http://www.voanews.com/archive/press-conference-usa/latest/706/1458.html en-US VOA 2012 - VOA Join host Carol Castiel for this 30-minute weekly newsmaker program that provides listeners around the globe with information and insights on a wide range of topics spanning U.S. politics, foreign policy, global health, science and culture. Carol and other panelists interview bestselling authors, analysts, U.S. government officials, ambassadors and foreign heads of state about critical issues. Join host Carol Castiel for this 30-minute weekly newsmaker program that provides listeners around the globe with information and insights on a wide range of topics spanning U.S. politics, foreign policy, global health, science and culture. Carol and other panelists interview bestselling authors, analysts, U.S. government officials, ambassadors and foreign heads of state about critical issues. VOA webdesk@voanews.com no BANGLADESH - RANA PLAZA FALLOUT Host Carol Castiel and Roquia Haider, Chief of VOA’s Bangla Service, speak with T. Kumar, Director for International Advocacy at Amnesty International USA & Charles Kernaghan, Director of the Institute for Global Labor and Human Rights, about the significance and impact of an international agreement signed by several top global clothing retailers as well as measures that the government of Bangladesh agreed to implement to improve working conditions in the country’s garment industry in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza building collapse. VOA BANGLADESH - RANA PLAZA FALLOUT Host Carol Castiel and Roquia Haider, Chief of VOA’s Bangla Service, speak with T. Kumar, Director for International Advocacy at Amnesty International USA & Charles Kernaghan, Director of the Institute for Global Labor and Human Rights, about the significance and impact of an international agreement signed by several top global clothing retailers as well as measures that the government of Bangladesh agreed to implement to improve working conditions in the country’s garment industry in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza building collapse. http://www.voanews.com/audio/Audio/285198.html Sat, 18 May 2013 08:30:00 -0400 00:30:00 DANNY BEN-MOSHE, DIRECTOR OF SHALOM BOLLYWOOD On the 100th anniversary of Indian cinema, host Carol Castiel and Shegoftah Nasreen Queen, broadcaster in VOA’s Bangla Service, talk with filmmaker Danny Ben-Moshe about his forthcoming film “Shalom Bollywood,” which recounts the prominent role Indian Jews played on stage and behind the camera in Indian cinema. VOA DANNY BEN-MOSHE, DIRECTOR OF SHALOM BOLLYWOOD On the 100th anniversary of Indian cinema, host Carol Castiel and Shegoftah Nasreen Queen, broadcaster in VOA’s Bangla Service, talk with filmmaker Danny Ben-Moshe about his forthcoming film “Shalom Bollywood,” which recounts the prominent role Indian Jews played on stage and behind the camera in Indian cinema. http://www.voanews.com/audio/Audio/283163.html Sat, 11 May 2013 08:30:00 -0400 00:29:59 MOLLY MELCHING, TOSTAN (FGM) Host Pam Dockins, International Broadcaster in VOA’s Central News, and Harun Maruf, Senior Editor of VOA’s Somali Service, speak with Molly Melching, the founder of TOSTAN, an organization based in Senegal which has developed a community-based approach to educate people about the potential health dangers of female genital mutilation VOA MOLLY MELCHING, TOSTAN (FGM) Host Pam Dockins, International Broadcaster in VOA’s Central News, and Harun Maruf, Senior Editor of VOA’s Somali Service, speak with Molly Melching, the founder of TOSTAN, an organization based in Senegal which has developed a community-based approach to educate people about the potential health dangers of female genital mutilation http://www.voanews.com/audio/Audio/281329.html Sat, 04 May 2013 08:30:00 -0400 00:30:00 MARINA OTTAWAY ON IRAQ Host Carol Castiel and Dakhil Shammo, broadcaster with VOA’s Kurdish Service, speak with Marina Ottaway, a Senior Scholar with the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, about the growing sectarian tensions that threaten the territorial integrity of Iraq, 10 years after the US-led invasion was supposed to have ushered in stability and democracy. VOA MARINA OTTAWAY ON IRAQ Host Carol Castiel and Dakhil Shammo, broadcaster with VOA’s Kurdish Service, speak with Marina Ottaway, a Senior Scholar with the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, about the growing sectarian tensions that threaten the territorial integrity of Iraq, 10 years after the US-led invasion was supposed to have ushered in stability and democracy. http://www.voanews.com/audio/Audio/279242.html Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:30:00 -0400 00:30:00