Women News Network Video collection

This tribute to the life of Eunice Kennedy Shriver shows how a lifetime of humanitarian effort does make a difference. She was the founder the force behind The Special Olympics focusing on empowering those with intellectual disabilities.

Women are in the crossroads of the European Trade Bids agreements. Norma Maldonado, a trade campaigner from Guatemala, has joined with the World Development Movement to help stop the European Union trade deal. A 1:54 min May 2009 video release.

Acid violence is a global epidemic. Cambodia is no exception. Women are the majority of victims/targets. This violence scars lives forever. Excerpt from the film "Stolen Faces" a Virtue Foundation co-produced doc narrated by Liev Schreiber. Feb 2009

The murders of women in Juarez is still a mystery. The city of Lost girls is the terrifying nickname for Ciudad Juarez, a Mexican border town, where more than 600 women have been raped and murdered over the past 15 years. The story captured the imagination of a campaigning journalist on the El Paso Times. Journalist Diana Washington Valdez joins Aljazeera TV host Rageh Omaar to talk about her work investigating the murders and explains what happened in Ciudad Juarez since the documentary was shot in 2003.

Every 52 seconds somewhere in the world a women dies in childbirth. In the southern highlands of Peru the rate was extraordinarily high. This is the story of a woman who, with help from the organization CARE, has dramatically reduce the number of maternal deaths in Peru. A Phil Borges/CARE video production - Youtube release June 10, 2009.

VIDEO IRAN: French journalist Ms Manon Loizeau gets INSIDE protests. A MUST SEE! A 23:54 min Aljazeera TV production (posted on YouTube 7/10/09).

Great glimpse of Iran's history

Liddy has survived as a widow in Guatemala. But her survival has a cost - extreme poverty. She is only one of countless victims of the 30 yr war in Guatemala. Many women are living similar lives. You won't forget the images in this Jan 2008 YouTube video release.

July 24, 2009 The trial of Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma nears it conclusion as the defence makes their final arguments. An 1:11 min ITN News production. Follow ITN News (UK) on twitter at http://twitter.com/itn_news

The trafficking of Burmese girls has soared in recent years as a direct result of political repression in Burma. Human rights abuses, war and ethnic discrimination has displaced hundreds of thousands of families, leaving families with no means of livelihood. An offer of employment in Thailand is a rare chance for many families to escape extreme poverty. This is a decision that will cause massive suffering for both the parents and the child. A 2:37 min 2009 film excerpt from "Sacrifice" by Ellen Bruno / http

Muslim women who are NOT FORCED to wear the hijab often feel very different than those who ARE FORCED to do so. This video touches on these issues and the July 1, 2009 courtroom assassination of Egyptian Ms Marwa Al-Sherbini who was stabbed to death 18 times in a German courtroom case brought against her attacker for defamation because she was muslim who was wearing a hijab (headscarf) in public.

In this clip, Dionne Braham joins the Maasai tribe in Tanzania to learn more about tribal view on love and polygamy. Interesting short video from BBC show Tribal Wives. A 2:37 min Jan 2009 BBC production.

Lana Inglis travels to Ethiopia to join the Afar tribe. Whilst there, she meets a woman the same age as herself with 4 children and discusses the common practise of female circumcision within the tribe. Great short video from BBC show Tribal Wives. A 3:27 min Jan 2009 BBC production.

Child marriage is still legal in Saudi Arabia. Many young Saudi girls are forced to marry older man as old as grandfathers. There's no age limit for marriage in the Saudi law. A 7:26 min Jan 2009 YouTube video release.

Girls / daughters with mothers in prison suffer secretly and silently. Troop 1500 is the story of a unique girl scout troop in Texas that brings daughters and mothers together behind prison walls. A 11:21 min July 2009 Al Jazeera news production.

To support their children the only way they can, Iraq widows in the southern region of Iraq work under intense abusive conditions at a mud brick factory. Oxfam says these women are stuck in a "silent emergency." This is a 2:03 March '09 Al Jazeera production with Omar Alsaleh reporting.

This June 19, 2009 poem by an unnamed woman shows the center of feeling for Iranian women during the weeks of protests and violent government crackdowns on the streets of Tehran.

...Through compelling footage and stories of women peacekeepers in action across the globe, to interviews with key UN officials, this video helps us better understand the profound impact women can have in maintaining peace and security. An 8:04 min UN TV production May 2009.

Rural Women's Day, Mozambican women farmers, march to demand their rights to land. They receive support from one of the country's most prominent citizens, Graca Michel (who married Nelson Mandela on his 80th birthday). The women danced and marched for about 4.5 km before meeting Ms. Machel, Virgilia Matabele, Minister for Women and Social Development & the Minister for Industry & Commerce, Antonio Fernando. A 2:56 ActionAid HungerFree video production Oct 2008.