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In this video we are going to create an Expert Advisor to output buy or sell signals on your chart based on the WPR Indicator. This is the Williams' Percent Range Indicator, it's based on the last 100 candles and whenever the blue line here crosses one of the dotted lines, that will produce a buy or a sell signal, when it's below it's a buy signal, and when it's above the upper dotted line here, that would be a sell signal. Now how can we create an Expert Advisor that is able to output buy or sell signals for the Williams' Percent Range Indicator directly on your Forex chart? To do that please click the little button here or press F4 on your keyboard and now you should see the Metaeditor window, and here you want to click on “File/ New/ Expert Advisor (template)” from template. Continue. I will call this one: Simple WPR (SimpleWPR) for Williams' Percent Range. Click on continue, continue and finish. Now you can delete everything that is above the “OnTick” function here and please also delete the two comment lines. We will start with a variable for the signal – this is a string variable called signal – and so far, we will not assign any value because we are going to calculate the signal later. Now let's calculate the WPR value, we are doing it by using the “iWPR” function that comes with MQL4. It needs the current symbol on your chart, the selected time frame like 1 minute or 60-minute charts, this is the period for the calculation, we will use 100 candles here because when you right-click on the indicator and select properties, you will see that 100 candles are the period for the calculation in the default value. And the last parameter is for a shift value, we could use that to move the Indicator to the left or to the right, but we don't need to do that. We use “_Symbol” for the symbol on the chart, _Period for the selected period on the chart, this parameter is for our 100 candles and because we are not going to use any shift value the last parameter is zero. When the WPR value is below minus 80 – that would be the case when the blue line is below the dotted line here, that's the minus 80 mark – we want to create a buy signal, and here is how that is done with MQL4: if WPR value is below minus 80 we want to create a buy signal, so we assign the word: “buy” to our string variable with the name signal. In the other case if the WPR value is above minus 20 – that's whenever the blue line here crosses the upper dotted line – we want to create a sell signal. So, if WPR value is bigger than minus 20 we create a sell signal by assigning the word: “sell” to our signal variable. In the last step we are going to create a screen output by using the “comment” function and that will output the word WPR value followed by the calculated value. This will produce a new line and in the second line we want to have the text signal followed by our calculated signal. Please don't forget the closing bracket and when you are done you can click on the compile button here or press F7 on your keyboard. If you don't get any errors and no warnings here, you can click on a little button here or press F4 to go back to Metatrader. In Metatrader we are going to use a little trick, just click on “Insert /Indicators /Oscillators /Williams' Percent Range” and click on OK. Now your chart should look like this, and you want to right-click, select “Template /Save template” and save it as tester.tpl because this is the template the strategy tester is going to use for your back test. If you are ready, please click on select “View/ Strategy Tester” or press CTRL and R. Now you should see the Strategy Tester panel here and you want to select the file: “SimpleWPR.

  In this video, we want to create an Expert Advisor entry signal for this little Oscillator here. This is the volumes percent range oscillator. So let's see how we we can create an entry module for our Platin System with MQL4. The Williams Percent Range Indicator is actually an oscillator signal, therefore it will be shown in a separate oscillator window below the candle chart. To create an entry signal for our Platin System we need to create a file called CheckEntry_WPR.mq4 in the same directory as our other files.   Actually you can use this entry signal file also for your own, self coded system or for the RobotTradingSystem. The file has one function called CheckEntry and we use it to calculate the signal for our main module. To do that, we create a string variable called signal but we are not going to assign a value right away, because that will be calculated in the following steps. MQL4 comes with an included function for that calculation and the name of the function is iWPR. It needs a few parameters that we have to pass. The first parameter is for the current symbol on the chart.   The second one is for the currently selected period on that chart. The third parameter is used for the number of candles that we are using to calculate our result. And the last parameter is for a shift value. We don't need that, so we set it to 0. If you open an empty chart in Metatrader and click on Insert, Indicators, Oscillators and pick the Williams Percent Range oscillator, you will see that the default value for the period is also 14. Please confirm that setting with Okay, right click into the chart and save the template as tester.tpl. Tester.tpl is the template that is used in the strategy tester to actually see the entry signal. But back to the entry signal module.   Now that we have calculated the WPR value, we can check if the value is below -80. If this is the case, we consider that to be a buy signal, so we assign the word buy to our signal. In the other case, if the signal is below -20, that would mean we have a sell signal and then we assign the word sell to our signal. Finally we use the return statement to return the signal to our main module. Please save the file for the entry signal, but you don't need to compile it. It will be compiled with the main module when you have changed the entry signal there. To do that, please open the main module, and modify the include statement for your entry signal below the import section.   You can outcomment your current module with two slashes. It will then become gray. Please enable the toolbar and click on the compile button to compile the main module and your entry signal at once. You shouldn't get any errors. If you have errors, please go to our website and check the shop for precompiled source codes. Okay. By now, you should have a working Williams Percent Range indicator entry file that you can use in the Platinum system.   Or you can use it in your own system. If you have any problems, please check out our website. Maybe even the premium course might be interesting for you. For now, I say thank you for listening, and I will see you in the next video. Not sure what to do? Click on the automated trading assistant below

