Archive for November, 2010
Being called a war freak
Posted on November 25, 2010, by drini, under Gender Masala.
By Fuyuko Nishisato
Journalist and author
Shocked by sufferings of A-bomb survivors
I have been working in the field of TV journalism for nearly 30 years, mainly for Western television stations covering Japan. During my school education I had learned very little about World War ll and the human suffering caused from that war.
When I covered for the first time the A-bomb survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for a BBC Television documentary, I could not stay in the display room of Peace Memorial Museum much longer than 30 minutes. I felt like I was being suffocated when I faced to their stories and had to get out to take a deep breath. (more…)
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Infertility no longer a “choice” for women
Posted on November 22, 2010, by mercedes, under Gender Masala.
By Satoko Nagaoki, associate professor.
Reproduction rights, Gender and Women`s Studies
The Feminist International Network of Resistance to Reproductive and Genetic Engineering Resistance(Finrrage), was started in 1985 by a small group of women from all over the world. They made pregnancy a choice for women and I was invited as one of the participants. In 1991, I became one of the founding members of the Japanese organization。Our concept was to build a infertile women’s self-help group, name of “The friends of Finrrage”. (more…)
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Small energy projects empowers women at the grass-root level
Posted on November 9, 2010, by drini, under Gender Masala.
by Karuna D’Souza
Community Radio Trainer
Laya, Vanantharam
Addateegala, East Godavari District
Andhra Pradesh - 533 428
I was introduced to Climate Change in 1993. At that time I was 7 years old. Climate change meant that my mother would get to travel to different countries and return with something nice. She still travels to different countries following the Conference of Parties (COP) but now returns with information and valuable reports. And also of couse, something nice.
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