Photo by Irene Florez

Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world, fighting for peace, justice, the environment, and civil society. On this program we profile a dynamic partnership between the Women’s Earth Alliance and the Global Women’s Water Initiative: working on women’s rights to water, land, farming and basic human dignity.

This is a special collaboration with Lynn Feinerman and Crown Sephira Productions.

Featuring:

Rucha Chitnis, director, Women’s Earth Alliance India; Maame Yelbert-Obeng, Women’s Earth Alliance Africa; Gemma Bulos, director, Global Women’s Water Initiative; Sandra Hay, CEO and filmmaker, Unseen Pictures; Mama Catherine, activist in Cameroon.
Note: Vandana Shiva is an international advisor for Women’s Earth Alliance. She is not on the board, as stated on the program.  We apologize for the error.

For More Information:

Women’s Earth Alliance
Global Women’s Water Initiative

Women Rising
WEA-Voices of Hope film
A Single Drop for Safe Water
Evan Fraser

Articles, Videos, etc
‘We Rise’ Million Voice Choir
Tribal Women’s Struggle for Water in India
2010 West African Women & Water Training Program

MUSIC:
‘We Rise’ by Gemma Bulos
‘Solar Rising’ by Evan Fraser
‘Mother Mbira’ by Evan Fraser
‘Zawo’ by Evan Fraser

Retired Colonel Anne Wright in the Making Contact Studios, Oakland, CA. Credit: Lisa Rudman

Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world, fighting for peace, justice, the environment and civil society. In this program, we profile two government leaders tackling the monumental problem of war. Gambia’s Fatou Bensouda is Deputy Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, a judicial body dedicated to human rights. And retired Colonel Ann Wright, a former United States military leader and diplomat for the State Department is an outspoken opponent of the U.S. war economy.

Featuring:

Retired Colonel Anne Wright, former United States military leader and diplomat for the State Department; Gambia’s Fatou Bensouda, Deputy Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court.

Special thanks to Women Rising founder and producer, Lynn Feinerman; to Women Rising Host Sandina Robbins; and to Women Rising Engineer, Stephanie Welch for producing this show.

For More Information:

CodePink: Women for Peace
Washington, DC

International Criminal Court
The Netherlands

The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court
Video Documentary about the story of the International Criminal Court

United for Peace and Justice
New York, NY

Irshad Manji. Source: www.canada.com

Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world, fighting for peace, justice, the environment and civil society. In this program we profile three courageous women struggling with religious issues. Elana Rozenman is co-director of the Women’s Interfaith Encounter in the Middle East. Irshad Manji is a Canadian Muslim lesbian and feminist who wants a reformation of her own faith. And Regina O’Callahan helped found the Northern Ireland Interfaith Forum to support religious diversity in her country.

This Women’s Desk program is a special collaboration with the Women Rising Radio Project, Lynn Feinerman and Crown Sephira Productions.

Featuring:

Elana Rozenman, Co-Director of the Women’s Interfaith Encounter; Irshad Manji, Author; Regina O’Callahan, Founder, Northern Ireland Interfaith Forum.

Producer/Writer: Lynn Feinerman
Host: Sandina Robbins

For more information:

Irshad Manji

Review of this program on PRX (Public Radio Exchange)

Top: Playwright Eve Ensler. Bottom: Storyteller Diane Ferlatte. Sources: Top: John O'Hara, SF Chronicle. Bottom: caverunstoryfest.org

Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world, fighting for peace, justice, the environment, and civil society. In this program, we profile two American masters of the spoken word, provoking, inspiring, and moving us to action. Eve Ensler, playwright of the hit “Vagina Monologues” shares the innovative work of her organization, V-Day, and renowned storyteller, Diane Ferlatte, talks with us about using her art as an international bridge over cultural divides.

Featuring:

Diane Ferlatte, storyteller; Eve Ensler, Vagina Monologues writer and V-Day founder.

