World Women’s Congress for a Healthy Planet
The World Women’s Congress for a Healthy Planet, in Miami Florida, Nov. 8-12, 1991
Recorded by Let the People Speak, a project of the Foundation for a Compassionate Society.
More than 1500 women from over 80 countries assembled in Miami to discuss their vision of a healthy planet.
The congress was convened to assure the participation of women in the 1992 United Nations Conference on environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro Brazil in 1992. These are exerpts from 4 days of Women voicing their concerns for the future of the planet.
Dr. Rosina Wiltshire from Barbados
From DAWN (Development Alternatives for Women)
Wealth as hoarding and overconsumption
Marie Therese Danielsson, from French Polynesia, Tahiti
Environmental impact of Nuclear testing
Magda Renner – ACAO Democratic Feminina Gaucha
Amigos de terra Brazil. Demands for a healthy environment for children
Takiora Ingram – Cook Island Business and Professional Women’s Association
Concern about nuclear weapons testing by France with the support of the US
Louise Aitsi – Papua New Guinea Women’s Council
Social and environmental impact of non-traditional ways
Winona La Duke – Anishinabe Nation
Speaking against Free Trade Agreement
Carrie Dann – Clan Mother – Western Shohone Onondaga Nation
Fighting for the title of the Western Shoshone Land
Marylin Manibusan – Guam Senate Agana, Guam
Seeking self-determination for Guam
Vandana Shiva – Director, Research Foundation For Natural Resources, India
Dangers of genetic engineering of new plant forms
Ruth Letchte – World YWCA Energy environment, Fiji
Climate Changes and Global Warming
Sissy Farenthold – Chair Institute for Policy Studies, Washington D.C.
Pollution by the US military and Free trade
Mal Johnson – Media Linx, Washington, DC
Training women to utilize the Media
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