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Judy Gerber's Report on El Salvador Judy Gerber's Report on El Salvador
Date: 3/29/1992Call Number: JG/ 112Format: Cass A & BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: slide show presentationCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Audio recording of a slide show presentation. Gerber describes the country two months after the Feb. 1st cease-fire, particularly in terms of women's conditions and rights. Issues of health care, land ownership, sexual and domestic abuse, single female heads of households, illiteracy, and women-as-property are addressed amid discussion of El Salvador's path to reconstruction.
"Noticiero Ahora" El Salvador elections "Noticiero Ahora" El Salvador elections
Call Number: CV 062Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPFAProgram: Noticiero AhoraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Chuy Varela interviews El Salvador elections observers Lynn Haug and Elaine Ellinson in 1994. They discuss the transition from civil war to the electoral process, and continued instances of voter fraud and intimidation. Verela also interviews UCLA professor Raul Hinojosa about the upcoming elections in Mexico and the assasination of Luis Donaldo Colosio. Much of the tape is an R&B mix.
New Voices: Health care and unions in El Salvador New Voices: Health care and unions in El Salvador
Call Number: CV 073Format: Cass A & BProgram: New VoicesCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Patrick Esmond White and Rosetta Robinson host public radio news program. One segment of interest addresses the lack of health care and unions in El Salvador.
Musica De El Salvador En Lucha 1980-1986 Musica De El Salvador En Lucha 1980-1986
Call Number: CV 075Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Tape of revolutionary music from El Salvador during the civil war. Music sung in Spanish.
La Guerra En El Golfo Persico La Guerra En El Golfo Persico
Date: 3/5/1991Call Number: CV 215Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Panel at Modern Times on the Persian Gulf War and Latin American perspectives. The panel is led by Argentinian economist Enrique Mario Asis and includes Edwin Rodriguez, director of the Centro para Refugiados Centroamericanos (CARECEN), Mexican author Sara Levi Calderon, and Guatemalan prfessor and novelist Arturo Arias. The panel discusses the US military-industrial complex and the impetus for war. Edwin Rodriquez discusses how war in the middle east impacts El Salvador. Levi Calderon discusses the role of the left and the mass media. Arias talks about the historical and political impact of US intervention role in undermining the regional sovereignty and the stability of Latin America.
Women in El Salvador Women in El Salvador
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: JG/ 119Format: Cass A & BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with members of the El Salvadorian Women's Social Movement on the post-war situation in El Salvador and its relation to women at work and at home. Because women are a majority in El Salvador, their participation in the processes of transition, democratization and social change in the country—after the signing of accords and leading up to the 1994 elections—is crucial.
El Salvador and La Intersectorial El Salvador and La Intersectorial
Call Number: JG/ 122Format: Cass A & BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
An interview with members of El Intersectorial, a coalition of 13 social justice organizations including farmers, students, professors and women in El Salvador working towards peace through intersectional organizing.
Maria Morales Speech Maria Morales Speech
Date: 3/2/1993Call Number: LA 202Format: Cass A & BCollection: El Salvador
Maria Morales speaks on women’s issues and her role in founding the women’s movement in El Salvador. Morales provides an introduction to the political situation in El Salvador, details the living and social conditions of women in El Salvador, and discusses her own personal history. Morales touches on a variety of issues, specifically mentioning the lacks of laws governing women’s rights, women’s lack of access to education and the importance of women securing leadership positions in the upcoming elections. Her speech, given in Spanish and translated in English, is followed by a question and answer session.
Healthcare in Zonas de Control, El Salvador Healthcare in Zonas de Control, El Salvador
Date: 10/5/1991Call Number: LA 203Format: Cass A & BCollection: Struggles in Latin America
Clara Mendez and translator Rene Vallez are guest speakers at a discussion in Georgia; Mendez, a nurse in the “Zonas de Control” of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMNL), discusses the challenges of providing access to health care, preventative and curative methods of care, and health education to rural communities despite government repression.
International Women's Day 1984 Broadcast International Women's Day 1984 Broadcast
Call Number: KP 537Format: Cass A & BProducers: Peggy BrayCollection: General materials
This recording of a radio program from Peggy Bray broadcasted on KPFA and KFCF radio stations about the International Women's Day in March 1984. It includes songs performed by women about women's liberation from all over the world. It contains an interview with Joyce Sikhakhane concerning the conditions of South Africa at that time. It also contains an interview with two women from El Salvador about women's rights that cuts out at the end.