    In this video we are going to create an Expert Advisor entry for the PlatIn System. But you can use it in your own system. And there’s also a demo version available for download. This is the the Oscillator that we are going to use. It’s called the Williams Percent Range. So let’s find out how to do that with MQL5.   The Williams percent range indicator is actually an Oscillator therefore it will be shown in a separate window below the candle chart. To use it. We create a separate MQ five file inside of the directory where the other files of the platinum system are located. The name of the file is checkentry WPR MQ five and it contains a single function that is called checkentry. This function calculates the buy and sell signals for our system. We start with a string variable called signal. But we don’t assign a value right away as we are going to calculate that later on in the next step we create an array we use the data type double as this data type can also be used with floating point values. Afterwards we create a definition for WPR signal by using the function IWPR that comes with MQL five. And we want to do that for the current symbol on the chart and the currently selected period on that chart. The last parameter is the number of candles that we want the calculation to be based on. When you open a MetaTrader chart and click on insert indicators oscillators Williams percent range. This is the value that you will also see as a standard value for the period.   But let’s continue with the entry module. Here we array set as series for our WPR array to sort it from the current candle downwards. Afterwards we can fill our WPR according to the definition that we have done above. We do it for buffer zero starting from candle zero for three candles and store the values in our price array that makes it possible to calculate the current WPR value by looking at candle zero in our array with normalized double. We make sure to format the output with two digits behind the dot as this is how the value also looks like when you add the oscillator manually to your chart now let’s continue with the calculation for the signal if the WPR value is below -80 and bigger than -100 we consider that to be a buying signal so we assign the word by to our signal variable in the other case if the WPR value is above -20 and below zero we would consider that to be a cell signal so that is when we want to assign the word cell to our signal. Finally, we return the signal to our main module by using the return function now please save the file.   You don’t need to compile the entry module as it will be compiled automatically when you include it in your main file. Changing an entry signal is easy to do with the Platinum system. Actually, you can also use the entry modules you create in your own system. All you need to do is to use the Include function in your main module. Entry signals are enabled or disabled with two slashes that will outcome at the entry signals that you don’t want to use and they will appear in gray color. To include an entry signal, you can use the Include command for the MQ five entry signal file. It is not required to compile the entry files as they will be compiled with the main module you use to include them. To compile the main file of your trading system and the entry file, just enable the toolbar and click on the compile button. You can also press the f seven key on your keyboard. The compilation process should work without any errors. If you have errors, or if you don’t want to type everything yourself, please visit our website and look for the shop as most of our source code files are available there.   There you will also find the premium course and other useful resources for automated trading.   Okay, so far so good. We have changed our entry signal for the Platin System, and if you don’t know how to start a strategy test, or if all that was too much, you might want to watch one of the other videos. Or maybe even the premium course on our website might be interesting for you. But in this little video, you have learned how to create a WPR entry signal and you have done it with a few lines of MQL5 code.   Not sure what to do? Click on the automated trading assistant below MQL5 TUTORIAL BASICS - 49 SIMPLE WILLIAMS PERCENT RANGE EA MQL5 TUTORIAL - PLATIN SYSTEM - ADVANCED MOVING AVERAGE… MQL5 TUTORIAL - HOW TO GET THE 1000 PLATIN SYSTEM FOR FREE MQL5TUTORIAL - HOW TO GET ADVANCED STATISTICS FOR 3 LIVE… MQL5 TUTORIAL BASICS - 125 SIMPLE ATR SELL TRAILING STOP The post MQL5 TUTORIAL – PLATIN SYSTEM – WILLIAMS PERCENT RANGE ENTRY SIGNAL appeared first on MQL5 Tutorial.

