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Empowering Survivors of Trafficking & Violence in Nepal

Collected by Women News Network and 1 other person
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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Missing baby girls at birth

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

Collected by Women News Network
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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Trading Women

Collected by Women News Network
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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Sara's Story: A Whole Planet Foundation Borrower

Collected by Women News Network
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)

Collected by Women News Network
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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A NEW CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO HELP VICTIMS OF FORCED MARRIAGE

Collected by Women News Network
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

Collected by Women News Network
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

Collected by Women News Network
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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