videos tagged international women's news

Women's voices on Empowerment, Leadership and Technology... ICTs in Afghanistan and Palestine advance women's education. In an interview with the Women's Learning Partnership (WLP), Sakeena Yacoobi of Creating Hope International asserts that access to computers gives children rare educational resources and provides women with a resource center. Vivian Manneh of Palestine's Women's Affairs Technical Committee comments on women's enthusiasm to make use of ICTs. July 2007 2:08 min film.

Women and children in Africa typically spend 6-8 hours everyday finding and gathering water for their families. This video shows what's it's like for those families, and how Angel Aid is transforming their lives with clean water and the hope it brings.

Report (June 2007) on honor killing. Kurdish woman, Banaz Mahmod, was living in London and dating a man who was from another tribe - an Iranian Kurd. She was threatened and later killed by her family for dating the wrong man. Before her death it is believed that Banaz Mamod contacted the London police and reported that she feared for her life. Her father and uncle, both from Mitcham, south London, were later convicted of her murder by using killers - what the BBC called Banaz Mamod's "uncle's henchmen". Tho

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

Against All Odds: Women Partnering for Change in a Time of Crisis... Women leaders talk about the building of a global, grassroots, women's rights movement with Women's Learning Partnership (WLP). 2007

Women for Women International - provides Afghan women job skills training and the opportunity to rebuild their lives as the country recovers from war and the Taliban. More than $2 million has also been loaned to women in our microcredit program in Afghanistan. Find out how Women for Women's programs are improving the lives of Afghan women, helping them build sustainable futures for their families and communities. www.womenforwomen.org

The situation for the Iraqi women has deteriorated gravely since March 2003, with 8 million Iraqis living in desperate need for aid. A humanitarian crisis is at our doors. Hear the honest searing voice of professor Naba S. Hamid, founder of New Horizon for Women - Iraq. Naba Saleem Hamid is a professor of biology at the University of Baghdad. Educated in Iraq and in England, Dr Hamid sees herself as a non-political person who refused to join the Baath Party during the Saddam Hussein regime. She founded

Monday, November 13, 2006 FBI frees Mexican child from Forced prostitution in US - Nashville, TN. This ordeal began when sex traffickers promised a girl from Mexico passage across the U.S. border to a "restaurant" job in Nashville. The investigation brought charges against 10 men for running brothels full of Latin American women and girls who were forced into prostitution after they were promised legitimate jobs in the U.S. Two of the people charged with luring these ordinary immigrants into prostitution