With the pandemic limiting travel, we are bringing the Power Plus Summit 2022 to you!  Join the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) @IWPResearch for the Power Plus Summit 2022 and hear special guests on the Breaking Through Show the week!  *Find out more (and get involved) at: PowerPlus2022.com  

With the pandemic limiting travel, we are bringing the Power Plus Summit 2022 to you! Join the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) @IWPResearch for the Power Plus Summit 2022 and hear special guests on the Breaking Through Show the week! *Find out more (and get involved) at: PowerPlus2022.com

On the radio show this week we get a glimpse into the Power+ Summit with the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) and hear from Dr. C. Nicole Mason, President and CEO of IWPR, @IWPResearch; as well as Eve Rodsky, New York Times best-selling author of Fair Play, @eve_rodsky, and, Reshma Saujani, Founder, Girls Who Code and Marshall Plan for Moms, @reshmasaujani. We close the show with one of our favorite segments with Monifa Bandele about the victory of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, MomsRising, @MomsRising.

On the radio show this week we get a glimpse into the Power+ Summit with the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) and hear from Dr. C. Nicole Mason, President and CEO of IWPR, @IWPResearch; as well as Eve Rodsky, New York Times best-selling author of Fair Play, @eve_rodsky, and, Reshma Saujani, Founder, Girls Who Code and Marshall Plan for Moms, @reshmasaujani. We close the show with one of our favorite segments with Monifa Bandele about the victory of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, MomsRising, @MomsRising.

The Civil Rights movement opened up new work opportunities for Black workers. But, decades later, African-Americans work disproportionately in low-wage jobs and are overrepresented in the jobs at highest risk of vanishing because of workplace automation. White workers, meanwhile, are 50 percent more likely to hold “future proof” jobs. These are the kind of jobs that build often on education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. And for those Black workers who do find a path to “future proof” jobs in health care or tech, the reward often includes a hostile work environment. And that's bad news for every American. One study found that eliminating racial inequality could boost the U.S. economy by as much as $2.3 trillion a year. What are we waiting for? Guests LeRon Barton, tech worker, author of two books, and essayist who has written “What It's Like to be a Black man in Tech” and other pieces for the Harvard Business Review. Nahsis Davis, a nurse and union member in Chicago. Adia Harvey Wingfield, author of Flatlining: Race, Work and Healthcare in the New Economy, and professor of sociology at Washington University in St. Louis. Resources What it's Like to be a Black Man in Tech, LeRon Barton, Harvard Business Review, 2021 Flatlining: Race, Work and Healthcare in the New Economy, Adia Harvey Wingfield. No More Invisible Man, Adia Harvey Wingfield. Race and the Work of the Future: Advancing Workforce Equity in the United States, PolicyLink, USC Dornsife, burning glass, National Fund for Workforce Solutions Why are Employment Rates so Low among Black men? Holzer, 2021 Digitalization, Automation & Older Black Women: Ensuring Equity in the Future of Work - Chandra Childers, IWPR, 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Civil Rights movement opened up new work opportunities for Black workers. But, decades later, African-Americans work disproportionately in low-wage jobs and are overrepresented in the jobs at highest risk of vanishing because of workplace automation. White workers, meanwhile, are 50 percent more likely to hold “future proof” jobs. These are the kind of jobs that build often on education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. And for those Black workers who do find a path to “future proof” jobs in health care or tech, the reward often includes a hostile work environment. And that's bad news for every American. One study found that eliminating racial inequality could boost the U.S. economy by as much as $2.3 trillion a year. What are we waiting for? Guests LeRon Barton, tech worker, author of two books, and essayist who has written “What It's Like to be a Black man in Tech” and other pieces for the Harvard Business Review. Nahsis Davis, a nurse and union member in Chicago. Adia Harvey Wingfield, author of Flatlining: Race, Work and Healthcare in the New Economy, and professor of sociology at Washington University in St. Louis. Resources What it's Like to be a Black Man in Tech, LeRon Barton, Harvard Business Review, 2021 Flatlining: Race, Work and Healthcare in the New Economy, Adia Harvey Wingfield. No More Invisible Man, Adia Harvey Wingfield. Race and the Work of the Future: Advancing Workforce Equity in the United States, PolicyLink, USC Dornsife, burning glass, National Fund for Workforce Solutions Why are Employment Rates so Low among Black men? Holzer, 2021 Digitalization, Automation & Older Black Women: Ensuring Equity in the Future of Work - Chandra Childers, IWPR, 2019