Women Rising Staff:
Producer: Lynn Feinerman and Crown Sephira Productions
Host: Sandina Robbins
Sound Editor: Stephanie Welch

Making Contact Staff:
Executive Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Producer: Andrew Stelzer
Producer/Webmaster: Pauline Bartolone
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Associate Director: Khanh Pham
Production Coordinator: Elena Botkin-Levy
Interns: Asma Mohseni and Patti Restaino

For more information:

Diane Ferlatte – Award Winning International Storyteller

Eve Ensler – The Vagina Monologues

National Storytelling Network – Jonesborough, TN

V-Day––A Global Movement to End Violence Against Women and Girls

Clockwise from Top Left: Alice Ng, Rosamira Guillen, Lorena Aguilar, Elena Bykova. Sources: www.arconference.org, www.genderandenvironment.org, www.proyectotiti.com, www.wildlifeconservationnetwork.org

Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world, fighting for peace, justice, the environment and civil society. In this program we profile four animal rights activists:

• Alice Ng has worked with Wild Aid, founded Animal Balance in the Galapagos Islands and is now the executive director of Animals Asia Foundation.

• Rosamira Guillen is the executive director of Proyecto Titi, promoting the survival of the Cotton -top Tamarin Monkey and its habitat in Colombia.

• Lorena Aguilar is an executive with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, specializing in community and gender issues.

• Elena Bykova heads up Wildlife Conservation Network’s Saiga Conservation Alliance to preserve the Saiga Antelope in Uzbekistan.

Women Rising Staff:
Women Rising Producer: Lynn Feinerman
Women Rising Host: Sandina Robbins
Women Rising Sound Editor: Stephanie Welch

Making Contact Staff:
Executive Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Producer/Co-host Andrew Stelzer
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Associate Director: Khanh Pham
Interns: Keisha Thomas and Asma Mohseni

For more information:

Animals Asia Foundation (U.S. Office)

International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN)

International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN)

Wildlife Conservation Network

Saiga Conservation Alliance (antelopes)

Wildlife Conservation Network

Proyecto Titi (Cotton-top Tamarin)

Wildlife Conservation Network

Water... Source: Dyson

We profile two women activists taking on the global water crisis. Canadian Maude Barlow is a well known leader in the global struggle for water justice. Ge Yun from China is in the vanguard of her country’s growing conservation movement. In this program, they both warn us about the link between climate change and the loss of one of our most basic human requirements: water for life.

Featuring:

Ge Yun, Xinjiang Conservation Fund executive director; Maude Barlow, The Council of Canadians national chairperson and Blue Planet Project co-founder.

Executive Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Women Rising Producer: Lynn Feinerman
Women Rising Host: Sandina Robbins
Women Rising Sound Editor: Stephanie Welch
Producer: Andrew Stelzer
Associate Producer: Puck Lo
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Associate Director: Khanh Pham
Interns: Elena Botkin-Levy and Aubrey Green

For more information:

Maude Barlow – Ottawa, ON

Xinjiang Conservation Fund

Beijing office: Chaoyang District

Top: CODE PINK founder, Medea Benjamin Bottom: Saw Myat Mar with Nobel Prize laureate, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Sources: Top: Sharon Hughes, sharonhughes.townhall.com. Bottom: Saw Myat Mar

Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world, fighting for peace, justice, the environment and civil society. In this program, we profile two international change-makers dedicated to nonviolent civil disobedience and resistance. Medea Benjamin is a U.S. activist. She’s taken her anti-war, anti-militarism, pro-democracy and pro-environment activism to new heights with her group CODEPINK. Saw Myat Mar is a Burmese activist who has worked closely with Nobel Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, to establish Burma’s “National League for Democracy.”

Featuring:

Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK co-founder; Saw Myat Mar, helped establish Burma’s “National League for Democracy”; Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Prime Minister-elect Burma and Nobel Prize laureate.

