In America, women make up more than half the population.Worldwide, women are expected to outnumber men within the next fifty years.And every issue we face is one that effects us all.
Whether it’s the environment, health, our children, politics or the arts, there’s a women’s perspective, and 51% is a show dedicated to that viewpoint.
Host Susan Barnett talks to experts in their field for a wide-ranging, entertaining discussion of issues that not only fall into the traditional ‘women’s issues’ category, but topics that concern us all as human beings and citizens of the global community.
51%- The Women’s Perspective.It’s not just for women. 2009 Communicator Award: Best Issues Program
Tune to 51% weekly throughout the U. S. on public and community radio stations, some ABC Radio Network stations, Armed Forces Radio stations around the world and on the Internet.
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Susan Barnett, producer and host of 51%, is an award winning veteran journalist and writer whose career has included anchoring and producing television news, radio news, writing for magazines and authoring a weekly column for an online newspaper.She’s a published fiction writer and an aspiring hobo.Her other interests include painting vines and flowers on unsuspecting doors in her home, playing guitar below the level of human hearing and attempting to teach herself violin and theremin when she's not contemplating how to change the world.
She lives in Woodstock, NY.
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Comments? E-mail sbarnett@wamc.org. CD copies of the program are available upon request. Call 1-800-323-9262 for information.
51% partners with the National Science Foundation to produce radio features about Women in Science. Programs featured on the website include OUT- LOUD: Women's Voices In Science & Technology and THE TECH CLUB. All of the radio programming on the site can be used as a resource for anyone who wants to help girls and young women achieve the dream of working in science and technology.