videos tagged women and violence

New stories of terror are starting to emerge in Kenya, in the wake of the post-election violence that killed more than a thousand people. During the chaos, women and even children were targeted for rape and sexual assault in the country's slums, refugee camps and even in schools. It's something a new power-sharing government has pledged to investigate. Yvonne Ndege has been talking with some of the victims.

A former girl-soldier guerrilla from Columbia (who is hiding her identity), a 15 yr old Columbian girl and a 12 yr old boy share their personal stories of leg amputation from landmine explosions. A May 2007 Cuadro a cuadro Ltda. video production. Excerpt 5:22 min.

Diana Nammi, founder of the International Campaign Against Honour Killings, speaks at the Reclaim the Night march held in London, November 2007. Video 6:10 min.

Domestic abuse in Afghanistan is on the rise. Due to this women are needed in the Afghan police force.Women have experienced more freedom since the Taliban was overthrown in Afghanistan, but some still face abuse from men unwilling to accomodate change. Zeina Khodr follows the story of one woman in Kandahar who, despite regular death threats, is dedicated to working as a policewoman to protect women's rights in Afghanistan. 2:24 min -Feb 8, 2008 Aljazeera TV production.

Gunfire erupts in the DRC as Women for Women International founder Zainab Salbi talked with Honorata, survivor of sexual enslavement rebuilding her life in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sexual violence and slavery are rising to horrific levels in the war in the Congo. Now more than ever, women like Honorata need our help. Sponsor a woman in the Congo - www.womenforwomen.org

This PSA airs on CTV Ottawa and the networks specialty channels. The aim is to draw public attention to the growing number of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada and the Native Women's Association of Canada Sisters in Spirit Initiative. Dec 2007.

Over the past 20 years approximately over 500 Aboriginal women have gone missing in Canada. Theresa Ducharme of The Native Women's Association of Canada explains. 1:42 min. Released Oct 19, 2007 by Concordia Univ. TV.

Part two in Everywoman TV programme on crimes (murder) against women by their own family in the name of "honour". We look at the situation in Jordan and Turkey. June 2007 Aljazeera TV. 11:33 min.

Women for Women International reports from DR Congo in concert with Anderson Cooper's piece for 60 Minutes, "War Against Women" featuring Women for Women International's program in the DR Congo. A Jan 2008 Women for Women International release. www.womenforwomen.org

Movie trailer for the film: The Greatest Silence: Rape in The Congo SYNOPSIS Since 1998 a brutal war has been raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Over 4 million people have died. And there are the uncountable casualties: the many tens of thousands of women and girls who have been systematically kidnapped, raped, mutilated and tortured by soldiers from both foreign militias and the Congolese army. The world knows nothing of these women. Their stories have never been told. They suff