over 100 nationalities attended the Hague Appeal for Peace
conference. Speakers heard in this program arc Zineta Rasavac from the Corridor Project in Bosnia, 'LT.
Mary-Wyn ne Ashford of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Nobel Peace
Laurcat Jody WiUiallts of the International Campaign to Ban Landmincs, Fati ha Ibrahim of the Sudanese
Women's Uni on, and Arundhati Roy, Indian anti-nuclear activist and author of The God oI ,\'mall Things .
Tape supplied by Debra Latham of Radio for Peace International and produced by Mary O'Grady.
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"Raisillg Women's Vokes Through Radio Worldwide"
Note: The ouicue ofWINGS progTams is always: "This is tile Women's blternational News Gathering Service. "
#39-99 SAUNA Time: 28:31
What makes Finnish women different from most other women ill the world? Could it be an ancient nature
ritual? It involves hot and cold, fire and water, air and stones, indoors and outdoors, a racing heart and
peacefulrelaxation. In Finland it sets the scenefor family discussions, business, politics anddiplomacy. It
might makeyoulive long (if it doesn'tkill you). What is it? It's the sauna! Documentary producedby
Dhcera Sujan (with technical assistance by Robbert Meeder) for Radio Netherlands' "Euroquest,II and
adapted fo r WINGSby Frieda Werden. Music: "Activate ", G. ScargillJP Oldroyd,1DGML COOML 3500> :30;
"Make "Em Laugh" sung by Donald O'Connor, Brown/Freed, EMf CDP 7 936072 1:30