Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) founder and President Mahnaz Afkhami speaks with host Lili Sadr of Voice of America's Zan-e Emrooz (Today's Woman) about the evolution of the global women's movement through grassroots mobilization and technological innovation, and the role of WLP in spreading ideas, knowledge, and curricula for activists.
Host Carol Pearson, Mahnaz Afkhami, and callers from around the world have a wide-ranging discussion on the global status of women in the 50 years since the passing of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
On the occasion of International Women's Day (March 8, 2006), WLP President and founder Mahnaz Afkhami speaks with Voice of America's Ahmadreza Baharloo on the current status of women globally and the strategies and impediments to achieving rights and equality.