Host Steve Curwood talks with Patricia Hynes, author of Taking Population Out of the Equation. Hynes, who is a Professor at Boston University argues that solving the problems which lead to unsustainable population growth will require more than meeting the unmet needs of women ? it will also require reining in the excessive power of men. *This piece originally aired August 1994.
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