videos tagged women news network - wnn

"Returned" is a feature length documentary that follows several Nepali child soldiers including Asha, a young Nepali girl, who was sent home from the Maoist's People's Liberation Army after the cease fire. Asha joined the Maoist army when she was 14-years-old. For this young low-caste girl, joining the Maoist was a pathway to a future with education and employment. Despite two years of being on the frontlines, her biggest concern was what would await her when she returned home. Film excerpt 8:36. www.nepald

Morocco is still battling a long-time distinction between the treatment of women and men. EuroNews production Feb 2008.

The excrutiating history of forced prostitution with the comfort women of Japan is one that must not be forgotten. As elderly survivors of this enslavement speak out Japan legislators have mixed reactions. A Sunday morning CBS news show excerpt. 2007

Domestic violence kills 14,000 women in Russia each year, which amounts to almost one woman every hour, or about the same number of Soviet soldiers who died fighting in the 10-year Afghan war. And at the moment there is no law to protect them. Russia Today TV production 2007. 3:02 min.

A UNICEF survey found that more than 60 per cent of pregnant women in drought-striken Samburu are malnourished, placing their lives and those of their unborn children at great risk Credits: Producer:Rachel Bonham Carter. May 2007. 2:05 min.

Zarqa Nawaz, a young muslim woman from Saskatchewan, Canada, shares her story in her quest for women's equality inside the mosque. Through her journey Zarqa tries to understand -- Why has the world community of Islam become more conservative and less open to women today? A 2005 National Film Board of Canada production. Directed by Zarqa Nawaz. Produced by Joe MacDonald. Broadcast via Link TV. 19:25 min. film excerpt. To purchase complete film go to: http://www2.nfb.ca/boutique/XXNFBibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?form