imMEDIAte - Contributions for International Women's Day 2008

As one of the partners in the 'imMEDIAte' - Training Women in Media transnational Learning Partnership we have contributed programme material for International Women's Day 2008.

Click on the buttons and links below to listen. You can also follow the links to our partners' websites for more information and times of live programmes.

	International Women's Day at the Panjabi Centre in Southall and its community station Desi Radio. Rashmi Meswani talked to Amarjit Khera about the celebrations and events for International Women's Day and during the month of March. She began by asking her how the radio station gets involved.  Listen (3' 32")
	How important is International Women's Day in today's society?  Dharma Reddy is currently a student on a radio training course at Desi Radio in Southall. She asked some London women for their views. Listen (0' 46")
	What do women do when they are faced with demands both from outside the home and from within their family? Manjit Kaur Sahi is a student on a radio training course at Desi Radio. For International Women's Day she asked some Panjabi women what they would do if their husband faced them with the choice - would they stop, and perhaps be late for work, if he suddenly asked them to make some food for him? Listen (1' 34")
	Niru Desai is President of Harrow Women's Association.  A writer, poet, storyteller, educationist and community worker, she has a lot of passion for women’s issues. Rashmi Meswani met her - she began by asking her what inspired her to take up community service. Listen (3' 43")
	Three poems by women living in London: ~ 'Mother' by Annette Davis ~ 'Women in War' by Deborah Zucker-Boardman ~ 'May I Be Beautiful' by Nadine George Caesar (These poems were recorded as part of London Link Radio's project Community Radio Support for New Writers - click here for details and for more recordings.)
imMEDIAte Partners:
~	Orange 94.0 community radio station in Vienna, Austria
~	Nosotras en el Mundo/Area de la Mujer en Radio Vallekas: women's programmes on Radio Vallekas community radio station in Madrid, Spain
~	Frauenhetz - Feministische Bildung, Kultur und Politik: feminist education, culture and politics in Vienna, Austria

Click here for more information on the imMEDIAte partnership and its aims.
 
The audio on this website is hosted by London Link Radio using the Canstream service from the Community Media Association.

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