WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service
WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service
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Weekly half-hour radio program by and about women around the world. Series producer, Frieda Werden Listen to recent shows here: https://wingsradio.org/wordpress/ This Bluesky profile collects links from a wide range of sources
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Machado announced her arrival on social media, writing "I am here. With you." www.npr.org/2026/10/25/n...
A new study from AARP shows caregivers' out-of-pocket costs rose about 60% in the last five years. www.npr.org/2026/10/28/n...
Some people say colonialism is the source of introducing misogyny into countries' indigenous cultures. This woman thinks it is something about men's brains. I dunno... www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPMO...
These 2 authors unpack their new book, End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World. "The Interview" is a production of The New York Times. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GDK...
SDG stands for the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g...
At the UN, plans for a global coalition to attack LGBTQ+ and reproductive rights globalvoices.org/2026/10/17/a...
Global Voices · How a civic tech platform is helping women in Serbia get home safely globalvoices.org/2026/10/20/h...
Colombia, South America, was visited by international lawyers in summer 2026. They traveled to different regions of the country to evaluate the human rights situation. This report has an English version you can choose. Good pictures, too. www.colombiainforma.info/catatumbo-ca...
Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, who coined the term intersectionality, spoke to nongovernmental participants at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, about her new memoir, Backtalker, and how her experiences shaped a new way of looking at the world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnCx...
A man writes: What If There Isn't a Male Loneliness Epidemic? Perhaps women finally being free to judge men on what we actually add to their lives is exposing something we have been able to avoid for generations. jamesdakin.substack.com/p/what-if-th...
"It was about schools, and I want that on the record before anything else, as the rest of this piece is about how it’s been distorted since." liamrondi.com/p/heres-what...
Xcrpt: "Like most who have spoken out, I believe trans people are entitled to dignity and protection from discrimination. So are women and children. Where their claims conflict, the solution must be negotiated, not imposed by intimidation and expulsions." clivehamilton1.substack.com/p/my-trans-f...
Despite the massive cancellation movement against her, Rowling denies being transphobic but says that where trans rights and women's rights conflict there need to be fair resolutions. www.ctvnews.ca/entertainmen...
A $5,000 cheque to every adult in America costs about $1.3 trillion. Trump said tariffs will pay for it. Net tariff revenue 2025 was $264 billion. Supreme Court tossed a chunk of tariffs this year, so the government has been refunding more than it collects deanblundell.substack.com/p/video-trum...
Canadian Union of Public Employees hold their first Saskatchewan women's conference cupe.ca/news/first-c...
Canadian feminist activist's obituary: www.ethicaldeathcare.com/obits/mitche...
Female politicians targeted also by rape threats. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Register at this link to watch it live. (A recording will likely be on that site at some point after the event, along with more than 100 other Salons.) www.maternalgifteconomymovement.org
Some Members of Parliament are moving to restrict gambling ads in Canada, amid mounting evidence of harm. MP Bardish Chagger is a co-sponsor of the bill. The standing committee on Canadian heritage is set to vote on the bill in late October. www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
The difference between the US political parties on whether rape of minors matters is rather stark: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Lewis leads Canada's New Democratic Party. He is Jewish, and reflected on the Day of Atonement that he had not done enough towards stopping genocide in Gaza. A published response suggested an obscure Jewish law meant Avi should be killed for his opinion. No retraction. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Group says the majority of Catholics are pro-choice; the hierarchy won't admit it. 68% of US Catholics did not want to see Roe v. Wade overturned. And only 1 in 10 Catholics is aligned with the bishops' total anti-abortion stance. www.catholicsforchoice.org/did-you-know-busting-abortion-stigma/