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Tamil Tigers Aug 11, 2005

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Guest host Philip Gourevitch looks into the prospects for peace in Sri Lanka after the Tsunami on our weekly feature Underreported. He is joined by Dayan Jayatilleka, Sinhalese political scientist and newspaper columnist in Sri Lanka.

Real Live Aid Jul 07, 2005

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On today's Underreported, Leonard asks John Chiahemen, Reuters chief correspondent for Southern Africa, about poverty, debt reduction, and the real benefit of events like Live Aid and Live 8.

» Underreported series
Music: Kronos Quartet, Pieces of Africa, White Man Sleeps composed by Kevin Volans

Murder in Mexico Jun 02, 2005

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Almost 400 women have been killed in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua City since 1993. On today's Underreported feature, we’ll find out why it's likely that the killers remain free, while the killings continue and innocent people may be behind bars. We’ll hear from Laurie Freeman, Associate for Mexico and Security Policy at WOLA (Washington Office on Latin America), and Guadalupe Morfin, a federal commissioner appointed by Vicente Fox to investigate the killings. She has dismissed Chihuahua's previous investigation of the slayings as a facade and an apparent cover-up.

» Underreported series
Music:
“Tomorrow” by Amp

        Edit of “Poor Leno” by Royksopp

Reproductive Health May 26, 2005

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Refugees are forced to deal with many critical issues throughout the world. In today’s Underreported feature, we’ll examine some of the specific issues that refugee women are struggling with, including gender-based violence and grossly inadequate reproductive health care. Gertrude Garway, a former refugee from Liberia, tells us about her work to curb gender-based violence in West Africa. She’s joined by Sandra Krause, Director of the Reproductive Health Progam at the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children.

» Women's Commission website
» Underreported series
Music:
“Royksopp’s Night Out” by Royksopp

“Meta, Beta, Tarabeta” by Pangeia Instrumentos

Wage Gaps May 05, 2005

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Avis Jones-DeWeever, the Poverty, Welfare, and Income Security Study Director for the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, gives us an update on the earning gap between men and women, and how race further widens wage discrepancies. Women earn 76 cents for every dollar earned by the average American man. But African American women earn only 66 cents on the dollar, and Hispanic women earn 55 cents on the dollar.
» More on the Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Music:
Soundtrack to Erin Brockovich, music by Thomas Newman: "Useless" / "On the Plume"

Mental Health and Human Rights Apr 28, 2005

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In this week's Underreported feature, Eric Rosenthal, the founder and executive director of Mental Disability Rights International, talks about international approaches to mental health. In many places, the mentally ill endure horrible treatment and live in subhuman conditions, yet some feel that this is being overlooked by human rights organizations.
» More on Mental Disability Rights International
» More on Mental Disability Rights in Paraguay
Music: "Tomorrow" by Amp
"Resolution" by Thievery Corporation

Water Rights Apr 21, 2005

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The Hopi tribe in Arizona sits on top of an aquifer, with water so pure that it needs no treatment. The Hopi way of life depends on that water, but an energy company is currently draining the aquifer. On today’s Underreported feature, Vernon Masayesva, head of the Black Mesa Trust and former chairman of the Hopi tribe, and David Beckman, lawyer for the Natural Resources Defense Council, fill us in on the situation.
» More on Black Mesa Trust
» More on the NRDC
» The official website of the Hopi tribe
» More on the Peabody Energy Company
» More on the Hopi tribe's "Hopi to Mexico Run," a long-distance running project to educate Native and non-Native peoples about the importance of water
Music:
Axis and Alignment, Chicago Underground Duo: "Rotation"

Gay Rights in the Middle East Apr 14, 2005

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Scott Long, the LGBT director of Human Rights Watch, and Ramzi Zakharia, the webmaster and outreach director for GLAS (the Gay and Lesbian Arab Society), give us an update on the state of gay rights in the Middle East. In the past year, activists in Lebanon have launched a campaign to overturn a statute that makes homosexuality illegal, while Saudi Arabia recently raided a private party and arrested 100 men for allegedly engaging in homosexual conduct.
» More on LGBT issues and Human Rights Watch
» More on GLAS NYC
More resources on Gay Rights in the Middle East:
» More on Ahbab
» More on gaymiddleeast.com
» Nore on AIDS and repression of homosexuality in Egypt
Music:
"Tomorrow" by Amp / "Royksopp’s Night Out"

Child Soldiers Mar 31, 2005

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Leonard talks to Bukeni Tete Waruzi from Enfants Soldats, Jo Becker Children's Rights Advocacy Director for Human Rights Watch; and Hakima Abbas of Witness, an organization that trains human rights defenders to use video to document abuses.

» More about Witness
» More about the Coalition To Stop The Use of Child Soldiers
» More on Human Rights Watch
» More on the Underreported series
Music:
Track #5, "Meta, Beta, Tarabeta" by Pangeia Instrumentos and Track #4, "Royksopp's Night Out" by Royksopp

An Update on Haiti Mar 10, 2005

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On our latest edition of Underreported, Jocelyn McCalla, Executive Director of the National Coalition for Haitian Rights, joins us for an update on the political situation in Haiti one year after President Jean Bertrand-Aristide was ousted.

» More on the National Coalition for Haitian Rights

» More on our Underreported series
Music:
"Pole Tricks," Japancakeks

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