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Justice for girls in Afghanistan
From: UNICEF
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Support for those who defy social norms

  • Added: Apr 21, 2010
  • Length: 03:48
Mediaeval Baebes
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: The Mediaeval Baebes, Credit: Hayley Madden
The allure is undeniable. Six talented, attractive women breathe renewed life into the rich texts of medieval songs and poetry with their haunting...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Family Guidance
From: World Vision Report
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In Afghanistan, violence against women and girls is widespread. The violence takes all forms: domestic abuse, forced marriage, rape, and honor ki...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 1
Thalia's Whisper
From: World Vision Report
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This April in New York City, the international organization Feminanza hosts a Forgiveness Conference. Reconciliation counselors will share informa...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 06:10
Going to School
From: World Vision Report
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In the thirty years that Afghanistan was at war with the Soviets and then the Taliban, many young people went without a basic education. Especiall...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:47
  • Purchases: 1
International Women's Day podcast
From: UNICEF
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International Women's Day podcast on education and gender equality

  • Added: Mar 05, 2010
  • Length: 15:45
A Conversation with Mairead Maguire (Peace Talks Radio) 59:00 / 54:00
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Mairead Maguire
This time on Peace Talks Radio, a 2006 conversation with Northern Ireland Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire. Also talk about middle school...

Bought by KWMR, KCNP, KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2010
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Surprise Guest
From: World Vision Report
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In India recently, a large gathering of women welcomed reporter Will Everett to a special celebration. But Will wasn’t happy about it. In fact, h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 1
VEILED VOICES
From: Voices of Our World
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The documentary about the lives of 3 Muslim religious leaders re-shaping their faith and their communities

  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
Court E
From: World Vision Report
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During Liberia’s brutal civil war in the 90s, soldiers used rape as a weapon. Almost 70% of Liberian women were sexually assaulted. The war is ov...

Bought by WBEZ and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 2
Bridget Ramasodi (South Africa's Promise)
From: My Lens Media
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Bridgette had to leave her home, South Africa in 1991, during one of the most dynamic periods in that nation’s history. She left just one year afte...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 29:24
Citizen Synforose
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Maine has one of the most diverse immigrant populations of any state in the country. Synforose Rugema came to America as a refugee from the Congo i...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 3
Paying for Grades
From: UNICEF
Series: Digital Diaries: Liberian Youth Voices
Caption: Lorinah, 17, from Liberia, was a participant in a youth radio workshop sponsored by UNICEF. Lorinah filed a report about students and teachers who bribe each other for grades with money and – sometimes – sex., Credit: © UNICEF/Liberia/Gordon
Lorinah Kolleh, 17, from Kakata, Liberia, talks about students and teachers who bribe each other for grades.

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Jan 04, 2010
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
The Art of Peace - Sudan Radio Project
From: War News Radio
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A program from our sister studio, the Sudan Radio Project.

  • Added: Dec 25, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Wheels of Justice
From: World Vision Report
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Rape was used as a weapon of war during Liberia’s long civil war. The war is over, but an epidemic of rape continues unabated. At least one rape ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 10, 2009
  • Length: 08:06
  • Purchases: 1
Water Tap
From: World Vision Report
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Collecting water is a serious business in Kaskikot, Nepal. Reporter Laura Spero found that out when she spent nine months living with a family in ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 10, 2009
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 4
Are You Jealous? Do You Know Why?
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Are you jealous? Have you ever been? Do you know the origin of your jealousy? Jealousy often goes hand in hand with feelings of love, but where doe...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2009
  • Length: 29:08
18-year-old Lydia talks about growing up female in Liberia
From: UNICEF
Series: Digital Diaries: Liberian Youth Voices
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Digital diarist Lydia, from Ganta, Liberia, talks about the pressures of being an 18-year-old female in Liberia.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 06:14
Rev. Christiana George
From: World Vision Report
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In Nigeria, the idea of taking in a child who’s not part of your family is considered taboo. So abandoned or orphaned children often end up on the ...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2009
  • Length: 04:25
Agnes Kanu
From: World Vision Report
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In the village of Kamoria in northern Sierra Leone women sell tree trunks, known as sticks, to keep their families alive. They spend 18 hours a da...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
City of Widows
From: World Vision Report
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A new report from the World Health Organization says women are living six to eight years longer than men. In many societies, widowed women are car...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KRUA


  • Added: Nov 13, 2009
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 2
Mama Susana
From: World Vision Report
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Baraka Yakubu, who you heard about in the previous story, came to the U.S. from Northern Ghana where ethnic tensions have led to violent conflict. ...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 04:15
The Art of Peace
From: Sudan Radio Project
Caption: Southern Sudanese women honor late peacemaker John Garang., Credit: The Associated Press
Analysis and exploration of current issues surrounding the conflict in Darfur.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Sex Trade Families
From: World Vision Report
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When we hear about young women working as prostitutes, we usually find out pimps and traffickers lured them into the business. It’s hard to imagin...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 08:14
  • Purchases: 1
Stick Sellers
From: World Vision Report
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For thousands of people in Africa, every single day brings the same question: will we have enough food to feed the children today? Will we have a...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1

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