videos tagged women and war

"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

As Kosovo declares its independence, one Kosovar women shares her story of triumph as she rebuilds her and her families life after they were forced to leave their home during the conflict with Serbia. Through Women for Women International, she has learned agricultural skills, has earned enough to support her family, and regained independence for herself and other women like her. Learn how you can help more women regain their dignity and hope after war. www.womenforwomen.org/kosovo

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.

Irma Grese was one of the SS who supervised the women's camp at Auschwitz Birkenau. By the end of 1943, in the southern part of the camp complex, there were 30,000 women, housed in 62 barracks in some of the worst conditions in the whole of Auschwitz. There was little running water, and disease was rampant. For Irma Grese the women's camp became a sadistic playground. Women survivors of the camps are interviewed to share their first-hand experiences and memories. 8:14 min.

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 film excerpt is from a topical and moving documentary about women who are war journalists. This film documentary explores the lives of these death-defying women who have chosen to work in an area of journalism almost entirely occupied by men. Excerpt released July 2007. TitleHouse distribution. 1:40 min.

Palestinian women recount the stories of the Nakba in their villages. The 1948 Palestinian exodus refers to the refugee flight of Palestinian Arabs before and during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. It is called the Nakba, meaning "disaster," "catastrophe," or "cataclysm," by Palestinians. The United Nations final estimate of the number of Palestinian refugees of the 1948 war was placed at 711,000 in 1951. Today, Palestinian refugees and their descendants are estimated to number over 4 million people. The initial

Joya delivers her speech as keynote speaker in an event in Sydney on International Women's Day, March 8, 2007 UNIFEM film production. For more info: http://www.MalalaiJoya.com

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