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Women, Property and Inheritance
Host: Welcome to our show. Today we’re going to discuss some important questions about women and inheritance. For example, what happens to a woman when her husband dies, and who becomes the rightful owner of her property? Is there anything a woman can do to ensure that she receives the property? To help us answer…
Improved cookstoves make life easier for women
Spot #1: Improved cookstoves will help Wangari Maathai protect the environment Host: In October 2004, environmental and political activist Wangari Maathai of Kenya became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Maathai has worked hard alongside farmers and villagers to protect forests and plant millions of new trees in Kenya and all…
Making Something with Nothing: the Rubbish Garden
Program host: This is a story about how a group of women changed their lives using only what they had — though it seemed they had nothing at all. The story starts with Shirley Sifunda, a community outreach worker in Matsulu, a small village in South Africa. Shirley met with the village women to talk about…
Nutrition – Advice to an Expectant Mother
Characters Narrator: Program host Elizabeth: Young woman, recently married and moved to her husband’s village Mrs. Nyanga: Elizabeth’s mother Narrator: After walking all morning, Elizabeth has finally arrived at her mother’s village. This is the first time Elizabeth has visited her mother as a married woman. Elizabeth is eager to tell her mother, Mrs. Nyanga,…
Make Sure Tools and Workloads are Appropriate for Children
Characters Eric: ten years old Alike: seven years old Eric’s and Alike’s Mama MUSIC [fade in music; hold 5 secs; fade under] Host/Interviewer: Children all over the world work to help their families in ways that are not harmful. But millions of other children — some as young as five, work for long hours, often in…