UNICEF is building much needed maternity service clinics in Indonesia. This film follows Indonesian midwife, Radliana who is doing her rounds in the village of Tanjong. 2:29 min. UNICEF film production 2008.
Trading in human misery, Everywoman TV / Aljazeera news production covers the problems today of human trafficking. A Sept. 2007 - 12:34 min Everywoman TV show excerpt.
For those who believe that prostitutes are women that want to sell their bodies for cash... think again. Cargo: Inocence Lost tells a very different story of adoloescent girls from around the world being bought, traded, and sold to traffickers in the United States and being forced to prostitute in plain sight of American citizens. Film/video 3:11 min. March 2007 YouTube release. To learn more log onto: www.cargoinnocencelost.com
Female feticide is causing girl births in India to be far less than boys. India's growing middle class has the worst statistics as femicide takes the form of girl-child abortions. 2:42 min BBC news production March 2008.
Women from Nepal who have survived trafficking and gender-based violence are often discriminated against and have no where to turn. Doctors of the World-USA & partner SAATHI provide psychosocial services and medical care to these women through shelters, and empower them to take control of their lives and sustain themselves independently. A 7:03 min DOWUS (Doctors of the World US) production. April 2008.
Whole Planet Foundation, a nonprofit organization established by Whole Foods Market, provides grants to microfinance institutions in Latin America, Africa and Asia, which, in turn, develop and offer microenterprise loan programs, training, and other financial services to the self-employed poor in targeted communities. Cristina is a microentrepreneur supported by the Whole Planet Foundation through Grameen Trust in Guatemala. Whole Planet Foundation production April 2008. 2:20 min.
Egyptian women discuss female genital mutilation as it exists in Egypt today. One woman shares her personal experience with circumcision and another as a practitioner of FGM describes the process. A MemriTV production 2008. 7:04 min.
Nepal is still seeing child bride marriages that hold girls in subservient positions caught in the cycle of early motherhood, domestic violence, poverty and suffering that comes from being female in Nepal. Film/video 8:19 min.
Dr. Dorj Munkhuu, a heroine among the Mongolian people, has changed the landscape today for Mongolian women. Mongolia today is facing a new world because of women who step forward. A UNFPA Feb 2008 release. 2:01 min.