Perú: La Colera del Hambre
In today’s Peru, a country scourged by unemployment, political violence, and drug trafficking, the ability of the women to face the worsening societal and economic crisis is cause for admiration. This program looks at the noble efforts of city wom...
Guatemala Silenciada
Stratification of women in Guatemalan society is the subject of this program. It examines the submissiveness of upper-class women; a new emerging middle class who are defying tradition and cultural expectations to fight for their equal rights; and t...
Venezuela: Del Siglo 21 a la Prehistoria
In 1524, Venezuela was the first country with a woman ruler—on Margarita Island. Beginning there, this program traces the role of women in the nation’s profitable oil industry, and their struggle with oil companies to protect the environment. Th...
Brasil: Sacerdotistas, Sambistas y Mulatas de Brasil
This program discusses the lives of two groups of women—the women of northern Bahia and the mulattos of Rio de Janeiro—both descendants of African slaves. In Bahia, voodoo religious practices are revealed, as well as the problems of prostitution...
Virginia Woolf: A Room of One's Own
"A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." So spoke Virginia Woolf in 1929 as she discussed the problems of the writer and of women in general. Woolf’s talk represents perhaps the most persuasive of all her writing...
Nicaragua: Del Rojo al Violeta
This program follows the progress of women’s rights and equal employment from the Contra war through the term of former president Violeta Chamorro. A former Sandinista fighter who lost a foot laying mines for the Contras wants the government to gi...
Ecuador: La Mujer Indígena
Isolated in jungles, or crowded into large cities, Latin American Indians constitute the most exploited sector of society. This program traces the harsh life of indigenous women from several tribes, including the Otavalan, Puruha, and Quechua of Ecu...
Bolivia: La Coca, Alimento de los Pobres
The plight of women in this poverty-ridden nation is examined on varying social and economic levels. A congresswoman discusses her fight against cocaine production and use; a teacher struggles against government apathy toward education; a peasant wo...
Cuba: Las Hijas de Fidel
This program examines the pros and cons of Fidel Castro’s Cuban revolution through the eyes of women exiles in Miami and Castro supporters in Cuba. We hear from several women, including an avid anti-Castro exile and a Cuban television reporter, wh...
Puerto Rico: El Paraíso Invadido
This program examines the work of the resolute women of the Puerto Rican independence movement. The first woman mayor of San Juan, Felisa Rincon, discusses problems of delinquency and crime within the culture, and how women are contributing to a sol...