The Spectator's contributing editor Paul Wood interviews Dr Fiona Hill of the Brookings Institution, who also served as a director within President Trump's national security council, where her brief focused on Europe and Russia. This conversation was a joint production with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Founded in 1991, IWPR is a non-profit organization that works with independent media and civil society to promote positive change in 30 countries around the world. IWPR has been working with media and civil society in Ukraine since 2016 and has local staff in Kyiv, Lviv, and Bila Tserkva, as well as contacts at more than 50 local media and civil society organizations. IWPR's Executive Director, Anthony Borden, has himself been leading coordination efforts in Ukraine and we are currently supporting local journalists through the Ukraine Voices initiative.

The Spectator's contributing editor Paul Wood interviews Dr Fiona Hill of the Brookings Institution, who also served as a director within President Trump's national security council, where her brief focused on Europe and Russia. This conversation was a joint production with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Founded in 1991, IWPR is a non-profit organisation that works with independent media and civil society to promote positive change in 30 countries around the world. IWPR has been working with media and civil society in Ukraine since 2016 and has local staff in Kyiv, Lviv, and Bila Tserkva, as well as contacts at more than 50 local media and civil society organisations. IWPR's Executive Director, Anthony Borden, has himself been leading coordination efforts in Ukraine and the organisation is currently supporting local journalists through the Ukraine Voices initiative.

"Young girl, you'll be a woman soon, and then have a job where you're paid only 88 cents to the dollar of a man" or however the song goes. Women in the United States earn less money than men and strictly because we're women, and though Equal Pay Day has come and gone, equal pay is not a thing in the United States and many factors inform this injustice. And who has it worse than anyone? Well, join me as I deep dive into the US gender wage gap and find out the dirty details of this American injustice; learn why equal pay is a dream, a wish your heart makes, cause at the rate we're going we shall not see it in reality. Works cited and used: Wikipedia entry "Equal Pay Act of 1963"; WAPT 16 ABC "Mississippi Black Women's Roundtable calling for equal pay law" online article February 8, 2022; National Partnership for Women and Families press statement, April 11, 2016, "The Gender Wage Gap Costs America's Women Nearly $500 Billion Per Year, New Equal Pay Day Study Finds" and Fact Sheet of March 2021 "Paid Leave Will Help Close the Gender Wage Gap"; WH.Gov "Fact Sheet: National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality," issued on October 22, 2021; IWPR.org policy brief issued March 2021 "The Gender Wage Gap by Occupation, Race and Ethnicity 2020"; Marc Benioff for Time Magazine "Thank you, Lilly Ledbetter" published April 12, 2016; Anne Branigan for the Washington Post, "Equal Pay Day falls earlier this year. Here's what to know" published March 15, 2022; Kristin Roe-Finkbeiner for Time Magazine, "This Equal Pay Day, let's smash the maternal wall" published March 15, 2022; and Center for American Progress, “Women of Color and the Wage Gap," published on November 17, 2021; --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On 25 July 2021 Tunisian President Kais Saied dismissed the government and suspended parliament, subsequently employing the army and security forces around government buildings to thwart any opposition to his power grab. How did Tunisia – long hailed as a democratic model in the region – reach such a stage? Who is President Saied and what does he plan on doing? What are his sources of power and support, both within Tunisia and internationally? And does his power grab mean the end of Tunisian democracy? This panel will tackle these questions and more. Youssef Cherif runs the Columbia Global Centers | Tunis, the North and West African research centre of Columbia University. He is a Tunis-based political analyst, member of Carnegie's Civic Activism Network, and a regular contributor to number of think-tanks (Carnegie, ISPI, IAI, IEMed, etc.). He consulted previously for IWPR, IACE, the United Nations, The Carter Center, and the Tunisian Institute for Strategic Studies (ITES). He comments on North African affairs for several media outlets, including Al Jazeera, BBC, DW, France 24, among others. He holds a Chevening Master of Arts in International Relations from the Dept. of War Studies of King's College London, and a Fulbright Master of Arts in Classical Studies from Columbia University. Youssef is the editor of the book The Modern Arab State: A Decade of Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2021. Dr Anne Wolf is a Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford, where she teaches Authoritarian Politics. She holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford (St Antony's College) and an MPhil in Politics and International Relations from the University of Cambridge (Clare College), where she was previously the Margaret Smith Research Fellow in Politics and International Relations (Girton College). Her 2017 book Political Islam in Tunisia: The History of Ennahda, published by Oxford University Press, won the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title. Her second book, Ben Ali's Tunisia: Power and Contention in an Authoritarian Regime is forthcoming with OUP. Wolf has published numerous journal articles on Authoritarian Politics in the Arab world. She is an Associate Editor at the Journal of North African Studies and a Senior Research Fellow at the Project of Middle East Democracy.

