videos tagged civil rights women

Mary Robinson was the first woman president of Ireland 1990-1997 and former UN High Commisioner for Human Rights. As a member of "The Elders", Mary Robinson speaks about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, gender oppression and what we can do to help the world. For more info: http://www.theelders.org/elders/robinson.aspx

An interview with Mary Jane Real, Women's Human Rights Defenders, Manila, The Philippines - August 2007. This video is part of a series of interviews with feminists on secularism, fundamentalism(s) and women's rights in the Philippines. Language: English Duration: 28 minutes Produced by siawi.org

Movie trailer for the film: The Greatest Silence: Rape in The Congo SYNOPSIS Since 1998 a brutal war has been raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Over 4 million people have died. And there are the uncountable casualties: the many tens of thousands of women and girls who have been systematically kidnapped, raped, mutilated and tortured by soldiers from both foreign militias and the Congolese army. The world knows nothing of these women. Their stories have never been told. They suff

Zarqa Nawaz, a young muslim woman from Saskatchewan, Canada, shares her story in her quest for women's equality inside the mosque. Through her journey Zarqa tries to understand -- Why has the world community of Islam become more conservative and less open to women today? A 2005 National Film Board of Canada production. Directed by Zarqa Nawaz. Produced by Joe MacDonald. Broadcast via Link TV. 19:25 min. film excerpt. To purchase complete film go to: http://www2.nfb.ca/boutique/XXNFBibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?form

Tania Major is an indigenous aborigine from the Australian outback, and this year won the Young Australian of the Year Award. And we meet two Danish women who are elder widows living life to the fullest. Everywoman TV June 2007

Rosa Parks asked the important question "Why?" to prejudice in America in the1950s. Her story is a bridge today that gives all people everywhere a chance for greater dignity.

Maya Angelou talks to the world of women as she addresses the International Women Leaders Global Security Summit. Nov 2007. The Summit is a project of The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands in partnership with the Council of Women World Leaders, The White House Project and the Women Leaders Intercultural Forum.

The Irish Civil War (Irish: Cogadh Cathartha na hÉireann) was a conflict between supporters and opponents of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 6, 1921, which established the Irish Free State, precursor of today's Republic of Ireland. Opponents of the treaty objected to the fact that it retained constitutional links between the United Kingdom and Ireland and that the six counties of Northern Ireland would not be included in the Free State. The Civil War claimed more lives than the War of Independence that