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Two rural illiterate women from Gambia came to rural Rajasthan to train as Barefoot Solar Technology Engineers and have now placed solar electricty in all of the 74 houses in their villages in Gambia. A Barefoot College 2007 film 6:13 min.

The power of empowering women reaches far. Empowering a woman helps the world. Women of the World - is a work in progress using clips from the one hour documentary "Microcredit: The Future of Poverty" and the song "Staralfur" by Sigur Ros. 5:49 min. June 2007.

Joya delivers her speech as keynote speaker in an event in Sydney on International Women's Day, March 8, 2007 UNIFEM film production. For more info: http://www.MalalaiJoya.com

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...

Dr. Dorj Munkhuu is known throughout Mongolia as one of the country's most revered and influential leaders. A great-grandmother, doctor and member of Parliament, Dr. Munkhuu has helped shape democracy in Mongolia and brought about changes that improve women's health and position them to win socia...