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Maasai Women Speak Out Candidly

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Added July 02, 2008
The Maasai Women of East Africa speak out candidly about their life and their needs. 2008 0.41 min YouTube release.
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Highway Courtesans Featurette

Collected by Women News Network and 1 other person
Added June 27, 2008
Woman documentary filmmaker, Mystelle Brabbee, took nine years to produce her film -Highway Courtesans - which tells the centuries old story of family sanctioned prostitution in the Bachara community of Central India. These respected prostitutes support their families as they work the highway ser...
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Silent Tears - Nepal child marriage (part2)

Collected by Women News Network and 4 other people
Added May 21, 2008
Nepal is still seeing child bride marriages that hold girls in subservient positions caught in the cycle of early motherhood, domestic violence, poverty and suffering that comes from being female in Nepal. Film/video 8:19 min.
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Domestic Violence a Serious Problem in Burundi

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Added June 25, 2008
Francine recalls the night she woke up as her arms were being hacked off by her husband because she gave birth to a girl. In Burundi, women's limited economic options often keep them in abusive situations. Some Burundians are agitating for changes in the law. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA news. ...
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Guatemalan Child Worker: Ana

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Added June 25, 2008
Ana is a 15 year old girl that worked at the Legumex/Tierra Fria frozen foods processing plant in Guatemala. In this interview she highlights some of the abuses she endured while working at the plant. For more information go to www.nlcnet.org. 4:20 min March 2007 release.
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Girls Gone Missing

Collected by Women News Network and 2 other people
Added May 15, 2008
Sex Selection in South Asia has left India with too many men and not enough women. This is gender femicide. April 2008 UNFPA film. 6:15 min.
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Daughter of Liberty- Lima

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Added June 23, 2008
In 1971 a city in the sand was built in Lima. One woman, Maria Elena Moyano, was an important founder at the young age of only 16. Twice she was elected as leader as she pushed and spoke for the women of Villa El Salvador... In the face of death threats and corrupt forces she continued her dream...
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Children of War - Croatia

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Added May 21, 2008
Many children suffered silently the after-effects of war in Croatia. Film/Video 5:15 min.
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Inuit Women Musical Tribute

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Added May 19, 2008
Inuit women are the links to the past and to the future; Inuit women are the vessels of culture, health, language, traditions, teaching, care giving, and child rearing. These qualities are fundamental to the survival of any society. Video 4:11 min. For more information on Inuit women: Pauktuuti -...
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Turkish female lawyer's fight for free speech - 2008

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Added May 19, 2008
A Turkish women attorney has been banned from work and threatened due to her stand on issues that have caused her to fight for human rights in Turkey. Turkish legislators are considering a proposal to soften a controversial law which severely restricts freedom of speech. Turkey has been under pre...
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Women Helping Women Paraguay - Microcredit

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Added May 18, 2008
When a village bank in Paraguay is formed by enterprising women, conditions for disadvantaged women can be vastly improved. Fundacion Paraguaya is helping many women today find new lives as owners of their own businesses and leaders who will go on to help other women. April 4, 2008 YouTube releas...
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Acid Attack - Sudan

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Added May 18, 2008
20 yr. old Sanaa is from Sudan. She was forced into marriage to a man 28 yrs her senior. While in her forced marriage she was severely disfigured after acid was thrown at her face by her brother under her now ex-husband's misleading instruction. Today she constantly hides her terrible face from v...
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Cambodia - Sex Slaves report

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Added May 14, 2008
Young girls in Cambodia and from Vietnam are being sold everyday in the sex slaves trade. Young girls as young as 8 years old are sold into prostitution. Undercover investigations can help rescue some of the girls from these deplorable situations. Andrew Harding reports undercover for the BBC. An...
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My Body My Weapon - Manipur, INDIA

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Added May 10, 2008
Irom Sharmila is a young woman of Manipur, India who has been on a fast-to-death for nearly 7 years now. She has been demanding the removal of a brutal law from her land. Manipur is a north-east Indian state (bordering Myanmar), riven for decades by insurgency and armed separatist movements. The ...
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Burning skin / Self-immolation in Afghanistan

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Added May 08, 2008
Self-immolation in Afghanistan is reaching a critical point today (May 2008). The cause? Domestic violence in the family, forced marriage, lack of rights for Pashtun women in Afghanistan cause women to reach the point of desperation and no return. CNN news report April 2007 - 3:57 min.
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Salt Harvesters of Ghana

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Added April 28, 2008
Stunning images of women working on a moon-like landscape frame the unrelenting cycle of work of the women of Ada who harvest salt with their bare hands. The natural forming salt lagoon in has provided income for the local women for over three hundred years. A sound track by Patty Stotter, tradit...
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Water Voices Series (3) - India women drought workers

Collected by Women News Network and 2 other people
Added April 23, 2008
During a three-year drought, women from the arid rural areas in the state of Gujarat, India were spending at least three hours every day fetching water from a steadily diminishing source. Now the women are managing village systems, and bringing water closer to home. A Halsey Street Ltd. film prod...
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