‘Mathabiso Mosala: 50 years of Fighting for Women’s Rights in Lesotho

Leila Hall Voices of Africa
For 50 years, 83 year-old ‘Mathabiso Mosala has been a leader of the Lesotho National Council of Women, a coalition of women’s organizations that has tirelessly advocated for women’s rights in Lesotho, including winning Lesotho’s 1995 ratification of the Convention of the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and the Lesotho government’s 2006 passage of the Legal Capacity of Married Person’s Act, which gave women the right to own and manage property.

Wonder Woman: Missing Link in Fight for Women’s Rights

Jill Lepore w/Timothy Shenk Dissent Magazine
Dissent contributor Timothy Shenk interviews noted historian Jill Lepore about her new book The Secret History of Wonder Woman. The book reveals that Wonder Woman, which launched in 1941, was actually inspired by the suffragist feminists and birth control activists of the 1910s and was later an inspiration for women who were involved in women’s liberation movement in the 1960s and the early ’70s. According to Lepore, Wonder Woman is a missing link.

UN Hosts World’s Largest Gathering of Women Activists

Thalif Deen Inter Press Service
From March 9-20 more than 8,600 representatives of some 1,100 non-governmental organizations will participate in United Nations’ 59th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Their primary mission is to evaluate the progress in implementing the 20-year Platform for Action adopted at the historic 1995 Conference on Women in Beijing. Women advocates charge progress in implementing the Action Plan has been slow and uneven and major obstacles remain.

Movie -- Merchants of Doubt

This movie lifts the curtain on a group of highly charismatic pundits-for-hire who present themselves as scientific authorities, but aim to spread maximum confusion about toxic chemicals, pharmaceuticals and climate change

The Ancient Ocean on Mars

New findings indicate that as much of 20 per cent of the surface Mars was once covered by an ancient ocean

School to Prison Pipeline

Metal detectors, police officers, handcuffs: is this an episode of Orange is the New Black, or an average day at a New York City public high school?

Friday Nite Videos -- March 6, 2015

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Common, John Legend - Glory. X: Malcolm's Final Years. Movie -- Merchants of Doubt. The Ancient Ocean on Mars. School to Prison Pipeline.

X: Malcolm's Final Years

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of his death, teleSUR re-examines the life and legacy of Malcolm X. Interviews include Angela Davis and Danny Glover. (Executive Producer Paul Jay)

Movie -- Merchants of Doubt

Inspired by the acclaimed book by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, Merchants of Doubt takes audiences on a satirically comedic, yet illuminating ride into the heart of conjuring American spin. Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the curtain on a secretive group of highly charismatic, silver- tongued pundits-for-hire who present themselves in the media as scientific authorities – yet have the contrary aim of spreading maximum confusion about well-studied public threats ranging from toxic chemicals to pharmaceuticals to climate change.

The Ancient Ocean on Mars

A team of researchers at Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center have used infrared telescopes on Earth to study water molecules in the Martian atmosphere. The findings indicate that as much of 20 per cent of the surface Mars was covered by an ancient ocean.