Worldview

CDAW:
What It Would Do,
Why the U.S.
Has Not Ratified It
CDAW is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
Kim Slote, co-director of the Women's Rights Network at the Wellesley Centers for Women

Striking For Women's Economic Recognition: International Wages For Housework Campaign
Phoebe Jones Schellenberg, co-director of the International Wages for Housework Campaign in Philadelphia
Global Women's Strike Web Site

"Uphill Battles": Machismo on Nicaraguan Society
Centuries of machismo continue to exert a strong influence on Nicaraguan society. Women are regarded as inferior, and domestic violence is rampant. Homosexuality is illegal, and gays and lesbians are struggling to create a space for themselves in society. Radio Netherlands's Eric Beauchemin investigates.

Homophobia in Africa
South African Neville Hoad,
Harper-Schmidt Fellow in the Humanities Division at the
University of Chicago

Culture and Sexual Norms
[Audio] *
Originally Broadcast Wednesday, March 8, 2000
Nonconsensual Sex in Marriage
Purna Sen of the organization CHANGE, an international women's human rights organization in London

Women's Health and Reproductive Rights in Zimbabwe
Priscilla Mishihairabwi, a woman's rights activist from Zimbabwe

The Impact of Globalization on Sexual Norms
Dennis Altman, professor of Politics at LaTrobe University in Australia

Women and Islam [Audio] *
Originally Broadcast Thursday, March 9, 2000
The Varieties of Islamic Feminism
Most people do not think of Islam as encouraging the rights of women, but in her travels throughout the Middle East, Elizabeth Warnock Fernea encountered a broad variety of women's organizations. Fernea, author of In Search of Islamic Feminism: One Woman's Global Journey, discusses how feminism can take many forms and often is compatible with Islamic culture.

Honor the Netherlands
In the Netherlands there are over half a million residents of Turkish or Morrocan origin. Many of these residents find that the values and traditions of their home culutre clash with what their host culture considers to be progressive. Radio Netherlands's Helene Michaud reports on the clashes immigrant women feel between two cultures.

Hijab as Symbol: Muslim Women in American University
In American universities, even American-born Muslim women face challenges trying to find a space within the university community and dealing with the assumptions many in that community make. Worldview producer Andrea Wenzel reports.

Women in Armed Conflict
and Its Aftermath [Audio] *
Originally Broadcast Friday, March 10, 2000
Violence Against Women in Sierra Leone: The Memories Should Be Their Punishment"
How do you recover from the experience of violence and violation? During Sierra Leone's civil war, many thousands of girls and young women have been abducted and subjected to systematic, organized sexual violence. Eric Beuchemin of Radio Netherlands listens to the stories of some of the girls and hears from the dedicated people trying to help them with their pain and trauma.

Rape Stigma in Kosovo
New evidence shows that rape was used on a widespread and organized basis throught the war. Radio Netherlands's Nicholas Wood investigates the efforts taken to help these traumatized women.

The Role of Rwandan Women in Reconstructing Peace
Heather Hamilton in Washington, D.C.

Women Constructing Peace:
Getting More Women Involved in
International Politics [Audio] *
Originally Broadcast Monday, March 13, 2000
Women's Role in Building Peace
Eugenia Piza-Lopez, head of Policy and Advocacy at International Alert and director of "Women Building Peace: From the Village Council to the Negotiating Table" Campaign

Indigenous Women's Cooperative
How one group of women in Chiapas, Mexico, have taken an active part in the struggle for indigenous rights.

Women and Political Participation Around the Globe
Pippa Norris, associate director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy and lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University