Podcast feedCamden Newscast, January 2014
Louise Morris returns with her second international news bulletin reporting on Spain’s recent proposal to further change abortion laws and Latin America’s restrictive abortion laws. On Uganda’s homosexuality bill changes, as well as Russian Feminist protest group Pussy Riot’s recent release.
Camden is set to be one of the boroughs that is severely impacted by the HS2 high speed railway proposals, over 200 homes and the iconic Camden Lock bridge are under direct threat of demolition. Freddy Chick talks to Councillor Phil Jones and Martin Sheppard from the Pan-Camden HS2 Alliance about the impact to Camden’s residents and businesses.
WAC Arts celebrated their 35th birthday on the 8th December 2013 Lillie Almond went along to the celebrations and spoke to WAC Arts CEO Celia Greenwood and former students, including Ms Dynamite. Alumni of WAC include actresses Marianne Jean-Baptist, Sophie Okenedo, Musician Courtney Pine and of course Ms Dynamite.
Features Editor & Presenter: Sarah O’Brien
Features by: Louise Morris, Freddy Chick and Lillie Almond
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Women Media Professionals from around the world
Nine podcasts were made as part of the International Media Training Day for women, held in London on 25th & 26th April 2012 – organised by Frauen Solidaritaet and Central American Women’s Network, with Camden Community Radio.
Here 3 women media professionals talk about their work. Hazel Dewan from Puntos De Encuentro, in Nicaragua tells of a TV soap that marries comedy and love themes with tackling underlying social problems among young people. Spanish with English interpretation.
Beatrice from Spain explains the work of Young Women Rights (FMJ) to challenge gender based violence among teenage couples and a film they have made to raise issues
Pria from Jeeran talks about a film project to raise awareness on the taboo subject in the Asian community of preference for boys over girls, which leads, among other things to elective abortion of female pregnancies.
There are links to each of the other podcasts, links related to this podcast and links related to the training programme organisers.
- Rani on Jeena International
- Nbecco & Joanna
- Helga and Ishrat
- Yula Burin on the Feminist Library
- Rani Bilkhu, founder of Jeena International talks with Lisa Giessauf
- Betti interviews Thabisa Bobo, a Public Educator in South Africa
- Violence Against Women in Latin America
- Against criminalisation of emergency contraception in Honduras
- Puntos De Encuentro
- Jeena International
- Central American Womens Network
- Frauen Solidaritaet
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