In this episode, Alice interviews journalists Margaux Benn and Noorrahman Rahmani, about their experiences of war and peace reporting in Afghanistan. Noorrahman comes from Afghanistan, and he has spent much of the last fifteen years working for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), first as a linguistic, then as a press monitor, and more recently as the IWPR's Country Director in Afghanistan, managing their extensive work programmes there. Margaux is a freelance journalist who has worked for Agence-France-Press, France 24, Le Figaro and the New York Times, among other media organisations. Her career has taken her to Sudan, Kenya, the Central African Republic and Cyprus – but for the past four years she has been living and working in Afghanistan. Together, they reflect on the complex relationship between conflict and journalism, and on the challenges that journalists have faced in Afghanistan, both before and after the Taliban retook control in August 2021. Noor discusses how the media scene in Afghanistan has changed over the past twenty years, with hundreds of radio stations and TV channels emerging, sponsored by a wide range of organisations. He also details some of the vital work that the IWPR has done in training local journalists (women and men) in developing professional networks across the country and in reaching parts of Afghanistan that foreign journalists often struggle to get to. He explains what a difference it can make to a local community to have their voices heard, drawing international attention or government aid to the region. As Noor points out, journalism has been difficult and dangerous for decades in Afghanistan, but all the more so now that the Taliban are back in power. Despite the challenges, Noor hopes that journalists on the ground will find new ways to engage with the Taliban, and he stresses the importance of peace reporting: that is, journalism that critically explores the drivers of conflict, that empowers local communities to make their voices heard, and that promotes conflict resolution between different groups. Margaux discusses her experiences as a foreign journalist in conflict zones, and compares it with that of local journalists who often run even greater risks while struggling to make ends meet. She reflects on the different biases that different sections of the international press can have when reporting on conflicts outside their region, reminding us that international news stories are often driven more by outside perceptions of history than by what is really happening on the ground. She also discusses the different impact which long-form articles, documentaries, radio and podcasts can have, in comparison with breaking news and short-form media, and this gets her talking about the power of different kinds of storytelling. Margaux underlines the importance of contextualising conflict, not just reporting on combat itself, and she gives us a flavour of how wide-ranging 'war reporting' can be in looking at many different causes and consequences of conflict. For her, it is vital that we visualise war through individual people's stories and experiences. Between them Noor and Margaux offer fascinating insights into the current state of media in Afghanistan and into war and peace reporting generally.We hope you enjoy the episode! For a version of our podcast with close captions, please use this link. For more information about individuals and their projects, please visit the University of St Andrews Visualising War website. Music composed by Jonathan YoungSound mixing by Zofia Guert

