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Empowering Survivors of Trafficking & Violence in Nepal

Collected by Women News Network and 2 other people
Added June 07, 2008
Women from Nepal who have survived trafficking and gender-based violence are often discriminated against and have no where to turn. Doctors of the World-USA & partner SAATHI provide psychosocial services and medical care to these women through shelters, and empower them to take control of their ...
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Saudi Cleric View - Why Shouldn't Women Drive?

Collected by Women News Network and 1 other person
Added June 06, 2008
Saudi cleric, Dr. Abd Al-Azizz Al-Fawzan, discusses his feelings why women should NOT be allowed to drive a car. Al-Majd TV (Saudi Arabia) - Memri TV production June 17, 2005. 1:45 min.
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Trading Women

Collected by Women News Network and 1 other person
Added May 27, 2008
Scene clip from the documentary Calcutta Hilton. Sonagacchi is Calcutta's largest red-light district with over 6000 women. A NZ family is making a difference giving women a way out of the sex trade. DVD available from www.calcuttahilton.com
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Cargo Innocence Lost DECEPTION

Collected by Women News Network and 1 other person
Added May 27, 2008
For those who believe that prostitutes are women that want to sell their bodies for cash... think again. Cargo: Inocence Lost tells a very different story of adoloescent girls from around the world being bought, traded, and sold to traffickers in the United States and being forced to prostitute i...
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Missing baby girls at birth

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Added May 27, 2008
Female feticide is causing girl births in India to be far less than boys. India's growing middle class has the worst statistics as femicide takes the form of girl-child abortions. 2:42 min BBC news production March 2008.
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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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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

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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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Child Brides in Ethiopia

Collected by Women News Network and 1 other person
Added April 28, 2008
This Audio Slideshow was aired on NPR's All Things Considered on January 18, 2007 by Brenda Wilson. Big Thanks for NPR and Brenda Wilson for this report.
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Haiti, Starvation Mud Cookies

Collected by Women News Network and 1 other person
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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Women's Right in Iran - part 1 of 7

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Added June 03, 2008
This program is a discussion of human rights with a focus on women's rights in Iran. Covered are a brief timeline of Iran's political history and women's contributions to human rights, past and present. A comparison of the current political atmosphere with Iran's past and future is highlighted, a...
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Sara's Story: A Whole Planet Foundation Borrower

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Added May 22, 2008
Whole Planet Foundation, a nonprofit organization established by Whole Foods Market, provides grants to microfinance institutions in Latin America, Africa and Asia, which, in turn, develop and offer microenterprise loan programs, training, and other financial services to the self-employed poor in...
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Egyptian Women Discuss Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

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Added May 22, 2008
Egyptian women discuss female genital mutilation as it exists in Egypt today. One woman shares her personal experience with circumcision and another as a practitioner of FGM describes the process. A MemriTV production 2008. 7:04 min.
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Women Farmers in Tanzania

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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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A NEW CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO HELP VICTIMS OF FORCED MARRIAGE

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Added April 28, 2008
A new national helpline for victims of forced marriage and honour based violence is launched in the UK. British Satellite News April 14, 2008. 3:31 min.
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Circlework: A Path to Peace in the Middle East

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Added April 25, 2008
Sample of an 18-minute documentary filmed in Israel that shows Jalaja Bonheim leading circles for Jewish and Palestinian women. Jalaja Sample of an 18-minute documentary filmed in Israel that shows Jalaja Bonheim leading circles for Jewish and Palestinian women. Jalaja Bonheim is the founder of ...
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Beverley Jacobs: Indigigeous Resistance to Globalization, Part 1

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Added April 25, 2008
Beverley Jacobs, Mohawk from the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory in southwestern Ontario, President of the Native Women's Association of Canada, at the Teach-In on Indigenous Peoples' Resistance to Economic Globalization, November 2006. She speaks on the effect of globalization on indige...
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HIV+ Discrimination India - Women Tell Their Story

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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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