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"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

Tibetan folksong sung by Degi, a young woman learning to sing authentic Tibetan songs. This was recorded in Bamei (Garthar), Western Sichuan Province (formerly Kham, Eastern Tibet) in March 2007 at the Golden Sun Guesthouse. 1:19 min.

A new, less restrictive policy in Hainan Province, coupled with advocacy and incentives, is expected to result in a more balanced sex ratio among newborns in China. 3:34 min. April 2007 UNFPA ----------- All UNFPA videos at: http://video.unfpa.org

Self-immolation by women continues to be a problem in the Afghan province of Herat, with on average 10 women a month attempting suicide by setting themselves on fire. Not all of them succeed. 29 May, 2007 Aljazeera News. 2:57 min.

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.

At Sundance film festival 2007 Eva Mulvad talked about her filming of --Enemies of Happiness-- a film about the life of a hero among Afghan women, former Afghan parliamentarian, Malalai Joya. To Malalai's dismay, since this video was recorded (in 2007), Malalai Joya has been disbanded from the Afghan General Assembly for her outspoken stand on women's rights in Afghanistan.

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.

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