Executive Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Women Rising Producer: Lynn Feinerman
Women Rising Host: Sandina Robbins
Women Rising Sound Editor: Stephanie Welch
Associate Producer: Puck Lo
Interns: Samson Reiny and Elena Botkin-Levy

For more information:

CODEPINK - San Francisco, CA

District of Columbia Office – Washington, DC

Burmese America Democratic Alliance – Albany, CA

Additional information:

Saw Myat Mar

AIDS Activists Gather in South Africa. Source: worldaidscampaign.info

Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world, fighting for peace, justice, the environment and civil society. In this program, we profile two activists facing the most difficult health and human rights issues of our time.

Prudence Mabele is a South African activist in the battle to contain HIV and raise awareness of the AIDS crisis. Mary Pipher is an American psychologist and author confronting the American Psychological Association about its cooperation with the U.S. government in the use of torture.

Featuring:

Mary Pipher, American psychologist, author and activist; Prudence Mabele, South African AIDS activist.

Senior Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Women Rising Producer: Lynn Feinerman
Women Rising Host: Sandina Robbins
Women Rising Sound Editor: Stephanie Welch

For more information:

Mary Pipher -Lincoln, NE

Positive Women’s Network — Saxonwold, South Africa

Human Rights Watch – New York, NY

Physicians for Human Rights – Washington, DC

Amnesty International- New York, NY

Africa Alive! – Nairobi, Kenya

Hope Cape Town Trust – Tygerberg, South Africa

Velina Brown, Lisa Hori-Garcia, and Kevin Rolston in a scene from San Francisco Mime Troupe's "Making a Killing 2007." Source: www.sfmt.org/index.php

Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world, fighting for peace, justice, the environment and civil society.

On this edition, we profile four artist activists. Velina Brown is a core actor with the world famous San Francisco Mime Troupe. So An is a singer activist in Haiti. Jaishri Abichandani is an artist and curator with the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective and Zimbabwean Rutendo Mudzamiri teams with the International Museum of Women to launch the “Imagining Ourselves” online art exhibit.

Featuring:

Velina Brown, actor in the San Francisco Mime Troup; So An, Haitian singer activist; Jaishri Abichandani, artist and curator with South Asian Women’s Creative Collective; Rutendo Mudzamiri, artist and activist.

Senior Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Women Rising Producer: Lynn Feinerman
Women Rising Host: Sandina Robbins
Women Rising Sound Editor: Stephanie Welch

For more information:

Velina Brown

San Francisco Mime Troupe
Haiti Action Committee – Berkeley, CA

Exit Art – New York, NY
International Museum of Women – San Francisco, CA

Source: "Empowering the Women of Nepal" website

Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world, fighting for peace, justice, the environment and civil society. In this program we profile four women entrepreneurs, bravely starting businesses where no one else has ventured and who are leading a worldwide grassroots movement to create micro-enterprise.

Lucky Chhetri started the first women’s trekking guide business in Nepal. Jane Kunyiha works with the Baobab Project, making micro-grants for small business startups in Kenya. Brigitte Kitenge created a women’s cooperative organization in the Congo for women victims of war, and Rashmi Dixit started a restaurant to rescue indigenous culture in India.

Featuring:

Lucky Chhetri, Empowering Women of Nepal and 3 Sisters Adventures Company; Jane Kunyiha, Project Baobab; Brigitte Kitenge, Future Hope for Women; Rashmi Dixit, BAIF, DHRUVA.

Senior Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Women Rising Producer: Lynn Feinerman
Women Rising Host: Sandina Robbins
Women Rising Sound Editor: Stephanie Welch

For more information:

Three Sisters Adventure Trekking Company
and Empowering Women of Nepal – Pokhara, Nepal
www.3sistersadventure.com

Project Baobab – Nairobi, Kenya

c/o Asylum Access – San Francisco, CA
c/o Global Womens Leadership Network – Santa Clara, CA