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Albany, NY – When Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a whole generation suddenly wanted to become astronauts. Today, Allison Dunne speaks with a woman whose fascination with space has led her to a career that combines science and writing.
This is part of our series called, "ACCESS TO ADVANCEMENT: An Audio Exploration of the National Effort to Increase the Role of Women with Disabilities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics."
51%'s Allison Dunne reports.
9:27 Space Camp
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In the West African country of Liberia, reliable news can be hard to come by. Radio and TV stations were all but destroyed in that country's long civil war. Nearly half the population is illiterate. So people in the capitol of Monrovia have come to depend on an unusual method of news delivery, one that uses a blackboard, chalk and symbols for the illiterate. Prue Clarke of the World Vision Report has more.
6:35 Daily Talk
The role of women in agriculture has often been overlooked; they work alongside their husbands, but are seldom counted as an essential part of a farm's success. The UN Commission on Sustainable Development this year met to focus on themes that included sustainable consumption and production patterns. And Dianne Penn reports that one of the side events was a look at women's roles in family poultry farming in Ghana.
3:55 Ghana Poultry
That report comes to us from UN Radio.