When the women from the Afro-Bedouin community in the southern region of the Negev Desert, Israel speak out in a journalism training class, a new understanding of the taboos of society emerge. These courageous women report on underreported cases of harsh discrimination inside their world. This short film shows how women investigative journalists in global regions work toward action. Uri Rosenwaks & Majid Alkamalat production - 10:11 min film excerpt. (LinkTV 2008 release).

Woman documentary filmmaker, Mystelle Brabbee, took nine years to produce her film -Highway Courtesans - which tells the centuries old story of family sanctioned prostitution in the Bachara community of Central India. These respected prostitutes support their families as they work the highway servicing truckers who travel the road. BinsideTV YouTube release Dec 2006. 9:16 min.

Francine recalls the night she woke up as her arms were being hacked off by her husband because she gave birth to a girl. In Burundi, women's limited economic options often keep them in abusive situations. Some Burundians are agitating for changes in the law. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA news. June 20, 2008 VOA release.

The Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia has treated over 30,000 women who suffer from a birth injury called a fistula. These women, most of whom are rejected by society, get a second chance at life. Watch NOVA every Tuesday night on PBS. Or join PBS online at: http://www.pbs.org/nova Funding for "A Walk to Beautiful" is provided by the Fistula Foundation, the Marianthi Foundation, The Fledgling Film Fund, and others. 4:22 min

The illegal organ harvesting business in India is active today and filled with crime and corruption. This is the story of one woman who was mislead into giving up her kidney. A National Geographic 4:54 min production. Nov 2007.

Child gender issues for China's women have been part of the history of China for some time now. Today things are beginning to change. A 2008 UNFPA production.

The Mandinaba Womens' Recycling Group is a 14-member association recently started in the small West African village of Mandinaba located in the Western Region of The Gambia. Concerned with the overwhelming presence of plastic bags in the environment this group decided to use crochet hooks to recycle plastic bags into beautiful purses and wallets. The non-profit umbrella for Women News Network - WNN will be offering these items for sale in the next few months. 4:30 min video. Music by Jamma Jenngii.