Accent of Women

On today’s program, we look at the country, Rwanda. The period between April 7 and July 4 is known as Kwibuku – it means rememberance. This period marks the 100 days of genocide in 1994 where the Tutsis were targeted by the Hutus. This year is 29 years since the genocide, and Rwanda has been catapulted once again into the international spotlight because of the UK off-shore processing deal that was made with the Rwandan Government.Yet we know very little about the country, and very little about its people.  Concluding this week, I speak with Stephanie Kabanyana Kanyandekwe about Rwanda – the legacy of the genocide, how the country is healing, and what things are like today.

On today’s program, we look at the country, Rwanda. The period between April 7 and July 4 is known as Kwibuku – it means rememberance. This period marks the 100 days of genocide in 1994 where the Tutsis were targeted by the Hutus. This year is 29 years since the genocide, and Rwanda has been catapulted once again into the international spotlight because of the UK off-shore processing deal that was made with the Rwandan Government.Yet we know very little about the country, and very little about its people.  Over the next two shows, I will be speaking with Stephanie Kabanyana Kanyandekwe about Rwanda – the legacy of the genocide, how the country is healing, and what things are like today.

On today’s program, we welcome back Kamilia Al-Eriani, Yemeni activist and academic, to give us an update on the situation in Yemen

On today’s program, we look at women climate warriors across the world, and the work that they are doing in relation to fighting against the tide of environmental destruction, for the survival of the planet.

March 30 is commemorated as Land Day in Palestine – a commemoration for Arab citizens of Israel and Palestinians of the events of that date in 1976 in Israel. In 1976, in response to the Israeli government's announcement of a plan to expropriate thousands of dunams of land for state purposes, a general strike and marches were organized in Arab towns from the Galilee to the Negev.On today’s program, I speak with Palestinian, Noura Mansour, about Land Day in Palestine this year.

Today’s program is an interview between Frieda Afary – Iranian socialist feminist and librarian based in California, and Ella Rossman, a feminist from Russia, and a member of the co-ordinating group of feminist anti war resistance.

On today’s show, we look at the Nagaworld Casina dispute in Cambodia, where predominantly women workers have been on strike since December last year. My guest today is Sopheak Molika, a worker at Nagaworld, and she is being interpreted by Tephalin Ou, a unionist in Cambodia.

Today on Accent of Women, we look at IWD in the Philippines and how women there took, and are taking action for women’s liberation.

Happy International Women’s Day to all the listeners around Australia and around the world. To commemorate and celebrate the struggle of women for emancipation and working class solidarity, today a speech by Nawal Al Saadawi. Al Saadawi died in March last year so we’re coming up to her 1 year anniversary. This speech is called Creativity, Dissidence, and Women and was delivered five months after the start of the Egyptian revolution, in May 2011

Today’s show is about the heroic struggle of the Anganwadi women workers in India. The Anganwadi are pre and post natal workers – the equivalent of Australia’s midwives, early maternal healthcare nurses and early natal healthcare workers. Since the 70s, these workers have been asked to work as volunteers, and in 2017, they fought and won a long hard battle for recognition as workers. Now, 5 years later, they are fighting for increased wages and conditions.Jiselle Hanna had the opportunity to interview the President of this workers union is Shivani Kaur, and the only place I could get her was directly on the picketline. The internet connection is not great and there is a lot of background noise. But the story is too important not to broadcast and I ask listeners to persist through the quality in order to hear this important story.