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Somehow, the idea of grannies kicking butt seems to be universally funny. What appears a natural response reveals a lot about how we view women, and particularly older women.

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I'll admit that I don’t eat a lot of frozen seafood, but the chance to climb aboard a ship laden with tons of cod, shrimp and even octopus had a certain appeal. more...

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A dusty road outside a steel factory may not seem like a ripe spot to set up a school, but Kamal Parmar worked with what he had. more...

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I had served in the U.S. military for five years, working as a journalist. more...

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I walk through the town of San Giuseppe Jato and notice that everyone is staring at me. more...

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Anna Boiko-Weyrauch

Anna Boiko-Weyrauch

Anna Boiko-Weyrauch is an independent radio producer. Her work has aired on Morning Edition, Weekend America, Marketplace, and Voice of America. She also worked for the United Nations Radio News Service in New York City. Anna is fluent in Japanese and Spanish -– with a smattering of French, Mandarin and Kinyarwanda.

Amelia de Sousa

Amelia de Sousa Amelia De Sousa is a journalist based in Haiti. After winning a Fulbright Fellowship to Haiti in 2003 to study mass media and HIV prevention, Amelia started an independent film company to create educational materials for grassroots organizations working in social change. When the government collapsed a year later, Amelia started freelance radio reporting for major broadcasters like National Public Radio, the BBC, and CNN. She has been happy to report for World Vision Report since January of 2006.
Grant Fuller

Grant Fuller

Grant Fuller is an independent radio producer living in Mexico City. He has a degree from Trinity University and a certificate from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. His work has appeared on the World Vision Report, NYTimes.com, Weekend America, and Morning Edition through the American oral history project, StoryCorps.

Grant's recent stories on the World Vision Report are listed here.

Ruxandra Guidi

Ruxandra Guidi Ruxandra Guidi is an independent journalist working in radio, print, and multimedia. She's based in Austin, TX, and reports regularly from the Caribbean, and both South and Central America.
Gretchen Wilson

Gretchen Wilson

Gretchen L. Wilson is based in Johannesburg, and reports throughout the continent on globalization, power and money. Her work has appeared on Marketplace, The World, Slate, the BBC, CBC, and in The Daily Beast, The Wall Street Journal, and the Associated Press. Gretchen is also the co-author of From Dust to Diamonds: Stories of South African Social Entrepreneurs (2007). Her Web site is www.gretchenlwilson.com.