videos tagged helping the world

Dubai is rapidly becoming one of the most popular destinations in the Middle East, and a booming economic centre in the Gulf. But some of those who've come to live in the emirate have become victims of domestic violence, and found few places to turn to for help. Now one woman has founded a shelter for abused women, turning Dubai into a "City of Hope". Nov 10, 2007. 3:21 min. Aljazeera TV production.

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.

In Dec. 2007, an all-women community news network, called Aapaan Samachar, in Bihar, India, uses the power of women in media to improve conditions in Bihar's remote Ramlila Gachi village. "We look around for issues that affect the villagers, shoot them and then put them on air,” says the channel’s news anchor Khushboo. This news network runs on minimum resources. Reporters, camerapersons and anchors, all move around on bicycles with their handycams, looking for stories of human interest. “We do storie

"Fistula is a condition of poverty," said Dr. Salamatou Traore. Dr. Traore has been at the forefront in the fight to protect the rights of women suffering from obstetric fistula, who are often rejected by their communities and husbands. As head of the organization Dimol, which translates to "dignity," she runs a center that supports women through fistula repair and prepares women to return to their communities and to become health advocates for other women. Film/video 2:02 min. Jan 2008.

The power of empowering women reaches far. Empowering a woman helps the world. Women of the World - is a work in progress using clips from the one hour documentary "Microcredit: The Future of Poverty" and the song "Staralfur" by Sigur Ros. 5:49 min. June 2007.

Through her own personal struggle we see a searing portrait of Rolake Odetoyinbo, Nigerian AIDS activist, who is also someone who knows first-hand the pain of carrying HIV-AIDS -- a disease that is often kept secret from the outside world. Feb 2008. 7:20 min.

Women for Women International reports from DR Congo in concert with Anderson Cooper's piece for 60 Minutes, "War Against Women" featuring Women for Women International's program in the DR Congo. A Jan 2008 Women for Women International release. www.womenforwomen.org

Alberta has developed a small business using a microcredit loan, and is transforming her own life and those of her family in the slum areas of Angola's capital Luanda. An Urban Films production. OneWorld Action. 3:21 min. Jan 2008