Theme: violence against women. Janelle White from San Francisco Women Against Rape; Joy Duenas from Gabriela Network; Athena Colby, author of a study on human rights abuses in Haiti; A special report on the trial of eleven women from the Raging Grannies arrested in Philadelphia last July for attempting to enlist.
In recognition of International Human Rights Day on December 10, 2006 and a recent United Nations report on violence against women Kate Raphael interviews Janelle White from San Francisco Women Against Rape; Joy Duenas from the Gabriela Network focusing on issues affecting women in the Philippines and Asia Pacific and Athena Colby, author of a study on human rights abuses in Haiti about the recent U.N. study on violence against women. Later on in the show, Safi Wa Nairobi has a special report on the trial of eleven women from the Raging Grannies arrested in Philadelphia last July for attempting to enlist.