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In "Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives," 12 women from movements around the world invite us into their lives, sharing their vision of what the world can and must become, and showing us what they and their community are doing to build that world. From Idla Martines de Souza organizing with the Landless Workers Movement in Brazil, to Emem Okon building peace in middle of a resource war in Nigeria, to Juana Ferrer and Via Campesina turning towards food sovereignty to end gender violence, each of these women have important wisdom and vision to share with us all.
In May, Other Worlds' Education and Outreach Coordinator, Shilpa Jain, had the great pleasure of working with Nuestra Escuela, an alternative educational experiment taking place within several cities Puerto Rico. Literally translated as “Our School”, it is founded on a mission of love, respect and the belief in the potential and power of young people. 
When we think of electrical engineers installing complex community solar systems, we rarely picture rural illiterate women, but that is exactly who have been at the forefront of bringing solar power to some of the poorest communities in Africa and Asia. These "barefoot solar engineers" are chosen democratically by their communities to study at the
This has been a tragic week for supporters of indigenous autonomy and community media in Mexico and Honduras. On Tuesday, a caravan bringing humanitarian aid to an autonomous community in Oaxaca, Mexico, was attacked by a paramilitary group linked to the state government. The autonomous Triqui community of San Juan Copala has been the subject of threats and violence from paramilitary groups for years. In 2008 two indigenous women radio promoters were assassinated as they traveled to a regional meeting of community radio organizations.
Haitian women have been increasingly vocal and active in social, political, and economic issues since the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship in 1986. Though it has not come easily, their progress in changing gender relations of power within the home, within social movements, and within the nation has been steady. Women’s organizations have been key to these advances, helping create the space to foster and protect women’s activism. One network is helping women gain voice, literally: the Haitian Women’s Community Radio Network (REFRAKA by its Creole acronym).
Sony Esteus is squeezed into an elementary school chair, the kind with the curved piece of wood in front, in a courtyard. Around him are chickens, a fly-swarmed pile of compost, a truck, and a tent. Sony runs his laptop off of an extension cord running out a window. The cord and the courtyard are on loan from a non-profit, and they have formed Sony’s work station since the earthquake’s destruction of his own organization’s building. Sony is director of the Society for Social Mobilization and Communication - SAKS by its Creole acroynym - which provides training, technical support, equipment, and production to help popular radio stations educate and inform the community.
With two days to go until the re-launching of Radio Faluma Bimetu, there is a buzz about Triunfo de la Cruz as the community is enveloped by increasing activity and visits of solidarity from international and Honduran collectives, organizations and individuals. Bit by bit, the community radio that was ransacked and left in ashes (on January 6th) after the failed attempt to silence the voices that defend the territory, culture and tradition of the Garifuna community, is beginning to take form.