Modern warfare kills and injures many more civilians than soldiers--and female civilians are especially hard hit. Filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson discusses rape as a war tactic in Congo. Then Ynar Mohammed speaks of the violence against and oppression of women in Iraq ever since the U.S. invasion and overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Plus some commentary by KD and a song by Bonnie Raitt.
This installment is a replay of one of New World Notes first broadcasts, #16, from June 2008. With a new introduction by KD.
Thanks to Mike McCormick & "Mind Over Matters" for the Jackson talk, and thanks to democracynow.org for the Ynar Mohammed interview. I have edited and condensed both.
New World Notes is produced under the auspices (Latin for "radar") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.
You can download this installment of New World Notes also from The Internet Archive (www.archive.org). The Program Information page at archive.org is here: https://archive.org/details/NewWorldNotes370-WomenWarAndViolence . To download from that page, right-click on one of the two links ("40.3 MB" or "13.4 MB") under the column heading "VBR MP3." The page also has players for online listening.
More details, photos, nice links, & other good stuff on the show's Web site: http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com
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