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WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service
and some women who made it happen
Weekly Program
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Jan. 18, 2026, midnight
Documentary about early recycling initiatives led by women; the 3 primary categories of waste to be segregated; a history of caste discrimination around waste disposal; and the new recycling law in Bangalore, which required additional household labour. Guests: Indu Ramesh, retired public radio broadcaster, champion of waste segregation; Savita Hiremath, blogger and entrepreneur working in waste management; Dr. Sowmya Raghavan, volunteer, waste management activist; housekeepers Shanti, Sathya, amd Rathnamma.
Producers/hosts Smita Ramanathan and Manju Venkat; editing, Manju and Varun Venkat; series editor, Frieda Werden.
WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service was founded in 1986 to keep women around the world in the news on community radio stations following the UN Decade for Women. Contact: wings@wings.org

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00:28:46 1 Jan. 18, 2026
Bangalore, India; BC, Canada
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