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HENDERSON, Texas - An east Texas high school senior who reported being raped on campus by a fellow student in 2010 was wronged when she was punishe...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 02:43
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DES MOINES, Iowa - Engineering used to be a career field that appealed mostly to boys - but that's changing. Des Moines Area Community College, Iow...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 01:09
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LANSING, Mich. - The Violence Against Women Act has been renewed twice with bipartisan support since originally passed in 1994, but this year's rea...

  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:02
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - Women would be more physically active if it were more fun, according to a new study.

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:19
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Women’s role in the national economy has been a running theme of this year’s election season. Following a newly released White House report from th...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 08:11
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Rear Adm. Wendi Carpenter congratulates Lt. j.g. Carolyn Bloomfield for earning her carrier qualifications during the Women in Aviation Conference.
Juggling work and motherhood is always hard, but imagine if you were an admiral in the Navy.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 12, 2011
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 2
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As reports of Qaddafi soldiers raping women emerge from Libya, we talk to feminist Gloria Steinem about the root causes of sexual violence against ...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 08:01
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When Congolese journalist Chouchou Namegabe first started reporting on sexual abuse in her country, the language didn't even have a word for "rape."

  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 07:33
Caption: Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy in Pakistan.
Acclaimed Pakistani filmmaker and journalist Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy ("Children of the Taliban") talks with us about the insidious tactics employed b...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 09:09
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Why would a woman join an armed group? Tufts Professor Dyan Mazurana talks to us about how a cycle of violence is much more to blame for women's pa...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 06:46
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Professor Joshua Goldstein debunks the idea that biology hardwires men for fighting wars and women for staying on the sidelines on this week's podc...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 07:30
Caption: A meeting for rape victims near Walungu, South Kivu in DRC in 2001.
For our first podcast episode, we go to the Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has been called the "rape capital of the world." Jocelyn Ke...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 09:39
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If you get sick in southern Sudan your chances of dying escalate. Health care is a rare thing in that part of the world. This week, the World Vis...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
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For most women, the way their pregnancy, labor, and recuperation is handled by the correctional system has a lot to be desired. But there are some...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 2
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ABC “World News” Anchor Diane Sawyer Joins Marvin Kalb to Discuss Women in Media, Democracy and the Press and the Future of Journalism at the Openi...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
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Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, joins us today for an in-depth discussion on the organization's role in...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2011
  • Length: 26:08
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Our guest today is Tina Tchen, White House Director of the Council on Women and Girls and the Office of Public Engagement.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2010
  • Length: 25:40
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From "Endless Summer" 8/13/2010: War News Radio reports on the status of women in Afghanistan, how they have come to be marginalized in most aspect...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2010
  • Length: 08:05
Caption: Joyce Garrels, Garret Garrels, Credit: Emilie Ritter
Two recent college grads are trying to beat the recession and become the next big thing in fitness

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2009
  • Length: 06:33
  • Purchases: 1
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How about a flight with Amelia Earhart? Only this distant relative has no record of crashing - this Amelia Earhart sticks to reporting the traffic ...

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 2
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The story of “Kathy”… a 9-year-old whose life was turned upside down after her parents were arrested during a workplace raid.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 12:43
  • Purchases: 1
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A new generation of veterans are joining the ranks of those going to college for free under the new GI Bill.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2009
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
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Montana Public Radio News Director Sally Mauk interviews NPR Senior News Analyst Cokie Roberts

  • Added: May 07, 2009
  • Length: 12:23
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This 55 min piece features excerpts from a Feb.24th tribute to folk singer Odetta at the Riverside Church in NYC. Performing artists include Pete S...

Bought by KMUW, Prairie Public, WSLR, Marfa Public Radio, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2009
  • Length: 55:21
  • Purchases: 6