1) Cecilia Tkaczyk speaks about winning a close New York State Senate election and her new committee appointments. 2) Anne Garrels reports on how pay inequity and lack of paid parental leave affects American families. 3) Cécille Pouilly tells UN Radio's Mamadou Alpha Diallo in Geneva that cases of women being brutalized and killed due to accusations of sorcery are a growing trend in Papua New Guinea to deprive them of land and property.
1) John Laurenson reports on how Lourdes, France has become a rallying point for Catholics around the world. 2) Tibet Connection producer Rebecca Novick and Dr. Robert Barnett, Director of the Modern Tibetan Studies Program at Columbia University, discuss protest self-immolations in Tibet. 3) Monica Perez Uribe reports the concerns of the communities in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico where the humanitarian organization Casas por Cristo works. 4) Gilles Malkine profiles ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti.
1) Pascaline Clerc, senior director for animal research issues at the Humane Society of the United States, talks about the EU's ban on products that use animal testing. 2) Naturopath Laurie Steelsmith talks about her book, "Great Health Through Natural Choices." 3) Correspondent Eli Chen profiles a Mom Meetup based in New York City, one of the many Meetup groups organized through the online social networking site, Meetup.com.
1) Christine Arylo talks about her book "Madly in Love With Me ? The Daring Adventure of Becoming Your Own Best Friend." 2) Toronto-based storyteller, Sage Tyrtle, recounts a young friendship. 3) Carla Goldstein, co-founder of the Omega Women's Leadership Center in Rhinebeck, NY, speaks about protesting violence against women with dance.
1) Sarah Crawford, Workplace Fairness Director, talks about a National Partnership for Women and Families commissioned study about wage inequality. 2) Filmmaker Jennifer Lee's new film, "Feminist: Stories from Women's Liberation," looks at the history and impact of the feminist movement. 3) Gilles Malkine tells a story of the kunoichi, a Japanese army of secretive female agents.
1) Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project, speaks about the transitions of global power between the US and other nations. 2) Tina Traster talks about her experience adopting a Russian child and views on Russia's ban on American adoption. 3) Sumayah Hodges talks about, "Sumayah Takes Flight," the social network campaign she started in effort to become the commencement speaker at her daughter's graduation.
1) Noel Carmichael, an American in Tanzania, reflects on her culture and its history. 2) Amy Mayer, of Harvest Public Media, reports on the world's grain and food supply. 3) AmyDiPierro, of War New Radio, reports on Iraqi Kurdistan's once rich agricultural economy shifting to oil exports. 4) Nadja Drost, of the World Vision Report, profiles Leiderman Ortiz Berrio, a Columbian journalist, whose life is threatened for reporting the news.
1) Journalist Rebecca Coffey discusses her book, "Murders Most Foul: And the School Shooters in Our Midst," a history of school shootings. 2) Joe DeCeault of WBEZ profiles Chicago police officer Julie Joyce, a specialist in crisis intervention. 3) Cindy Bishop, Director of Pupil Personnel Services, speaks about the Management Attention Program Special (MAPS) class in New York's Onteora School District, which supports children with emotional and mental health disorders.
1) Dr. Heidi Cullen, Chief climatologist of Climate Central, speaks about climate change. 2) Nancy Barton from Prattsville, New York describes the effects of Hurricane Irene on her town in the Catskills Mountain. 3) Pennsylvania resident Vera Scroggins and Dairy farmer Jennifer Huntington discuss pros and cons of hydraulic-fracturing. 4) Kim Gandy, Feminist Majority vice-president, speaks about women in politics and upper-management. 5) WNYC Radio and the Public Radio Exchange feature a profile of women boxers including, Claressa Shields.