In this week's episode, Alice interviews Anthony Borden, Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Founded 30 years ago, the IWPR thinks globally but works locally, fostering grassroots journalism in many different parts of the world. Via training, mentoring and support on the ground, it empowers local journalists and civil society groups to tackle disinformation and to inform, educate and mobilise their own communities. Its mission is to 'give voice to people at the frontlines of conflict and transition to help them drive change'. Alice and Tony chat about the IWPR's history - how it came into being in the 1990s during the wars that followed the break-up of Yugoslavia, and then expanded in the aftermath of 9/11. They discuss how war and peace reporting has changed over the years, particularly with the advent of digital media and the rise of citizen journalism. Fake news and the increasing 'fog of war' makes accurate, reliable reporting more important than ever, but journalists operate in increasingly hostile environments, with the tracking of their digital 'footprints' often adding to physical threats on the ground. Tony explains what impact mentoring by experienced journalists can have in supporting journalists and activists who are working in challenging environments and in encouraging new voices to emerge. He reveals that Malala Yousafzai first started out as a trainee on the IWPR's Open Minds project, before becoming a trainer herself. As the episode goes on, he reflects on the vital role that good journalism can play, not only in reporting accurately on wars but in reducing the drivers of conflict.  As he puts it, the principles of good journalism - facts, balance, fairness and decency of tone - are foundational tools in conflict resolution. Among other questions, Alice asked: what inspired the foundation of the IWPR, and how was its mission defined?what role can or should journalism play in conflict zones and peace processes?what difference does it make to empower marginalised voices during conflicts and periods of transition? And what risks do we face if we do not support voices on the ground to have their say and drive change ?how might war and peace reporting change in the coming decades?what work will the IWPR be prioritising to meet the challenges of the future and continue supporting war and peace reporting around the world?We hope you enjoy the episode!For a version of our podcast with close captions, please use this link. You can find out more about the work of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting on their website. As an NGO, they rely on fundraising to keep their important work going; so if you have been inspired by what you have heard, please do consider pressing the red 'donate' button to contribute.  For more information about individuals and their projects, access to resources and more, please have a look on the University of St Andrews Visualising War website.  Music composed by Jonathan Young Sound mixing by Zofia Guertin 

“The biggest problem with the official surveys that we rely on a lot… [by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, BLS], is that…the number of women isn’t plentiful enough yet to have enough data on an annual basis to come up with reliable estimates.” Ariane Hegewisch on Green Connections Radio There’s a little secret about the pandemic-economic recession that economists are not talking about much: that women in STEM jobs actually did pretty well. Why? Because STEM jobs are what economists call “professional” jobs and they have been in demand and therefore, not cut for the most part.   Listen to Ariane Hegewisch, Program Director for Employment and Earnings at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research explain why and how women in STEM fields can benefit in this engaging conversation with Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson.   You'll learn: Why the problem with data is related the number of women in each field – and how they get classified. Which STEM fields hired more women in 2020 (and still are). How to read BLS and other data on women in STEM fields. ..great career advice, especially for women in STEM career. And more!   "It’s reasonably easy to get to middle management, but then if you want to get above that, suddenly it’s elbows and you need to be prepared for that…Write your own pathway, take yourself seriously" Ariane Hegewisch on Green Connections Radio podcast Read my Forbes blog about this issue here too. You'll also like: Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers, on data on women in STEM fields Brenda Darden Wilkerson, CEO of Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology Barbara Whye, new Chief Diversity Officer of Apple, formerly CDO and VP of HR at Intel. Telle Whitney, former CEO, Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology, cofounder of Grace Hopper Conference Maggi Reiss, on a new GCM study on women achievers Heather Metcalf, head of Research, Assn. of Women in Science on how to get more women in STEM Thanks for subscribing on Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Also, join our Facebook Page  and share your insights! Join our mailing list to stay up to date on the top podcasts and special offers! Follow us on Twitter @joanmichelson    

American Federation of Government Employees Executive Vice President for 6th District VA Council 262 Tinita Cole was our first featured guest on the AWF Union Podcast today. She spoke about struggles at the VA during the pandemic, a tentative CBA members voted overwhelmingly against, PPE for VA employees, the new VA secretary and more.The second guest speaker on the podcast today was President and CEO of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, C. Nicole Mason. She joined the podcast to discuss the American Rescue Package and how it is aligned with a report done by the IWPR on creating a better future, the IWPR’s support for raising wages, expanding paid sick and family medical leave and economic stimulus to revive the economy.

Ariane Hegewisch is Program Director of Employment and Earnings at IWPR and Scholar in Residence at American University; prior to that she spent two years at IWPR as a scholar-in-residence. She came to IWPR from the Center for WorkLife Law at UC Hastings. In this podcast, Ariane talks about: - Gender Wage gap - Diversity - Impact of Covid-19 on women's jobs - Impact of automation on women's jobs - Future of work for women --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shobhana-viswanathan/support

