FM Mar 10: Abortion Access in Danger / Mexico Women’s Strike / Girls to Greatness

THIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen :: FIRST … the Rewire.news legal team – Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo, hosts of the popular Boom! Lawyered podcast – join us to update us on the SCOTUS hearings for June Medical Services v. Russo. This is the first abortion rights case the U.S. Supreme Court will decide following the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh.  The case represents a turning point in the abortion rights debate and could predict the future of abortion access in this country.
AND … Violence against women in Mexico is horrifying. 10 Women are murdered daily, 4 of them by their partner. In 2019 3,600 women and girls were killed. On Monday March 9th women went on strike across Mexico, and here in LA a #NiUnaMasNiUnaMenos group stood protesting outside the Mexican Consulate in solidarity with their sisters in Mexico, to hold our governments accountable. We talk to local organizer Lucy Castro.
THEN … Cherise Charleswell talks to Betty LaMarr, Founder/CEO of EmpowHer Institute. EmpowHer focuses on the eradication of the dropout epidemic among Los Angeles high school students. And Betty tells us about this inspiring organization and their upcoming Girls To Greatness Teen Summit: Empowered To Lead.

 

All this on Tues at 2 on KPFK.
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This week’s program was produced by Lynn Harris Ballen

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