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
Ousted female Afghan lawmaker, Malalai Joya, is fighting to regain her position on Afghanistan parliament.
International Herald Tribune - April 5, 2008 article: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/05/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Lawmaker-Ousted.php
Video - 1:35 min. ATN TV
New stories of terror are starting to emerge in Kenya, in the wake of the post-election violence that killed more than a thousand people.
During the chaos, women and even children were targeted for rape and sexual assault in the country's slums, refugee camps and even in schools.
It's something a new power-sharing government has pledged to investigate.
Yvonne Ndege has been talking with some of the victims.
Everywoman-Women and the Politics of Water - Part 2 AlJazeera TV English 11 min 38 sec - Aug 23, 2007. Women are taking the interrnational problems of clean water management at a grass roots level today. In the second part of our programme on women and the politics of water we look at women fighting back for control over their water resources.
Prevent Human Trafficking 3 min. documentary with Christina Arnold, of Project Hope International, shares Thailand's Partnership For Trafficking Prevention and how she got interested in the issue of trafficking prevention - Jun 14, 2007.