Women Rising 31: Nuclear Weapons Abolitionists

Published: Oct. 12, 2016, 4 p.m.

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As relations between the United States and Russian governments continue to deteriorate, people are growing concerned that we\\u2019re on the brink of another nuclear arms race.\\xa0 Both the U.S. and Russia are modernizing their nuclear arsenals.\\xa0 According to Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director of the Western States Legal Foundation, \\u201cit\\u2019s frighteningly easy to imagine how something could go wrong in that situation.\\u201d

Women Rising Radio takes us inside the movement for nuclear disarmament, to meet the women on the front lines of the fight for a future free of nuclear weapons.\\xa0 From the US to Russia, the UK, Israel, the Marshall Islands and Japan, these dedicated advocates make the case for returning to the Nonproliferation Treaty and fulfilling its mandate.

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