When we turn on the news and hear about all the bad things happening all over the world, it can leave us with a sense of despair and anxiety about what the world is coming to. Thankfully, there are always people out there committed to making this world a better place. Some people write about injustice to raise awareness, some travel the world, giving aid and practical help to those unable to help themselves, whilst others strive to educate themselves and everyone else about important issues and what we can do to help. The woman we are going to be talking about today did all these things and more and was a brilliant example of how one person can touch so many lives. They say only the good die young and that certainly is true in today's case. Trigger warning, we will be discussing suicide today as Aaron, from the Files Obscura podcast & I uncover the suspicious death of Jacky Sutton.If you are having suicidal thoughts, please reach out for help. You can help Samartians at 116 123, or you can access the resources listed belowCall the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741).https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/suicide-resource-guide#1https://www.helpguide.org/articles/suicide-prevention/are-you-feeling-suicidal.htmhttps://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention/index.shtmlCheck out the Files Obscura Podcast! You can listen to them on Anchor, Spotify and other podcast streaming apps. Follow them on their social media apps listed belowTwitter - @obscuracrimepodInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/obscuratruecrimepodcast/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/FilesObscura/Twitter - @Uncover_podInstagram - uncovertruecrimepodCase Suggestion Form - https://forms.gle/mUDbNYeoTZ5kGfaq7Music: The Rake & Dark Rage, The Woods & Haunted by CO.AG and The Art of Silence by UniqAll sources and picture can be found at www.uncovertruecrimepodcast.co.uk

О том, каким воздухом дышат душанбинцы, жители столицы Таджикистана в очередном подкасте CABAR.asia В этом выпуске подкаста Лола Олимова, редактор и программный координатор IWPR в Таджикистане, беседует с главным специалистом Управления охраны окружающей среды города Душанбе, Хасаном Шеровым о том, от чего зависит чистота атмосферного воздуха в больших городах и что делается для того, чтобы его качество стало лучше. Воздух в Душанбе стал чище или грязнее, чем был лет 40 назад? Ведь в Таджикистане, также как в других странах ЦА, уровень промышленного производства значительно сократился, заводы и фабрики в таком количестве, как лет по 30 -35 не работают? От чего зависит чистота воздуха в большом городе? Что или кто являются самыми злостными нарушителями экологической обстановки в столице? И наконец, повлияет ли коронавирус Covid -19 на экологическую ситуацию в странах Центральной Азии? Эти и другие вопросы обсуждаются в подкасте 5-Stan от CABAR.asia:

On the #RADIO show this week we cover the latest with the impeachment and what’s happening with the White House; how we’re winning on paid family medical leave; the places you can MARCH on January 18th with the Women’s March; and we hear about how data makes change with IWPR.   *Special guests include: Reggie Hubbard, MoveOn, @MoveOn;  Maggie Humphreys, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Rachel O'Leary Carmona, Women’s March, @womensmarch; C. Nicole Mason, IWPR, @IWPResearch    

Today’s show is the first in a two-part series all about the economic implications of reproducing — or not reproducing. On the next episode, we’ll talk about the wide range of financial implications of giving birth for women and others who can get pregnant, but today we’re talking about the massive financial impacts of not being forced to have children you don’t want to have for any number of reasons, impacts that go well beyond women themselves. In this episode, Tanja talks to Brigette Courtot of Urban Institute about the economic impacts on women of having access to birth control, and Kara talks to Anna Bernstein of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research about the economic impacts of abortion. Thanks to our sponsors Upstart and Freshbooks for their support of the show.   Links: Urban Institute Health Policy Center reproductive health and access data and analysis Brigette Courtot’s bio and publications Anna Bernstein’s bio and publications IWPR’s Fact Sheet: “The Economic Effects of Contraceptive Access: A Review of the Evidence” New York Times piece by Lyndsay Werking-Yip: “I Had a Late-Term Abortion. I Am Not a Monster.” Vox piece by Dr. Cheryl Axelrod: “I’m an OB-GYN who had a 2nd-trimester abortion. The 20-week ban bill is dangerous.” Slate piece by Margot Finn: “I Had a Late-Term Abortion. President Trump and Pro-Lifers Have No Right to Call Me a Murderer.” From The Guardian: “Ohio bill orders doctors to ‘reimplant ectopic pregnancy’ or face ‘abortion murder’ charges”

Journalists for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) are divided by language and borders but united by their commitment to objective reporting. What makes the IWPR model transferable from one conflict zone to another? Are we concerned or excited by the changes being driven by social media? Or both?

