This Thursday, March 26th, please join The WIP with special guest speaker Alice Emasu, trained social worker, journalist, and founder of Terrewode, a Ugandan nonprofit organization and national grassroots movement of women and practitioners in all sectors. The goal of …
The WIP Executive Editor, Kate Daniels Kurz, is interviewed on Wagner & Winick On the Law, a legal talk radio program broadcast on KSCO AM 1080 on Saturday afternoons from 4-5 p.m. (PST). For more information, visit www.wagnerandwinick.com. http://s39.podbean.com/pb/17680ad607ad3a32b8e426545a8d5c62/55088fec/data1/blogs60/688382/uploads/WAGWIN_Hr1_03142015.mp3 http://s58.podbean.com/pb/f08a099f46b58cfd61fefada6ab9b11a/5508905b/data2/blogs60/688382/uploads/WAGWIN_Hr2_03142015.mp3 …
by Haya El Nasser, AJE, USA- Smoke is billowing from the mammoth Tesoro oil refinery, but none of the plant’s 800 union workers are on the job. They’re outside, picketing at each of the eight gates to the refinery. Truckers …
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by Dame Prof Ann Dowling, BBC News, UK – Girls in particular do not seem to think that engineering is a suitable career for them, despite their achievements in maths and science at school. It is very frustrating to be …
by Sally Kohn, The Daily Beast, USA – It’s hard to be a conservative in America these days. When fundamentalist Islamists terrorize innocent citizens, you tweet something about how we have to stop all Muslims from imposing their Sharia law …
The Women’s International Perspective, a publication of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, celebrates International Women’s Day with Women, Media, and Social Change, a fundraising luncheon to share The WIP’s accomplishments and our vision for the future. Singer, actress, and …
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by Diana Moukalled, Asharq Al-Awsat, UK – A friend of mine recently told me a story about how her husband once asked her if, during her time as a student in London, she had ever suffered Islamophobia. Yes, she said, …
by Louise Irvine, openDemocracy, UK – In October I visited Greece to see the impact of austerity on the Greek people, in particular on health and healthcare. I joined healthcare workers and the Greece Solidarity Campaign to visit hospitals, clinics …
Thank you so much to everyone who donated to The WIP or shared a link to our fundraising campaign last week. Together, we raised $561 to help fund our Critical Voices Fellowship in 2015! This morning, The WIP’s Director, Kate …
by Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Rolling Stone, USA – Sipping from a plastic cup, Jackie grimaced, then discreetly spilled her spiked punch onto the sludgy fraternity-house floor. The University of Virginia freshman wasn’t a drinker, but she didn’t want to seem …
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