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Campaign for Equality Iran - 1 Million Signature

Collected by Women News Network and 3 other people
Added May 03, 2008
The Campaign, "One Million Signatures Demanding Changes to Discriminatory Laws," also called the "Change for Equality" campaign, is a campaign initiated by Iranian women's rights activists in Iran which aims to collect one million signatures to demand changes to discriminatory laws against women ...
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Afro-Bedouin women speak through - The Film Class

Collected by Women News Network
Added July 02, 2008
When the women from the Afro-Bedouin community in the southern region of the Negev Desert, Israel speak out in a journalism training class, a new understanding of the taboos of society emerge. These courageous women report on underreported cases of harsh discrimination inside their world. This sh...
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Helen Keller - An Amazing Life

Collected by Women News Network and 2 other people
Added May 28, 2008
Helen Keller, an amazing woman born blind and deaf, lived a life that illuminated the needs of countless others. She never heard the crowds cheer her or saw the faces of those she met light up as they greeted her. In life, Helen reached far past her own darkness to help all the world. This film e...
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Dialog on FGM - Female Genital Mutilation - Ethiopia

Collected by Women News Network and 1 other person
Added June 09, 2008
A discussion among women, men and an account from children in Ethiopia about the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM). Language: Amharic & Somali w/ English Subtitles. Video/film 4:38 min. YouTube release March 29, 2008.
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Modern slavery of women in Israel - trafficking

Collected by Women News Network and 1 other person
Added June 06, 2008
Investigative report reveals the scope and evil of modern slavery of women in Israel today. Appeared on Israeli television news programs "Uvdah" and "Mabat Sheni" in February 2006. Reproduced with full permission. 1:03:35
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A Powerful Noise

Collected by Women News Network and 1 other person
Added May 15, 2008
An official selection of the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, this inspiring documentary follows three extraordinary women -- in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Mali and Vietnam -- as they overcome barriers to lead day-to-day battles against ignorance, poverty, oppression, and ethnic strife. Visit www.apowerfulno...
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Turning to Islam - British woman converts

Collected by Women News Network and 1 other person
Added May 10, 2008
Why do women who have grown up in a different religion convert to Islam? Why is Islam so appealing to them... ? Follow the life of a woman from England who has decided to convert to Islam. Watch her first day at work as she wears her hijab (head scarf). Sept. 2007 YouTube release. 10.18 min.
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Cyber Spaces: Africa

Collected by Women News Network and 1 other person
Added May 08, 2008
Slowly the tide is changing and many women in Nigeria who never were given the chance are now beginning to access a new world through ICT and new technology. Posted to YouTube by Women's Learning Partnership July 25, 2007. 2:17 min.
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Women face high risk of death from childbirth in Afghanistan

Collected by Women News Network and 1 other person
Added May 06, 2008
HIgh mortality rates among women giving birth has become a major health issue in Afghanistan. More and more children are being left as orphans in the war-torn country. In Afghanistan's eastern town of Faizabad, six orphans are left in the care of their aunt, who feeds them rice and bread. The orp...
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Asia/Pacific trafficking - MTV EXIT Special - Christian Bautista

Collected by Women News Network and 1 other person
Added May 04, 2008
MTV EXIT Documentary presented by Christian Bautista to raise awareness of human trafficking. Traffic is a unique and powerful program presented by multiple celebrities in multiple languages that addresses the issue of human trafficking in Asia-Pacific: log on to www.mtvexit.com for more inform...
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Human Trafficking - Part 1

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Added April 26, 2008
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ICLA Kathmandu

Collected by Women News Network
Added June 23, 2008
Information meeting on civil documentation and property rights for displaced women in Kathmandu.
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Gambian Women Make Purses from Trash Bags

Collected by Women News Network
Added June 19, 2008
The Mandinaba Womens' Recycling Group is a 14-member association recently started in the small West African village of Mandinaba located in the Western Region of The Gambia. Concerned with the overwhelming presence of plastic bags in the environment this group decided to use crochet hooks to recy...
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Rwanda Genocide - Women Speak

