Irene Fernandez (1946-2014) was a Malaysian human rights activist. She co-founded Tenaganita, a non-governmental organization...
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Lost Women of Science Revisiting the Pathologist in the Basement: Episode 2 The Matilda Effect
Our associate producer, Sophie McNulty, rummages through boxes in a Connecticut basement, looking for clues to Dorothy...
International Women’s Day 2024: ‘Invest in women: Accelerate progress’
In a world facing multiple crises that are putting immense pressure on communities, achieving gender equality is more vital than...
Workers: Emma Tenayuca
Emma Tenayuca (1916-1999) was a Mexican-American labor organizer and civil rights activist who led a wave of strikes by women...
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Workers: Maria Moreno
Maria Moreno (1920-1989) was a farmworker and labor union activist during the Farmworkers' Movement of the 1960s. She is the...
Workers: Sue Cowan Williams
Sue Cowan Williams (1910-1994) was a teacher in Little Rock, Arkansas, who filed and won a lawsuit to end pay discrimination...
In the Pacific coast of Colombia, guardians of the mangrove sow seeds of change
For multiple generations, women in the Pacific coast of Nariño have promoted sustainable harvesting and use of a native mollusk...
Workers: Florence Reece
Florence Reece (1900-1986) was a writer, musician, and poet who wrote about unions, coal miners’ rights, and her own lived...
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