videos tagged educate the world

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

Jakriti Tank, hardware engineer (India), assembles a functional computer from the ground up. 3:46 min.

Journalist, Zakia Zaki, 35, was one of the most prominent radio journalists in Afghanistan. She was an outspoken advocate for women's rights and media education for women in Afghanistan. She ran the radio network "Radio Peace." On June 6, 2007 Zakia was brutally slain by assassins who entered her home in the town of Jabal as Siraj, about 70km (40 miles) north of Kabul. This short video is a portrait of Zakia Zaki's work and life (also showing an interview Zakia made with former Afghan parliamentarian, Malal

Tali Raz, project coordinator for NISAN -- a feminist Arab/Jewish organization working for peace in Haifa, speaks about the struggles in getting Jews and Palestinians to come together for peace dialogues. Film Aug 2007. 5:10 min. TomVandebeek video production.

Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT), in partnership with the ICT Trust Fund and local NGOs in the Siwa Oasis (a remote oasis in the midst of the west desert in Egypt), has implemented a local project to help in increasing Egyptian womens access to ICT for local communities. This project, called the "Tabluter", is based on the traditional wooden table known in Egypt as the tablya. The tablutor is a customized ergonomic embedded computer on a table. The embedded computer is a single CP

At Sundance film festival 2007 Eva Mulvad talked about her filming of --Enemies of Happiness-- a film about the life of a hero among Afghan women, former Afghan parliamentarian, Malalai Joya. To Malalai's dismay, since this video was recorded (in 2007), Malalai Joya has been disbanded from the Afghan General Assembly for her outspoken stand on women's rights in Afghanistan.

Because she is terribly disabled and unable to walk, Phool Kumari, of rural Northern India, felt limited in life but this did not keep her from dreaming. She had dreams of learning to read and write but thought the world of literacy would never be opened to her. A TARAhaat film production 2007. 7:44 min.

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

In 1990, Lynne R. Patterson, an American schoolteacher, and Carmen Velasco, a Bolivian child psychologist, wanted to help the poorest women in Bolivia achieve economic and social wellbeing. A U.S. government grant helped Lynne and Carmen get started — they later met women in areas that span Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico, Nicaragua and Peru. They met them in their houses and courtyards and provided them with empowerment training, women's rights awareness, financial planning, and childhood education. Today the