Women News Network Video collection

Supporting women's empowerment, in May 2006, Cincinatti, Ohio, Winton Woods High School world affairs class student, Victor Bastidas (with social studies teacher David Traubert and classmates) produced this outstanding and world changing video on women and global development.

Poverty limits what we do but not who we ARE. Produced by RP3 Agency on behalf of the Washington Area Women's Foundation, this tale of one woman's journey from a position of need to one of strength shows the power of investing in women and girls. Give now or learn more at http://www.bethatwoman.org

The film "Prison Lullabies" covers arrested and pregnant, Amy, Monique, Joann and Ann Marie were forced to give birth behind bars. In the Taconic Correctional Facility in New York State, they are given the chance to participate in a ground-breaking prison nursery programme which allows them to raise their children until they reach 18 months (2004 movie trailer). For more info go to www.prisonlullabies.com

PEACEJAM youth, Fernando, works with Nobel Laureate, Rigoberta Menchu Tum on issues of civil rights / human rights in Guatemala. A 1:23 min Peace Jam CGA video production 2009.

Honduran women continue their resistance to the de facto regime that kidnapped and ousted the democratically elected president in a coup d'état on June 28, 2009. In August an international delegation organized by JASS (www.justassociates.org), Petateras, Radio Feminista and allied organizations traveled to Honduras and accompanied Honduran Feminists in Resistance, an alliance of feminists and women's organizations. The delegation, together with the Feminists in Resistance, documented the impact of the curr

New campaigns are strengthening now to stop sex-trafficking and child-sex-trafficking worldwide. UNIFEM is heading one of the biggest campaigns with their RedLight Children campaigns. See Cortney R. Stapelton give the updates. A 2:50 min Sept 2009 FORA.tv release. To see complete video go to: http://fora.tv/2009/04/23/Sex_Traffic...

The Muslim Public Affairs Council had the privilege of honoring Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Shirin Ebadi, a passionate advocate of women's and children's rights in Iran, with MPAC Foundation's 3rd Annual Human Security Award. The award was created to recognize extraordinary individuals and their efforts to empower and enable the world's most vulnerable populations. Released online October 20, 2009

Lieutenant colonel Dmitry Strykanov is accused of masterminding a vice racket which sent more than a hundred women to Western Europe and the Middle East - forcing them to work as sex-slave prostitutes. A 2:42 min Sept 2009 RussiaToday news production.

While activists in Nicaragua are demanding a change in the law to protect women from domestic abuse, some of the victims have already taken matters into their own hands - taking self-defence classes. Al Jazeera's Monica Villamizar reports from Nicaragua, where one in three women are thought to have been victims of domestic abuse. A 1:46 min May 2009 production.

Iraq's vice-president is highlighting the plight of women prisoners in Iraq. Many are detained for years without charge. Some have been sentenced to death without being questioned. Sebastian Walker has been looking at rare pictures just released of women's prisons in Iraq. A 1:48 min Aljazeera news network Oct 2007 release.

Child protection expert Dr Mike Wessells of Columbia University recently visited New Zealand as a guest of ChildFund New Zealand to share his expertise and draw attention to the plight of the world's so-called lost generation -- formerly recruited child soldiers. See the description at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eINH_QggsEg for more information on this searing and critical topic. A 6:46 min Sept 2008 video release.

Claudia Gimena Roa, of Columbia, talks about how women from fom her region and around the world perceive & experience climate change. How are they reacting, what are they doing to cope with the challenges? Representatives of the globalnetwork 'GenderCC - Women for Climate Justice' were attending the United Nations Climate Conference (UNFCCC COP14) in Poznan in December 2008, where this podcast (as part of a series) was recorded.

Morocco is coming to terms with the human rights abuses of its recent past. Televised testimonies to a truth and reconciliation commission set up by the government have transfixed the nation, unveiling the atrocities committed under King Hassan's 38 year rule. Through the personal testimonies of women who suffered both wrongful imprisonment and torture in the 1970s and 80s, we discover the prominent role women had in resisting repressive rule during the "Iron Fist" era. A 8:56 min June 2009 TVEAPfilm releas

Women activists in Morocco were worked secretly to free Morocco from the tyranny of King Hassan's 38 year rule of torture & atrocity. This story follows Moroccan women who were political prisoners of the regime. A June 2009 8:09 TVEAPfilms release.

Women on the Frontline, tells the astonishing stories of Fatna El Bouih & Khadija Rouissi - who put their lives on the line to fight for truth, justice and independence, and who survived critical conditions to pass on their message of hope and endurance to a new generation. A 5:22 June 2009 TVEAPfilms release.

In Uganda, three women dream of competing and winning in a man's world as outstanding motor rally drivers. This is a 11:11 min September 2009 documentary news production by Aljazeera TV news show, 'WITNESS.'

"Divided Lives," by author Cynthia Crane tells universal stories of hope and survival that transcend time, race, religion, class, and gender. Documenting the searing stories of women who came from mixed Christian/Jewish parents. These women were called "Mischlinge" ("half-breeds") by the German Nazis in the years surrounding WWII. For more information see: www.dividedlives.com

US journalist Roxana Saberi was kept in an Iranian prison from January - May 2009. This important VOA interview gives insight into Saberi's struggle. She states that she was forced to make a false video recorded confession to Iranian officials (on the accusation of spying) -- which she says is completely false. A 2:41 June 1, 2009 VOA video production.