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Added June 14, 2008
More than 800,000 people were murdered in 1994 during the Rwanda Genocide. Now two women who survived it tell their personal and important stories. April 2007 YouTube release. 7:59 min.
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All-women team clears wartime bombs in Laos

Collected by Women News Network
Added June 14, 2008
In the remote area of Laos, de-mining team made up entirely of women... is working hard to help clear unexploded bombs. Let's see how this 12 women team does it. A NTDTV 1:40 min production.
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Struggling to Survive

Collected by Women News Network
Added May 30, 2008
Women and their families in the US who are trying to work on minumum wage are suffering deeply from a crisis that is going unheaded in American media. This 2003 film was made by teenagers in eastern Kentucky as they turned their cameras on the living wage crisis in their community. 7:53 min produ...
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In Transit

Collected by Women News Network
Added May 30, 2008
War in the Democratic Republic of Congo for women included sexual violence and rape. Many women came away from this with terrible holes in their reproductive body called fistulas. The results and pain with this are catastrophic for women... all a harsh reminder of rape. 6:00 min excerpt. For more...
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Rebuilding a safety net for new mothers in Indonesia

Collected by Women News Network
Added May 27, 2008
UNICEF is building much needed maternity service clinics in Indonesia. This film follows Indonesian midwife, Radliana who is doing her rounds in the village of Tanjong. 2:29 min. UNICEF film production 2008.
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Out from the rubble - China

Collected by Women News Network
Added May 16, 2008
A woman's grace and endurance keeps her alive during a devastating earthquake as she thanks her rescuers in Chengdu, China. A CNN report May 14, 2008. 0.51 min.
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Corruption in Juarez - On the Edge - Part 5 of 10

Collected by Women News Network
Added May 14, 2008
Why are the police in Juarez, Mexico threatening families who want to investigate the murder of their daughters? Police complicity with drug traffickers keeps at liberty the killers of so many women in Ciudad Juarez on the US-Mexican border. Listen to the experts on this. Video 3:47 min. For more...
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Women Farmers in Tanzania

Collected by Women News Network
Added May 08, 2008
Women in Tanzania are working more than men today as they feed their families. Women farmers across the country of Tanzania have been making great changes for the lives of their families and communities. They are leaders of agriculture and creating business that are giving them sustainable living...
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Haiti, Starvation Mud Cookies

Collected by Women News Network
Added April 25, 2008
Haiti starvation report. Showing desperate measures to feed family. Emily Chang, London CNN correspondent. CNN TV production release - Feb 25, 2008. 1:35 min.
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Rachel Corrie

Collected by Riconciliazione and 2 other people
Added April 12, 2008
Rachel Corrie
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HIV+ Discrimination India - Women Tell Their Story

Collected by Women News Network
Added April 23, 2008
HIV+ woman in India tell their story of discrimination. A BreakThrough TV production. 2:19 min. Nov 20, 2006.
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Our Common Humanity

Collected by Women News Network
Added February 26, 2008
Narrated by Susan Sarandon. This film was made during an Americans for UNFPA delegation visit to East Africa in August 2005. Directed by Carolyn Chen. 5:52 min.
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Women Of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution (trailer)

Collected by Women News Network
Added February 22, 2008
This film shows the endurance, spirit and courage of the women of Tibet, who are today Tibetan refugees. A 2007 Frame of Mind production. Film excerpt: 3:27 min.
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FGM Senegal - Female Genital Mutilation

Collected by Women News Network
Added January 12, 2008
The conditions around FGM - female genital mutilation in Senegal is tied to the cultural framework of the country. Tied to a woman's desire to receive acceptance in marriage in Senegal society. Slowly women are learning today that they have choices and do not have to blindly follow tradition. thi...
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