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Abigail Spanberger swore an oath at age twenty-four “to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and d...
- Added: Feb 24, 2024
- Length: 21:33
The French Pantheon was created in 1790 to honor those who have done great service to the country. The motto over the door reads "To great men, a g...
- Added: Mar 23, 2023
- Length: 02:58
What was a nice Jewish grandmother doing flying into ISIS territory, preparing for a secret mission? After Lisa Miara's family suffered through ter...
- Added: Jan 29, 2020
- Length: 31:56
Recent studies have shown the therapeutic effects of running on depression. This, shouldn’t come as a surprise for people who’ve been blessed by it...
- Added: Mar 24, 2019
- Length: 08:28
Boda Bodas are motorcycle taxis in Uganda. They are an inexpensive and efficient way to get around. Everyone takes them, but only men drive them. A...
- Added: Nov 29, 2018
- Length: 15:19
Iran-born Fif Ghobadian created San Francisco fashion brand Road Twenty-Two to provide jobs for women released from prison.
- Added: Jun 20, 2017
- Length: 13:36
Episode 6: Houda brings us to her high school at the beginning of the war, when she was fourteen years old, after her father’s arrest and release.
- Added: Mar 29, 2017
- Length: 04:15
Toronto retailer Melissa Austria has created thriving menswear stores that appeal to guys who hate to shop but want to look good.
- Added: Nov 10, 2016
- Length: 11:44
High School Senior, Eavan Burke, had a life changing experience on the tea plantations of Kenya, Africa. She decided to aid to the workers by creat...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 25, 2016
- Length: 04:52
- Purchases: 1
At the mere age of 16, Jihana Mendu went on the adventure of a lifetime to Peru. While there to pursue her ambition of working in the medical field...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 03, 2016
- Length: 03:54
- Purchases: 1
In Bellevue, Washington a group of women meet once a month to discuss their cultural differences and similarities. The conversations are transformi...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 08:43
- Purchases: 1
They and their husbands helped to form the 14th of June Movement, named for the 1959 organized uprising against the Trujillo regime.
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 02:55
After re-establishing her power, whenever the armies of other Indian lords attacked Jhansi, Lakshmibai was reportedly seen riding horseback into ba...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 03:11
Six countries and countless meetings with radical women later, Ngoyi boldly returned to South Africa, expecting to be arrested -- which she, needle...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 02:18
The documentary about the lives of 3 Muslim religious leaders re-shaping their faith and their communities
- Added: Feb 23, 2010
- Length: 28:00
The story of a remarkable Indian woman who struggled with the bonds of tradition and finally broke them in old age, told by her granddaughter.
- Added: Jul 07, 2009
- Length: 31:32
- Purchases: 20
Thousands of Bolivians migrated to Argentina in search of a liveable wage, only to find themselves sewing designer jeans in sweat shops under slave...
Bought by WBEZ
- Added: May 21, 2008
- Length: 05:44
- Purchases: 1
This story is free! Hear about how difficult it is for pregnant women and new mothers with limited resources in an Afghanistan Hospital
Bought by WBEZ and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Oct 18, 2007
- Length: 06:29
- Purchases: 2
This Story is free! A young girl tells the story of her life in Liberia and why girls education is so important to her and her family. Youth Produ...
- Added: Oct 08, 2007
- Length: 04:36
This story is free! Women's group in San Pablo La Laguna on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala uses workshop trainings and community based education to lowe...
Bought by KZYX, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
- Added: Sep 20, 2007
- Length: 06:59
- Purchases: 3
This Story is Free! English and Spanish versions available. Guatemalan girls suffer lower rates of education and poorer health indicators - UNICEF ...
Bought by Radio Catskill
- Added: Aug 25, 2007
- Length: 07:01
- Purchases: 1
Argentina?s Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Commemorate 30th Anniversary
- Added: May 01, 2007
- Length: 06:04
- Added: Feb 16, 2007
- Length: 08:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Nov 13, 2006
- Length: 05:20
LIVE! UN Event / Photo Exhibit Opening Ceremony - 1000Women for the Nobel Peace Prize -March 4, 2006
From: Lys Anzia
UN event / Photo Exhibit Opening Ceremony - 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize / Two files: 1. raw sound file / crowd mingling before event
- Added: Apr 23, 2006
- Length: 36:48