A newly-released study by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) states that the gender wage gap is more dismal than we thought. For every dollar earned by a man in a 15-year period, the study says, the average woman only makes 49 cents – and not 80 cents. Littler Principal Cindy-Ann Thomas and her guest, Littler Shareholder Yvette Gatling, examine the issue, discussing: • Some of the - well-known and lesser-known - reasons for the discrepancy between the long-held 20-cent shortfall and the IWPR’s latest finding of a 51-cent shortfall • Best practices and organizational trends in responding to the wage gap • The issue of organizational messaging about “pro-family” policies

Future Syria: a view from women on the inside While many Syrians are still struggling with horrors, occupation and continued displacement, some Syrian refugees have also started returning. But to what country and future to they return? Five Syrian women from a range of backgrounds, all fighting for journalists and civil society to be heard, are in The Hague to talk about the state of their country and the position of women in it. Did Assad win? Is it really safe enough to go back as some media say? What should be the Dutch position in the rebuilding of their country and how can Dutch policy makers and NGO’s best support female activists? The women who lived under IS rule, regime rule and outside Syria the last few years share their stories and opinions and show short films on women activism in Syria. All of them suffered oppression but are still working to build a better Syria through a variety of civil society initiatives. About the speakers Nairouz Al Zoubi is from Daraa and worked as an English teacher for 14 years. She has works with the Women Now organization managing an empowerment program working with women from Ghouta, Idlib and Daraa. She has been selected to attend a workshop in Germany to talk about women struggle for justice and gender equity. Rania Ali was raised in Raqqa and fled to Kobani, her family’s hometown, after ISIS took over the city. When the terrorist group then laid siege to Kobani, she fled to Turkey, and eventually arrived in Austria, where she resides today. Rania helped create a documentary film on her journey, which was published on the website of The Guardian. Heba Al-Mohamad is also from Raqqa, where she lived for over a year under IS-control. She is currently a field coordinator in Raqqa Governorate for Euphrates, a Syrian NGO. Heba studied medicine at the University of Aleppo, though she was forced to leave in her fourth year after being detained by the regime due to her activism. Judy Bolous is a journalist based in Damascus, where she works for local media outlets. She has been arrested by the regime twice. She previously attended a Dutch-funded IWPR training, and she now contributes to IWPR’s Liberated T campaign. Zaina Erhaim is a Syrian journalist who received multiple awards and was proclaimed one of the hundred most powerful Arab women by Arabian Business and Unsung Heroes. The past five years she has worked as Syrian project coordinator for IWPR, for which she trained more than 100 media activists. Moderator is Petra Stienen. About this programme: This event is initiated by IWPR and Humanity house and part of a tour organized by the IWPR and funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For the past ten years IWPR has helped amplify the voices of women throughout Syria. The organization provides training, equipment, mentorship and small grants to civil society organizations and individuals who strive for a tolerant, democratic Syria.

On this weeks program Chris speaks to Sarah Knight on Melburn Durt + Hurt contributing to This Girl Can and Henry Yates on his #IWPR adventures.Sarah Knight was interviewed at Jetnikoff Bicycle Co.  after the screening of several clips created by This Girl Can ( also see Cycling Australia TGC site) with Melburn Durt + Hurt members talking about how cx  & track cycling had changed their lives.On to more tales of (not the) Indian Pacific Wheelrace, Henry Yates, known to dotwatchers as 6ft8cyclist, chats about overcoming his ordeals during the 5000km ride and his next planned adventures.Local news includes Eurydice Dixon vigil, Walmer Street Bridge Coalition recap, great news from The Merri Creek Bridge Group and a massive weekend of cycling events around Melbourne, with the Tweed Ride, Melburn Roobaix and Swift Campout.For more Melbourne bicycle news and events, follow Yarra Bicycle Users Group on twitter, facebook and our public events calendar.

As the dust settles on the 2011 elections in Nigeria, African Media Matters talks to those involved in IWPR’s innovative election reporting programme, set up to boost coverage of the poll and promote balanced, accurate journalism across the country. We hear from the Nigerian Union of Journalists about the challenges facing its members and from IWPR’s Veronica Oakeshott on how these were addressed through training workshops and story production. Also British journalism professor Ivor Gaber and Lanre Arogundade, the director of the Lagos-based International Press Centre, discuss the programme’s election-related news service, Nigerian Election News Report, which assisted participants with their reporting of the ballot and consider the role the initiative can play in the future.