videos tagged women leaders

Ousted female Afghan lawmaker, Malalai Joya, is fighting to regain her position on Afghanistan parliament. International Herald Tribune - April 5, 2008 article: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/05/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Lawmaker-Ousted.php Video - 1:35 min. ATN TV

Journalist, Zakia Zaki, 35, was one of the most prominent radio journalists in Afghanistan. She was an outspoken advocate for women's rights and media education for women in Afghanistan. She ran the radio network "Radio Peace." On June 6, 2007 Zakia was brutally slain by assassins who entered her home in the town of Jabal as Siraj, about 70km (40 miles) north of Kabul. This short video is a portrait of Zakia Zaki's work and life (also showing an interview Zakia made with former Afghan parliamentarian, Malal

In Dec. 2007, an all-women community news network, called Aapaan Samachar, in Bihar, India, uses the power of women in media to improve conditions in Bihar's remote Ramlila Gachi village. "We look around for issues that affect the villagers, shoot them and then put them on air,” says the channel’s news anchor Khushboo. This news network runs on minimum resources. Reporters, camerapersons and anchors, all move around on bicycles with their handycams, looking for stories of human interest. “We do storie

"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.

Mary Robinson was the first woman president of Ireland 1990-1997 and former UN High Commisioner for Human Rights. As a member of "The Elders", Mary Robinson speaks about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, gender oppression and what we can do to help the world. For more info: http://www.theelders.org/elders/robinson.aspx

Poet Alice Walker reads the 1851 speech of abolitionist Sojourner Truth. Part of a reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove,) Novemeber 11, 2006 in Berkeley, California.

Saudi Women's Rights Activist Wajiha Al-Huweidar Criticizes Middle Eastern Men and Saudi Society. A MemriTV production Jan 2008. 7:08 min.