videos tagged women and poverty

"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.

MUYINGA, Burundi, 5 December 2007 -- Chantal Nizigiyimana has been back in her home country of Burundi for only a few months, having lived in Tanzania since she was a young child. In 1993, her family was among hundreds of thousands of Burundians who fled across the border in order to avoid conflict. Now, all Burundians are being asked to return home. Ms. Nizigiyimana is among approximately 9,000 people -- half of them youths -- who have been expelled from Tanzania just this year. Many women and children arr

This interview is from a brave woman who was trafficked from Nigeria to Italy. Dozens of suspected gang members have been arrested in Italy accused of smuggling women from Nigeria to work as drug couriers and prostitutes. Thousands of women from Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe are lured by the prospect of well-paid work in shops and factories. But their dreams of a better life often end in a brothel. Isoke Aikpitanyi from Nigeria is one of those women, she tell us her story. Aljazeera news production 2:26 m