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Give children clean water - Angel Aid

Collected by Women News Network and 2 other people
Added January 02, 2008
Women and children in Africa typically spend 6-8 hours everyday finding and gathering water for their families. This video shows what's it's like for those families, and how Angel Aid is transforming their lives with clean water and the hope it brings.

GOOD: The UN Millennium Declaration

Collected by Women News Network and 2 other people
Added December 03, 2007
In 2000, 189 nations came together and made a promise to eradicate extreme poverty by 2015. Video film by GOOD 2007.

Sex Slaves - Part 2 - Frontline

Collected by Women News Network and 1 other person
Added May 08, 2008
Sex Slaves - Frontline - Part 2. An estimated half-million women are trafficked annually for the purpose of sexual slavery. The women are kidnapped or lured by traffickers who prey on their dreams of employment abroad then they are "exported" to Europe, the Middle East, the United States and el...

Sex Slaves - Part 6 - Frontline

Collected by Women News Network and 1 other person
Added May 08, 2008
Frontline - Sex Slaves - Part 6. An estimated half-million women are trafficked annually for the purpose of sexual slavery. The women are kidnapped or lured by traffickers who prey on their dreams of employment abroad then they are "exported" to Europe, the Middle East, the United States and el...

Australia Aboriginal woman - Tania Major

Collected by Women News Network and 1 other person
Added February 05, 2008
Tania Major is an indigenous aborigine from the Australian outback, and this year won the Young Australian of the Year Award. And we meet two Danish women who are elder widows living life to the fullest. Everywoman TV June 2007

Global Gender Gap Report 2007 - Saadia Zahidi

Collected by Women News Network and 1 other person
Added December 20, 2007
Saadia Zahidi head of the Women Leaders Programme at the World Economic Forum comments on the latest findings of the Global Gender Gap Report 2007. To see the report link to: http://www.weforum.org/gendergap 08.11.2007

Beyond Scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis (UN 2006)

Collected by Women News Network and 7 other people
Added April 24, 2007
... Nations Human Development Report includes excellent documentary videos. This one is their HDR luanch video about the vital issue of access to clean water, ...

Trafficking of Women - Cambodia

Collected by Women News Network and 6 other people
Added April 18, 2007
... Many young women in South East Asia (and in many other parts of the world) are forced into prostitution/slavery. This is the story of human trafficking.

Stop the Traffik - Promo

Collected by Women News Network and 4 other people
Added May 05, 2007
People trafficking is one of the worlds fastest growing illegal industries. It is happening right here, right now, on your doorstep. It is devastating the lives of millions of men, women and children each year. With YOUR help STOP THE TRAFFIK will create awareness and understanding of this wo...

Women Should Have A VoiceADB Water For Life PSA

Collected by Women News Network and 3 other people
Added April 23, 2007
Women's role in providing water is important, and so are their voices. "Women carry the burden of providing water for their families. Yet often their ...

Born in Pakistan

Collected by Women News Network and 3 other people
Added April 16, 2007
... protection of these two vulnerable social groups. NGOnet for Women and Children's Rights documentary on women in Pakistan.

Fistula Suffering in the Congo

Collected by Women News Network
Added June 07, 2008
Mama Madou has been living with obstetric fistula for over 45 years. With the help of Dr. Adelard who provides fistula repair to women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, she is finally getting the services she needs. 2007 film.

Fonkoze: Going the Distance

Collected by Women News Network
Added May 08, 2008
This is a work-in-progress on behalf of Fonkoze, a cutting-edge program serving 100,000 low-income people - especially women - in Haiti.

Ethiopia Faces Water Crisis

Collected by Women News Network
Added May 08, 2008
Ethiopia Faces Water Crisis - Dirty water does kill.... An overview of the world and extreme water crisis with a specific focus on Ethiopia. A Glimmer of Hope Media project (3:44 min) - Jul 9, 2007

Sex Slaves - Part 4 - Frontline

Collected by Women News Network
Added May 08, 2008
Frontline - Sex Slaves - Part 4. An estimated half-million women are trafficked annually for the purpose of sexual slavery. The women are kidnapped or lured by traffickers who prey on their dreams of employment abroad then they are "exported" to Europe, the Middle East, the United States and el...

South African AIDS orphans - Veronica's Story

Collected by Women News Network
Added January 29, 2008
THE FACTS: Every 14 seconds a child is orphaned because of war, natural disaster, poverty, or disease. Right now, there are 15 million orphans due to AIDS alone. The children often survive alone, without the nurturing they need. Many have suffered the trauma of seeing one or both parents di...

Egypt Women Gather Water - Where is it Clean?

Collected by Women News Network
Added January 18, 2008
Women are responsible for gathering water in many locations worldwide today. The Nile Delta in Egypt is suffering from a severe shortage of clean water - a shortage which is affecting hundreds of thousands of people, forced to drink heavily polluted water everyday.

Run for Congo Women - www.runforcongowomen.org

Collected by Women News Network
Added January 16, 2008
In 2005, Lisa Shannon saw a story on the Oprah Winfrey show about women in the eastern Congo and Women for Women International's unique program to help women survivors of war there. After learning of the 3,300,000 people who have died and the staggering number of human rights violations -- tortu...

Gender Report - Afghan Marriage - Shadows

Collected by Women News Network
Added January 07, 2008
Showing the Islamic tradition of "Badd" in Afghanistan, the practice of arranged marriage and the taking of more than one wife. This is done in spite of a woman's wish. Excerpt from the 2004 film "Shadows" - JourneymanTV. 7:12 min

Women Give Assistance in Madagascar

Collected by Women News Network
Added December 20, 2007
A series of disasters have rendered much of the community living in the Vangaindrano district of Madagascar unable to cope. UNICEF, along with humanitarian partners, established an emergency nutritional rehabilitation programme, attempting to provide emergency nutritional/health care for the mos...

Grandmothers and orphans - AIDS Tanzania

Collected by Women News Network
Added December 18, 2007
Fulgenzia Mpelembwa is seventy years old, and looks after twenty one kids. She lives in Iringa, Tanzania. Film from Discovering the Cost of Love Part 3.

Desmond Tutu on Child Birth Registration

Collected by Women News Network
Added December 10, 2007
At the launch of a global campaign for birth registration, Archbishop Desmond Tutu joined UNICEF and its partner, PLAN, in calling on governments to take action. Birth registration allows children access to healthcare and education and better protection from illegal adoption, abduction and traff...

Afghan women - On The Map with Avi Lewis: Ann Jones & Women in Afghanistan

Collected by Women News Network
Added December 03, 2007
Women's rights in Afghanistan - 2007. It was a great rationale for toppling the Taliban. Too bad it's fallen off the map. One person who has tried to keep them on is bestselling author Ann Jones. Avi speaks to Jones who, after 9/11, lived in Afghanistan working with women's groups for the better ...

India: Women at the Well

Collected by Women News Network
Added November 21, 2007
Meet village women in India as they draw water from the local well. Water is a scarce resource in this area. Explore ( http://www.explore.org ) is a philanthropic multimedia project of the Annenberg Foundation that showcases cutting-edge non-profit efforts around the world through documentaries,...

Seeds of Hope: South Africa

Collected by Women News Network
Added November 16, 2007
A group of women in a South African township learn how to sustain themselves and their children. For more information about the film and to take action visit: http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/4/seeds_of_hope_south_africa/index.php?fs=action
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