Women's Issues


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Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer
Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer
Kenneth Mack
May 4, 2012
00:50:34
Kenneth Mack discusses his book Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer.
Alison Bechdel: Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama
Alison Bechdel: Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama
Alison Bechdel
May 2, 2012
00:45:23
Memoirist and cartoonist Alison Bechdel discusses her new memoir, Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama. Alison Bechdel’s memoir about her father, Fun Home, was a pop culture and literary phenomenon. Now, she presents a second tale of filial sleuthery, this time about her mother.
Where Does Democracy Come From? Popular Uprising and Parliamentary Elections in Egypt
Where Does Democracy Come From? Popular Uprising and Parliamentary Elections in Egypt
Joel Beinin
January 22, 2012
01:06:00
Stanford University Middle East specialist Joel Beinin discusses the results of the Egyptian elections. What is their significance for the future of the Arab Spring movement in Eqypt? In the region?
Women, Empowerment, and Religion
Women, Empowerment, and Religion
Karen Beckwith
November 14, 2011
01:07:00
A panel discussion on the evolving role of women in culture and politics from a multi-religious perspective.
Ethics Matter: A Conversation with William Easterly
William Easterly
September 15, 2011
00:27:00
According to Bill Easterly, the best system for discovering new approaches is not to have one planner at the top trying to decide what will be the successful innovations; it's to have lots and lots of people at the bottom experimenting and finding their own innovations.
A Conversation with Microfinance Pioneer Susan Davis
Susan Davis
June 22, 2011
00:27:00
Microfinance started as a movement for social justice and women's equality and gave birth to an industry, says Susan Davis. This gave rise to scale, efficiency, and large numbers of people being served -- over 150 million of the world's poorest households.
They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children: The Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers
They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children: The Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers
Lt. Gen. Roméo A. Dallaire
May 25, 2011
00:27:00
The treatment of child soldiers is an ethical minefield. To the forces that use them, child soldiers are seen as weapons that are effective, cheap, and complete. How can the International community counter this, and end the use of child soldiers?
Beyond Good Intentions: The Promise & Peril of Citizen Engagement with Foreign Policy
Rebecca Hamilton
May 5, 2011
00:27:00
What were the accomplishments and failures of the U.S. grassroots movements that responded to the humanitarian crisis in Darfur and how do these lessons apply to grassroots movements in general?