videos tagged children's rights

"Returned" is a feature length documentary that follows several Nepali child soldiers including Asha, a young Nepali girl, who was sent home from the Maoist's People's Liberation Army after the cease fire. Asha joined the Maoist army when she was 14-years-old. For this young low-caste girl, joining the Maoist was a pathway to a future with education and employment. Despite two years of being on the frontlines, her biggest concern was what would await her when she returned home. Film excerpt 8:36. www.nepald

Since her mother died, Punam, a nine-year-od Tamang girl in Nepal has shouldered the responsibility for caring for her two younger siblings. She cooks for them, helps them dress and makes sure they get to school on time. Her father works an 18-hour day to feed his family. Despite her hard life, Punam is grateful that she can at least go to school - unlike some of her friends. This is a 3:41 min film excerpt 2007. Directed by Lucian Muntean and Natasa Stankovic. For more info: http://www.togethertv.org For i

A new, less restrictive policy in Hainan Province, coupled with advocacy and incentives, is expected to result in a more balanced sex ratio among newborns in China. 3:34 min. April 2007 UNFPA ----------- All UNFPA videos at: http://video.unfpa.org

PBS show, NOW travels to Niger, Guatemala, and India to expose the tragic consequences of early marriage, and the hope behind efforts to end the global practice. 11:42 min excerpt. Oct 2007 PBS release. For more information go to NOW on PBS: http://www.pbs.org/now

Excerpt of the film, "Unholy Matrimony". It tells the story of Zahida Minhas, a 16-year old Pakistani girl who is 9months pregnant and living in a safe house. In this extremely traditional society, Zahida was sold into a forced marriage by her mother. As Zahida's delivery date rapidly approaches, she fears that her "husband" will find and kill her, while her mother, threatens to take the baby. Shot on location in Islamabad and the North West Frontier of Pakistan and Kashmir. This emotional film exposes the

African Women News (Norway) -- Zainab McCoy interviews Kenyan nurse, Hannan Kahero, who works closely with cases of female genital mutilation (cutting) in Kenya. What role do men in Kenya play in the process of FGM? What happens to the money donated to Kenya to help in the condition of FGM? 5:33 min. Video release date: Jan 2008.

See undercover video taken by police, better understand why it happens, and who is doing it. It highlights the heartbreaking reality of child trafficking around the world. Women and children in poverty are at an extremely high risk of exploitation. 5:20 min. A 2008 Viva Network / Asha Forum production in association with Fat America Films. Sponsored by World Emergency Relief. For more info go to: www.worldconcern.org

IAMEY, Niger, 15 June 2007 -- The sight of children toiling in the streets is part of the daily landscape here in Niger's capital. In one of the poorest countries in the world, two-thirds of children under the age of 14 work. They come from all over the country and sometimes from other countries in the region -- especially Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana. Some of these children are trafficked, and many end up in the capital's central bus station. From there, they are hired out for menial tasks such as was

This is a wonderful and very moving short film investigating the difficulties a young rural girl from the Prey Veng Province of Cambodia as she faces bringing up her siblings and the reasons why her mother must leave them. It was produced by the young Cambodian volunteers at Support Children and Young people. 7:27 min. Released online Dec 19, 2007.

UNICEF report on battling an ancient tradition: Female Genital Mutilation... UNICEF correspondent/producer Kun Li reports on a group of Ethiopian girls who have just undergone genital mutilation, and UNICEF's work to help end the harmful practice. 2:15 min film - May 4, 2007 - UNICEF