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BBC on Link TV
BBC on Link TV
Category: Documentaries
Link TV presents a compelling line-up of BBC Worldwide documentaries and reality series', including the fascinating Tribal Wives and select programs from BBC's celebrated current affairs strand Panorama.
DOC-DEBUT: The Toughest Place to Be... A Midwife (Part 3)
DOC-DEBUT: The Toughest Place to Be... A Midwife (Part 3)
Category: Documentaries
Midwife Suzanne Saunders-Blundell abandons her high-tech maternity unit in Britain to work in the capital of Liberia -- the third poorest country on Earth, where one in 12 women dies in childbirth.
Tribal Wives: Episode 1 - Kuna/Panama
Tribal Wives: Episode 1 - Kuna/Panama
Category: Documentaries
In episode 1 of Tribal Wives, Sass Willis from Oxford joins the Kuna Indians on the coral islands off the coast of Panama. Amongst the Kune and far from home, Sass makes an extraordinary discovery.
Tribal Wives: Episode 2 - Waorani/Ecuador
Tribal Wives: Episode 2 - Waorani/Ecuador
Category: Documentaries
In episode 2 of Tribal Wives, Karen stays with the Waorani, a tribe isolated deep within the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle. As she immerses herself in tribal life, will Karen find what she really needs?
Tribal Wives: Episode 3 - Afar/Ethiopia
Tribal Wives: Episode 3 - Afar/Ethiopia
Category: Documentaries
In episode 3 of Tribal Wives, 28-year-old Scottish air hostess Lana Inglis lives with Ethiopia's independent Afar tribe -- who strictly forbid drinking. Can she finally overcome her alcoholism?
Tribal Wives: Episode 4 - Himba/Namibia
Tribal Wives: Episode 4 - Himba/Namibia
Category: Documentaries
In episode 4 of Tribal Wives, Yvonne Power, a single working mother of three, stays with the polygamous Himba tribe in northern Namibia. How will she cope with the tribe's deep gender divides?
Tribal Wives: Episode 5 - Maasai/Tanzaniai
Tribal Wives: Episode 5 - Maasai/Tanzaniai
Category: Documentaries
In episode 5 of Tribal Wives, teacher Dionne Braham moves from her home in London to live with one of the world's most famous and largest tribes in Africa: the Maasai. Feeling stuck in a rut, Dionne makes a radical choice.
Tribal Wives: Episode 6 - Mentawai/Indonesia
Tribal Wives: Episode 6 - Mentawai/Indonesia
Category: Documentaries
In episode 6 of Tribal Wives, high-flying overachiever Andy Wraith stays with the Mentawai Tribe off the coast of Indonesia, where she is forced to reevaluate what success really means.
Sarabah
Sarabah
Category: Documentaries
In this stirring documentary meet Sister Fa, a brilliant and tough-minded 27-year-old rapper from Senegal. As a victim of female genital cutting (FGC), she has devoted herself to ending the practice in her homeland.
TED Talks: Tony Porter and Liza Donnelly
TED Talks: Tony Porter and Liza Donnelly
Category: News & Current Affairs
In this installment of TED Talks, Tony Porter makes a call to men everywhere: Don't "act like a man," and New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly shows how humor can empower women to change the rules.
ViewChange: The Edge of Joy
ViewChange: The Edge of Joy
Category: Documentaries
The Edge of Joy is a documentary film that follows an ensemble cast of Nigerian doctors, midwives and families to the frontlines of maternal care.
CINEMONDO: Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story
CINEMONDO: Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story
Category: World Cinema
A modern Egyptian retelling of "The Arabian Nights," features oppressive politics and repressed women in this feature by director Yousry Nasrallah.
TED Talks: Kavita Ramdas - Radical Women, Embracing Tradition
TED Talks: Kavita Ramdas - Radical Women, Embracing Tradition
Category: News & Current Affairs
Investing in women can unlock infinite potential around the globe. But how can women walk the line between Western-style empowerment and traditional culture? Kavita Ramdas shares her insight in this TED Talk.
ViewChange: The Entrepreneurs
ViewChange: The Entrepreneurs
Category: Documentaries
With courage and determination four young women in Zambia defy the odds and establish their own successful businesses. From a furniture store to a pre-school for vulnerable children, The Entrepreneurs prove that anything is possible.
Al Jazeera English - Witness: The Family Code
Al Jazeera English - Witness: The Family Code
Category: Documentaries
In the West African state of Mali, the government is planning to bring in major changes to the family code, which forms the basis for family law in the country. It is aimed at extending the rights of women, but there is serious opposition the new family code.