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"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

Domestic violence kills 14,000 women in Russia each year, which amounts to almost one woman every hour, or about the same number of Soviet soldiers who died fighting in the 10-year Afghan war. And at the moment there is no law to protect them. Russia Today TV production 2007. 3:02 min.

More than a year after Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has risen to her position as president in Liberia, other women in West Africa have also been marking history with a bid for public office. Even though she did not win the April 2007 elections in Mali, Sidibé Aminata Diallo, representing the Movement for Environmental Education and Sustainable Development, was part of an emerging face for women entering politics in Mali. In Senegal, Mrs Penda Mbow, appointed Culture Minister in Senegal, also made a run for legis

Two rural illiterate women from Gambia came to rural Rajasthan to train as Barefoot Solar Technology Engineers and have now placed solar electricty in all of the 74 houses in their villages in Gambia. A Barefoot College 2007 film 6:13 min.

MUYINGA, Burundi, 5 December 2007 -- Chantal Nizigiyimana has been back in her home country of Burundi for only a few months, having lived in Tanzania since she was a young child. In 1993, her family was among hundreds of thousands of Burundians who fled across the border in order to avoid conflict. Now, all Burundians are being asked to return home. Ms. Nizigiyimana is among approximately 9,000 people -- half of them youths -- who have been expelled from Tanzania just this year. Many women and children arr

Findings from the U.S. Department of Justice also found that Native women are two and a half times more likely to be raped then a Caucasian woman. Non-native men are reported to be committing 86% of these assaults. Jodi Rave discusses questions of jurisdiction and what level of commitment exists to prosecute these crimes. 3:06 min film Aug 27, 2007