In this Women Rising radio project, three elderly women are interviewed and honored for their far-reaching contributions to social causes, environmental justice, women’s rights, peacebuilding, and civil rights. Dr. Helen Caldicott is an Australian advocate for the international anti-nuclear movement and founder of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute. Dolores Huerta is Latino woman who fights for civil and women’s rights for farmworkers and co-founded the United Farm Workers of America. Mairead Corrigan Maguire co-founded the Community of the Peace People and advocated for a peaceful movement in Northern Ireland, which won her a Nobel Peace Prize.
