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Women News Network Video collection Forced child marriage, domestic violence and rape still define life for many poor Afghani women, as the 2004 national election looms. In the western province surrounding Herat, implementation of laws to protect women are clearly in the hands of Afghanistan's warlords. Legal protections for women and girls are desperately needed. In 2003, desperate women began to commit suicide through self-immolation to get any escape from years of domestic abuse. Ms. Suraya Pakzad works hard to help (but how are conditio
Jul 12, 2010

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Women News Network Video collection 22-year-old sports reporter Sowda is a refugee from the war in Somalia, and lives in Mayfair, Johannesburg, having fled her country after threats from extremists who believe women should not be journalists. Women journalists face numerous dangers in Somalia and countries in many other regions after they release investigative reports. This 3:45 min July 09, 2010 video has been produced by Mail & Guardian news with Oxfam.
Jul 12, 2010

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Women News Network Video collection What was the experience for girl children forced to become soldiers during Liberia's continuing conflict? In post-war Liberia, former girl child soldiers reflect on their traumatic experiences of being abducted by rebels during the 14 year civil war. This is a 3:30 min 2008 Plan International video production.
Jun 21, 2010

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Women News Network Video collection Women refugees around the globe face rape, beatings, even death when they venture out away from their camps into land that is unprotected as they gather wood for cook stoves. Rebel forces, independent militias and corrupt soldiers can and do hurt women as they seek wook in order to cook a meal. Women risk their lives daily to feed their families. The Women's Refugee Commission (WRC) is bringing a protective answer to women by working to get solar cookers and alternative sustainable cook stoves to women in t
Jun 2, 2010

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Women News Network Video collection Award winning, Iran rights defender, Parvin Ardalan, founder of Change for Equality, speaks on panel at the WLP - Women's Learning Partnership event during the UNCSW - UN Commission on the Status of Women. She explains the true mission of women rights defenders in Iran and their current needs. Lys Anzia (Women News Network founder) also spoke on panel w/Parvin during the UNCSW. "Parvin is a dedicated & very committed humanitarian," says Lys. This 9:04 min video is a 3/5/2010 WLP production.
May 28, 2010

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Women News Network Video collection The ongoing plight of the mothers of murdered daughters in Juarez, Mexico has reached a critical state. Current 2010 murders number 500+ with 450+ missing. Although the mothers have tried everything to find out about their missing daughters, little information or investigation is coming forward to bring them peace. Even after DNA has been presented cases are not being followed up by police authorities. Why is the Juarez police still refusing to investigate these cases? For more info: http://MujeresdeJuarez.
May 28, 2010

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Women News Network Video collection A growing number of Peruvian women farmers are becoming coffee entrepreneurs. Green Awakening coffee is helping women reach their goals in setting up vital businesses to support their children and families. These women offer inspiration as role models to young girls and women in Peru and America. A .56 min Green Awakening Jan 2010 YouTube release.
May 28, 2010

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Women News Network Video collection After the Haiti earthquake, thousands of people were left without sanitation, often camping in tight, compacted and concreted areas where no latrines can be dug. People need toilets from day one, so Oxfam is trialling various solutions like 'peepoo,' and similar bags, as well as other innovative methods. The peepoo bags are biodegradable and after use are taken away for composting. Deepa Patel, of Oxfam, explains. A May 5, 2010 Oxfam YouTube release. More about Oxfam's Haiti response: http://www.oxfam.org/h
May 28, 2010

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Women News Network Video collection Cleanup and wildlife rescue operations are underway on the shore as the massive oil leak spreads toward sensitive coastal wetlands along the Gulf Coast. PBS NewsHour Judy Woodruff speaks with Sylvia Earle, National Geographic's ocean expert, about the disaster's effects on the fragile marine ecosystem. This is a 6:43 min, May 5, 2010, PBS NewsHour production.
May 26, 2010

