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Women Rising XV: World Health Activists
December 12, 2007
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Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world, fighting for peace, justice, the environment and civil society. In this program, we profile two activists facing the most difficult health and human rights issues of our time.
Prudence Mabele is a South African activist in the battle to contain HIV and raise awareness of the AIDS crisis. Mary Pipher is an American psychologist and author confronting the American Psychological Association about its cooperation with the U.S. government in the use of torture.
Featuring:
Mary Pipher, American psychologist, author and activist; Prudence Mabele, South African AIDS activist.
Senior Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Women Rising Producer: Lynn Feinerman
Women Rising Host: Sandina Robbins
Women Rising Sound Editor: Stephanie Welch
For more information:
Mary Pipher
Dr. Jim Pipher
3150 South 58th Street
Lincoln, NE 68506
402-484-5548
www.marypipher.net
Prudence Mabele
Positive Women's Network
PO BOX 1639
Saxonwold, South Africa 2130
www.pwn.org.za
Human Rights Watch
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10118-3299
212-290-4700
www.hrw.org
Physicians for Human Rights
Two Arrow Street, Suite 301
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-301-4200
Physicians for Human Rights
(Washington Office)
1156 15th Street, NW, Suite 1001
Washington, DC 20005
202-728-5335
phrusa@phrusa.org
www.phrusa.org
Amnesty International
5 Penn Plaza - 14th floor
New York, NY 10001
212-807-8400
www.amnestyusa.org
www.amnesty.org
Africa Alive!
PO Box 16258
Nairobi, Kenya
254-20-4441499
africaalivek@wananchi.com, afalivek@yahoo.com
www.africaalive.org
Hope Cape Town Trust
PO Box 19145
Tygerberg, South Africa
www.h-o-p-e.net