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WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service is an all-woman independent radio production company that produces and distributes news and current affairs programs by and about women around the world.
This week’s edition discusses how menstruation education and attempts to remedy “period poverty” are catching on around the world.
Featured Speakers:
SCOTLAND: Danielle Rowley, Scottish Labour Party member of the UK Parliament. INDIA: Abhijan Barua, Reporter, Asia Calling; SFX: Srishti Social Worker & Domestic Workers in Kolkata Slum; Shubhadra Kayal, a domestic worker (speaks in Bengali, with translation); Swapna Tripathi of women’s advocacy organisation Srishti; Shivany Swamy, of the Give Her 5 Campaign; Preeti Gaikward from the Watershed Organization Trust, Give Her 5s partner NGO. KENYA: Diana Wanyonyi, WINGS reporter; Charity Chahasi, a leader of Tunaweza group for women with disabilities (which makes the re-usable sanitary equipment for girls); Mary Kimeru, a teacher at North Gate Academy; Kwale County’s First Lady Christine Mvurya, who is also Kenya’s National Menstruation Hygiene Management Champion; Kenya’s First Lady, Margaret Kenyatta.
Credits:
Produced for WINGS by Diana Wanyonyi, with series producer Frieda Werden. Additional audio from Asia Calling. Scotland audio widely archived online – original source probably https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons