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Women News Network Video collection This is an IRC video production: An estimated 140,000 Burmese refugees live in camps in Thailand near its border with Myanmar, or Burma. The IRC, at work in Thailand since 1976, is aiding nearly 70,000 of them. In this segment of IRC Voices, Helen Samuels, a young Burmese refugee, shares with us pieces of her journey from harm to home. Helen says that the IRC has given her the opportunity of a new and better life. Her dream now is to return to the border and help her fellow Burmese refugees. Link to IRC: ht
May 26, 2010

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Women News Network Video collection "Sin by Silence," film by Olivia Klaus covers women in US prison who are there due to actions stemming from severe domestic abuse. Since 1989, Convicted Women Against Abuse, the first inmate-initiated and -led group inside the US prison system, has changed laws for battered women, raised awareness for those on the outside, and educated a system that does not fully comprehend the complexities of domestic abuse. From behind prison walls, SIN BY SILENCE shatters misconceptions and reveals the extraordinary liv
May 13, 2010

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Women News Network Video collection This 1979 film shows Iranian women protesting on the streets against the government crackdown in dress that many felt was a violations of their human rights. Nurses too joined the protest in saying that the new dress code would hamper their ability to work efficiently. Narration on the history of the rights struggle for women is included. This is a May 6, 2010 YouTube release.
May 11, 2010

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Women News Network Video collection CANYON SAM is a writer, nationally acclaimed performance artist and activist from San Francisco. (this continues her talk on remarkable Tibetan women) Her newly published book Sky Train: Tibetan Women On the Edge of History (University of Washington Press, 2009), with a foreword by the Dalai Lama, reveals for the first time the untold narrative of Tibet from the perspective of its women. Blending memoir and oral history, the author travels on Chinas controversial new Sky Train to Lhasa in 2007 and crosses t
May 9, 2010

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Women News Network Video collection CANYON SAM is a writer, nationally acclaimed performance artist and activist from San Francisco. Her newly published book Sky Train: Tibetan Women On the Edge of History (University of Washington Press, 2009), with a foreword by the Dalai Lama, reveals for the first time the untold narrative of Tibet from the perspective of its women. Blending memoir and oral history, the author travels on Chinas controversial new Sky Train to Lhasa in 2007 and crosses the Himalayas in search of women from her earlier oral
May 9, 2010

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Women News Network Video collection Women rights defenders have been challenging laws in Iran that discriminate against women. These discriminations cover issues of equal custody of children upon divorce, inheritance rights on the death of a husband and rights in reporting a crime under conditions of rape. Women rights activists have been working to help women who are struggling with these issues. Rights defenders have experienced grave personal danger as they have been accused and imprisoned as the courts call them "enemies of the State."
May 9, 2010

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Women News Network Video collection Women were among the first to remove landmines in the 1980s. In Cambodia today, women deminers are vital in the removal process. Removal of landmines insures greater safety for many children in many rural areas surrounding Laos. This video is from the Equity Weekly TV, produced by UNDP & TVK, w/ support from SIDA, AusAid, Canadian International Development Agency & Irish Aid as part of the SDEP (Strengthening Democracy & Electoral Processes in Cambodia) project, UNDP CAMBODIA. For more info: www.equitycam.t
Apr 28, 2010

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Women News Network Video collection Siddharth Kara first encountered the horrors of sexual slavery in a Bosnian refugee camp in 1995. Since then, he has traveled to India, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Albania, Moldova, Mexico, and the United States to learn the mechanics of this brutal business and to take stock of its devastating human toll. His book, "Sex-Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery," outlines the major ports of supply with human sex-slaves worldwide. A must read.
Apr 11, 2010

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Women News Network Video collection Are land rights the key to ending poverty and hunger? This short video tells the story of the Rural Development Institute (RDI), a group of attorneys who left their lucrative careers to travel the world helping governments provide secure land rights to their poorest citizens, especially women. A 7:13 min, March 19, 2009 video YouTube release.
Mar 18, 2010

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Women News Network Video collection "Most historians date the beginning of the modern civil rights movement in the United States to December 1, 1955. That was the day when an unknown seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. This brave woman, Rosa Parks, was arrested and fined for violating a city ordinance, but her lonely act of defiance began a movement that ended legal segregation in America, and made her an inspiration to freedom-loving people everywhere," Museum of Living History, Washington
Mar 12, 2010