How far have women come in the art world?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Lynn Hershman Leeson, director of the documentary !Women Art Revolution, which reveals how the Feminist Art Movement transformed the art and culture of our times. How have women artists changed the art scene in the United States? Join us live at 10 or send us and email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Who are your favorite women artists? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Lynn Hershman Leeson, an award-winning artist and filmmaker.

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What explains the increase in women prisoners in the US?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about why there are so many women behind bars today. A documentary film now in theaters, called Crime After Crime, shows one woman--Deborah Peagler--in her journey through a broken criminal justice system. Women today are incarcerated at 11 times the rate they were in 1977. What kind of policy reform could change this trend? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do poverty, abuse, and drugs factor into the imprisonment of women? Is it time to reform sentencing laws? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Joshua Safran, attorney for Deborah Peagler, featured in film, Crime After Crime

Deirdre Wilson, program director for the California Coalition of Women Prisoners

Bea Smith, former prisoner and friend of Deborah Peagler

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What does it take strike a balance between family and work?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with professor Joan Williams, author of Reshaping the Work-Family Debate: Why Men and Class Matter. She says the U.S. has the most family-hostile public policy in the developed world and in order to change policies, class and gender must become part of the national debate. What policies would you want to change? Join us live at 10 or send us email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do you balance work and family? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Joan Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Center for WorkLife Law at UC Hastings College of the Law

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What is the women's movement today and how did we get here?

On the next Your Call, we begin a two-part special about the state of the women's movement, how we got here, and where we're going. What were the feminists of the 70s fighting for? What gains have women made? And what have they lost? How do you measure progress for women? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. We'll have an intergenerational conversation. What can the older generation of women's rights activists teach to the younger generation? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Loretta Ross, national coordinator of SisterSong

Norma Swenson, professor of women and health at the Harvard School of Public Health and co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves

Mariam Saeed, student of political science at SF State University and intern with Your Call

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What Makes Women Prisoners Different?

What makes women prisoners different? California is home to the world's largest women's prison, and the women are the fastest growing segment of the prison population. Why are so many more women going to prison? What is the impact of women's imprisonment on our communities? And are the strategies for cutting women's prison populations different, too?

Join us live at 11 a.m. or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What makes women prisoners different? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Beverly Henry, longtime member of the California Coalition for Women Prisons and Justice Now, an advocacy organization for women prisoners, who was recently released from prison.

Hafsa Al-amin, development director for the California Coalition for Women Prisoners.

Victoria Law, author of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women.

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