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WMC Women Under Siege
October 26, 2020 | Sara Cincurova | Gender-based violence, Immigration, International, Violence against women
Pregnant Women Are Still Crossing the Deadliest Migration Route in the World

The crises that compel refugees to attempt the dangerous journey to Europe haven't ended. Many, including pregnant women, continue to risk drowning, meeting violent pushbacks at sea and land borders, living in unsafe conditions in the camps, and facing racist violence and discrimination.

WMC Live
October 25, 2020 Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #329: The Peaceful Transition of Power. (Original Airdate 10/25/2020)
Special Panel: Former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, Forensic Psychiatrist and Violence Expert Dr. Bandy X. Lee, and Two-Star Major General Patricia “Trish” Rose (USAF, Ret.) on strategies and solutions.
WMC Women Under Siege
October 24, 2020 | Marjan Greenblatt | Gender-based violence, International, Misogyny, Violence against women
A New Movement Among Sexual Assault Survivors in Iran Challenges a Cycle of Violence

A new movement has sparked public discourse among Iranian women as they take to social media with their own #MeTooIran moments.

WMC IDAR/E
October 23, 2020 | Erica González Martínez | LGBTQIA
Some Latinas are not applauding the Pope's message on civil unions

The jury is still out on the impact of his comments on the Vatican, and at a time when Senate Republicans are pushing a conservative Catholic nominee.

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October 23, 2020 | Ashley Andreou | Health
Unpacking Toxic Masculinity in The Medical Field

Cultures of institutions are almost always a product of not just their founders, but those who carry on their legacies. In the United States, the medical profession was founded by white men, and today, most physicians are privileged white men.

WMC News & Features
October 22, 2020 | Marianne Schnall | Politics
Women Candidates Face More Obstacles — and the Pandemic Has Made It Worse

Campaigning during the pandemic has forced candidates to innovate and improvise.

WMC IDAR/E
October 22, 2020 | Gisele Castro | Girls
Young Latinas Behind Bars: An Alarming Trend We Must Reverse

There has been a 52% increase of Latinas incarcerated nationally

WMC News & Features
October 20, 2020 | Leila Hawkins | Health, International
UN Warns of Global Food Crisis — Women Especially Impacted

As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens food insecurity globally, community-based initiatives are stepping up.

WMC News & Features
October 15, 2020 | Angela Bonavoglia | Religion
Pro-Choice Religious Community Making Their Voices Heard

Pro-choice Christians have been sidelined by the vitriol of the Religious Right. But there are increasing calls for the pro-choice majority to make itself heard.

WMC IDAR/E
October 14, 2020 | Erica González Martínez | Free Speech
Under His Eye

New York State Senator Jessica Ramos and activists are pushing to restrict the NYPD's use of drones to surveil people at First Amendment protected gatherings.

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October 14, 2020 | Sehar Chowdhry | Girls
Why Indian Schools Need Better Sex Education

Sexist microaggressions perpetuated among peers also contribute to the prevalence of rape culture in Indian high schools.

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October 12, 2020 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Race/Ethnicity
Director Tiffany Frances Explores Asian American Identity in New Film ‘Hello From Taiwan’

The film centers on a Taiwanese American girl named Christy, who is struggling to process both her parents’ divorce and the new family dynamics that come with it.

WMC IDAR/E
October 12, 2020 | Cristina Verán | Immigration
Americans—In Every Sense of the Word

Our reclaimed pride in indigenous heritage is an opportunity for Latin American immigrants and U.S. First People to work as allies.

WMC Live
October 11, 2020 | Debora Spar | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #328: Big Tech & The Election. (Original Airdate 10/11/2020)
Robin confronts Facebook, Google, and their algorithms—is it hopeless? Special Guest: Debora L. Spar, author of "Work, Mate, Marry, Love: How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny."
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October 09, 2020 | Marcela Rodrigues-Sherley | Feminism, LGBTQIA
Meet the 20-Year-Old Queer Latina Fighting to Abolish ICE

Oquita's undocumented status has not stopped her from advocating for immigration justice and fighting to defund and eventually abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

WMC IDAR/E
October 09, 2020 | Erica González Martínez | Gender-based violence, Violence against women
Women in Puerto Rico are Dying

How many killings will it take for the government there to declare a state of emergency?

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October 08, 2020 | Regiane Folter | LGBTQIA
How Uruguay Is Leading on Trans Rights

To improve the U.S.’s policies on this front, their government can look to a perhaps surprising place for a model for how to better support trans citizens: Uruguay.

WMC News & Features
October 07, 2020 | Susan Buttenwieser | Violence against women
The ‘Triple Tsunami’ of COVID-19, Economic Collapse, and Domestic Violence

As the global pandemic enters its eighth month, the impact on those experiencing domestic violence has continued to intensify, and services are stretched to the limit.

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October 07, 2020 | Kadin Burnett | Media
Muslim Teen Actress Iman Vellani Is Cast as Ms. Marvel

Marvel Studios, one of the — if not the — most impressive names in the superheroine genre of entertainment, made headlines in recent years for their plans to add Ms. Marvel — a Pakistani-American, Muslim female superhero who first appeared in her own comic in 2014 — to their impressive roster of characters on screen.

WMC IDAR/E
October 06, 2020 | Dr. Griselda Rodriguez-Solomon aka Las Brujas de Brooklyn | Race/Ethnicity
The Latinx Othering of Blackness is Harming the Conversation on Race

If we continue to see ourselves outside of Blackness, we risk becoming the ball and chain of the anti racism movement.

WMC Live
October 04, 2020 Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #327: The Electoral College. (Original Airdate 10/4/2020)

Robin grapples with the truth about this college that’s not a college or a place. Special Guest: Esther “Little Dove” John, a “faithless elector,” on being inside the Electoral College.

WMC Women Under Siege
October 02, 2020 | Ninotchka Rosca | Gender-based violence, LGBTQIA, Violence against women
Me Love You No More: The Killing of Jennifer Laude, TransPinay

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's pardon of US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton in the killing of Jennifer Laude, a transPinay, in a hotel room in Olongapo reflects the country's historic subservience to US military interests.

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October 01, 2020 | Maddie Solomon | Politics
Mourning Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on September 18, so many women didn’t just mourn the loss of an amazing person, but also the loss of a historic fighter for gender equity.

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September 28, 2020 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Girls
This New Children’s Book Aims to Address Undercounting of Kids in the 2020 Census

Cravalho stars in a new video storytime session in which she reads WE COUNT! A 2020 Census Counting Book for Young Children (and the Grownups Who Love Them).

WMC IDAR/E
September 27, 2020 | Erica González Martínez | Politics
The Exclusion of Latina Moderators from Presidential Debates is a Tradition

Latinx journalists will continue to be left out if we don't change our tactics

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