Nobel laureate tells women, make spaces for ourselves in decision-making.

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Length: 0:28:47
Uploaded: 14 Nov, 2011

Recording Date: 14 Nov, 2011
Recording Location: Philo, California, USA, and Vancouver BC Canada
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Language: English
Topical for: Timeless
Status: Complete, Ready to Air
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WINGS #29-11 Leymah Gbowee, Feminist Peacemaker by Janie Rezner and WINGS is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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Program Title: WINGS #29-11 Leymah Gbowee, Feminist Peacemaker
Description: Shortly before she was announced as a Nobel Peace Laureate, Leymah Gbowee was on a book tour in the US. She gave Janie Rezner of Women's Voices a passionate and wide-ranging interview about herself, her children, and how women need to get over our socialization to stay out of politics and just support the men.

Host(s): Janie Rezner, of Women's Voices, KZYX-FM,
Featured Speakers/Guests: Leymah Gbowee [pronounced LAY–mah, BEAU-wee] led the movement of Liberian women to force a peace agreement, is featured in the film Pray the Devil Back to Hell, and authored the book Mighty Be Our Powers. She continues to work with women to make peace across the African continent and the world.

Credits: Interview by Janie Rezner, edited for WINGS by Bea Bernhausen, series editor Frieda Werden.

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