For Mother's Day 2008 - Mothers worldwide deserve to have caring midwives present when they give birth. Safe and healthy birth is vital to the health of both mother and child. Legislative programs allowing midwives to practice and to be educated in the process of birth is vital to all women. UNFPA film. Jan 2008 YouTube release. 4:30 min.
Irom Sharmila is a young woman of Manipur, India who has been on a fast-to-death for nearly 7 years now. She has been demanding the removal of a brutal law from her land. Manipur is a north-east Indian state (bordering Myanmar), riven for decades by insurgency and armed separatist movements. The Government of India has attempted to control the situation militarily, granting drastic powers to the security forces. The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act enforced in the region lets people be arrested, shot and e
Why do women who have grown up in a different religion convert to Islam? Why is Islam so appealing to them... ? Follow the life of a woman from England who has decided to convert to Islam. Watch her first day at work as she wears her hijab (head scarf). Sept. 2007 YouTube release. 10.18 min.
Self-immolation in Afghanistan is reaching a critical point today (May 2008). The cause? Domestic violence in the family, forced marriage, lack of rights for Pashtun women in Afghanistan cause women to reach the point of desperation and no return. CNN news report April 2007 - 3:57 min.
Because of lack of technology in Nigeria, women's rights associations many times receive news after the news is old. Two women leaders talk about how women's live can be improved through ICT. Slowly the tide is changing and many women in Africa who never were given the chance are now beginning to access a new world. Posted to YouTube by Women's Learning Partnership July 25, 2007. 2:17 min.
Women in Tanzania are working more than men today as they feed their families. Women farmers across the country of Tanzania have been making great changes for the lives of their families and communities. They are leaders of agriculture and creating business that are giving them sustainable livings. Film/video produced by Heifer International 2007. 6:32 min.
HIgh mortality rates among women giving birth has become a major health issue in Afghanistan. More and more children are being left as orphans in the war-torn country. In Afghanistan's eastern town of Faizabad, six orphans are left in the care of their aunt, who feeds them rice and bread. The orphans' mother bled to death while giving birth. It's a common health issue that haunts women in the war-torn country. The aunt says her sister was unable to make it in time from her home to a hospital. March 2008 NTD
Learn from My Story: Women Confront Fistula in Rural Uganda... In August 2007, the ACQUIRE Project partnered with the Center for Digital Storytelling and St. Joseph's Hospital in Uganda to coordinate a workshop for Ugandan women who have experienced obstetric fistula. This story recounts the hardships and celebrates achievements related to the daily struggles of women suffering under the condtions of fistula with pregnancy, loss, relationships, as well as their search for safety, acceptance, and dignity. A
See this interesting debate between Islamic cleric and two Saudi women journalists. Saudi TV Newscaster Buthayna Nasser Slams Islamists over Initiative to Prevent Women from Appearing on TV LBC (Lebanon) - A Memritv.org production 3/25/2007 Video 4:01 min.
MTV EXIT Documentary presented by Christian Bautista to raise awareness of human trafficking.
Traffic is a unique and powerful program presented by multiple celebrities in multiple languages that addresses the issue of human trafficking in Asia-Pacific: log on to www.mtvexit.com for more information. A MTVexit Christian Bautista 2008 production. Video/film 9:51 min.