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.
This PSA airs on CTV Ottawa and the networks specialty channels. The aim is to draw public attention to the growing number of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada and the Native Women's Association of Canada Sisters in Spirit Initiative. Dec 2007.
Over the past 20 years approximately over 500 Aboriginal women have gone missing in Canada. Theresa Ducharme of The Native Women's Association of Canada explains. 1:42 min. Released Oct 19, 2007 by Concordia Univ. TV.
Mother Teresa shares her insight about love. From the 1986 documentary film, "Mother Teresa," produced by Ann and Jeannette Petrie. Considered the definitive portrait of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Mother Teresa. Shot on the run over a period of five years in ten countries on four continents, this award-winning film follows Mother Teresa into the world's most troubled spots. From war in Beirut to Guatemala under siege, from the devastated streets of Calcuta to the ghettoes of the South Bronx, the fil
Saadia Zahidi head of the Women Leaders Programme at the World Economic Forum comments on the latest findings of the Global Gender Gap Report 2007. To see the report link to: http://www.weforum.org/gendergap 08.11.2007
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.
A series of disasters have rendered much of the community living in the Vangaindrano district of Madagascar unable to cope. UNICEF, along with humanitarian partners, established an emergency nutritional rehabilitation programme, attempting to provide emergency nutritional/health care for the most vulnerable women and children of the region. Film release date from UNICEF: 17 March 2006. Producer: Sandrine Martin
Fulgenzia Mpelembwa is seventy years old, and looks after twenty one kids. She lives in Iringa, Tanzania. Film from Discovering the Cost of Love Part 3.
Against All Odds: Women Partnering for Change in a Time of Crisis...
International NGO's and Women's Organizations often depend on funding from international donors. Governments, however, sometimes pass legislation that restricts their ability to receive funds from abroad. From the 25 min film: Against All Odds: Women Partnering for Change in a Time of Crisis / Co-produced By: Shebana Coelho & Rakhee Goyal. Edited By: Kim Connell, Rainlake Productions. Dec 2006. 3:40 min. To get the complete film: http://w
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