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Women rice farmers of Africa
"When you educate a girl, you educate a nation" according to Madame Antoinettte Agossou, Chairperson of Amoura Ishe Union, a women farmer's association in Glazoue, Benin.Collected in Women News Network Video collection Feb 28, 2012 -
Sex Trafficking Project.wmv
A report on how sex trafficking exploits young girls. You girl's testimony of how they were lured into this industry and held against their will. This 6:18 min. video was uploaded by sssssar829 on Feb 26, 2012.Collected in Women News Network Video collection Feb 27, 2012 -
Our Century's Greatest Injustice
A Ted Talk from Ted.com: Sheryl WuDunn’s book “Half the Sky” investigates the oppression of women globally. Her stories shock. Only when women in developing countries have equal access to education and economic opportunity will we be using all our human resources. This 18 minute video was produced by Ted.comCollected in Women News Network Video collection Feb 15, 2012 -
Healthy Women, Healthy World
In some places in sub-Saharan Africa the risk of dying in pregnancy and childbirth is 1 in 14. This high rate of maternal mortality is driven by numerous social and structural factors described in this video. In broad collaboration with communities, national, and global partners, CARE is working to help millions of women and their families improve their health and the health of their children. Learn more about CARE's work by visiting http://www.care.org. This 7 min and 40 sec Jan 30 2012 video was producedCollected in Women News Network Video collection Feb 12, 2012 -
Eco Femme: A Women's Empowerment Project
Auroville Village Action Group's project combining health education with sustainable sanitation methods for rural Indian women.Collected in Women News Network Video collection Feb 8, 2012 -
Iran's Gender Apartheid - women without rights
This video (1:19) focuses on Iran's lack of basic women's rights - This "gender apartheid" of Iranian women is reminiscent of the treatment of blacks in South Africa. Let's stop Iran's Gender Apartheid together!Collected in Women News Network Video collection Feb 4, 2012 -
Women farmers critical role
An overview of global women and food security. This video focuses on the role women play as providers for the family. This 3:40 min video was uploaded by FAOoftheUN on Aug 6, 2009.Collected in Women News Network Video collection Jan 27, 2012 -
Women's Land Rights: giving women the opportunity to change the world
In some parts of the world women are traditionally robbed of their land rights.This video focuses on strengthening property rights for women and girls, who do the vast majority of farming but own only a tiny fraction of the world's land.This 2:00 min video was uploaded by radhafriedman on May 21, 2010.Collected in Women News Network Video collection Jan 25, 2012 -
Women and War
War affects women in ways different than men. This video identifies these differences to deliver justice to the millions of women and children affected by war.International criminal courts recognize rape as a crime against humanity, as a tool of torture and as an act of genocide. This 6:00 min video was uploaded by Hope4Tomorrow00 on Jun 10, 2011.Collected in Women News Network Video collection Jan 24, 2012 -
Infant Brides
Images depicting child marriages in Ethiopia by A.Piotrowicz. Voices, screenplay and direction by A.Pizzicato.This video was sponsored by Amnesty International and uploaded by temposospeso on Feb 17, 2011.Collected in Women News Network Video collection Jan 20, 2012 -
Grandma's Tattoos - Film - Armenian Dark Secret
Filmmaker Suzanne Khardalian journeys into her family's history to investigate the terrible truth behind the tattoos on her grandmother's body she would never speak about. In the process the story of Armenian women driven out of Ottoman Turkey during World War II shows reveals the suffering of women under human enslavement. This video is a January 12, 2012 release by Al Jazeera TV production WITNESS.Collected in Women News Network Video collection Jan 19, 2012 -
Women teachers India create literacy power
World Literacy Canada is changing lives in the Uttar Pradesh region. Hindi-language adult Literacy Classes are educating women, families & communities creating a drastic improvement to lives. Many of these women have never received any formal education. Many cannot read, write, nor do simple math. The literacy power given to them by trained local teachers in a woman's house or in an outdoor open space is invaluable and inspiring. A 6:40 min January 19, 2012 video production by World Literacy Canada.Collected in Women News Network Video collection Jan 19, 2012 -
Women & Egypt's Revolution
Belgian feminist An Van Raemdonck created this video while doing research on Egypt to show what the revolution means to women. How are women activists advancing women's rights in a new Egypt?Collected in Women News Network Video collection Nov 29, 2011 -
Islamic Feminism - some myth busting
Feminism - is it Islamic and do we need it? A talk challenging the misconceptions, myths and misinformation about Islamic feminism.This 12:00min video was uploaded by Muslimfemiinist on November 16,2011.Collected in Women News Network Video collection Nov 21, 2011 -
Girls' in the Class - A story of women teachers in Nigeria
In Nigeria an estimated 7 million children of primary school age are out school. The majority of these children are girls. Increasing the number of female teachers in rural schools can lead to an increase in the number of girls enrolled and improve their quality of life. This 3:34 min. video was uploaded by straightlinefilms on Sep 27, 2010.Collected in Women News Network Video collection Nov 4, 2011 -
A Cure for Poverty! The Girl Effect!
A visual description of the possibilities girls starting at age 12 face when growing up in poverty. The video also offers a cure to the downfalls of poverty for young girls. This 3:05 min video was up uploaded by girleffect.Collected in Women News Network Video collection Oct 27, 2011 -
Global 3000 | India - Vanishing Daughters
Across southern and eastern Asia,fewer and fewer girls are being born. In India alone,there have been 10 million cases of female foeticide in the past two decades.Most families in India struggle to cover the costs that come with traditions associated with having a daughter,while traditions allow sons to provide financial security for the whole family. This 3:43 video was uploaded by deutschewelleenglish. Sep 22, 2009Collected in Women News Network Video collection Oct 27, 2011 -
CNN: Activists fight breast ironing tradition - YouTube
In Cameroon, one in four girls will undergo breast ironing, a painful practice advocates say is motivated by love. This 3:15 min Jul 27, 2011 video was published by CNN.Collected in Women News Network Video collection Oct 25, 2011 -
Pat Mitchell: Women achieve despite media depictions
Pat Mitchell, President (CEO) at the Paley Center for Media in NYC talks about the advances global women have made in the last decade. She also reviews the damage women experience every day as they are depicted by negative images in the media. How can we change the media? This is an excerpt from award winning film "Miss Representation" by filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom: http://missrepresentation.org/Collected in Women News Network Video collection Oct 21, 2011 -
Climate Change is About Human Rights
Climate change is one of the greatest injustices of our time. Although they didn't cause the problem, it is impacting poor people first and worst. Justice demands that developed countries dramatically cut global warming pollution and provide the money and technology for poor countries to cope with the effects of a changing climate. This 2:30 min August 30, 2009 video has been produced by Oxfam New Zealand.Collected in Women News Network Video collection Oct 20, 2011
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Women News Network Video Collection "When you educate a girl, you educate a nation" according to Madame Antoinettte Agossou, Chairperson of Amoura Ishe Union, a women farmer's association in Glazoue, Benin.
Feb 28, 2012