The Southeast Asian nation of Cambodia survived a regime that killed teachers and banned education. More than 30 years later some passionate educators are trying to ensure that Cambodia's children...
In many traditional cultures, women aren’t allowed to own or inherit property. Losing a husband through death or divorce can be a guarantee of poverty. But two women in Malawi...
Costa Rica has a reputation as a peaceful oasis in Central America, a region that is often ravaged by war. It is also proud of its rain forests and animal...
Terrorist atrocities often leave people at a loss to explain how anyone could commit such acts. Another question, less frequently asked, is why do people give up terrorism? And how...
Experts claim that every three seconds, fraud is committed online. Global cyber crime has already surpassed drug trafficking as a criminal money-maker. The biggest challenge for authorities? The victims are...
We all know that climate change is causing the polar ice-cap to shrink, threatening small islands with extinction and devastating populations with drought. But how many of us have heard...
Major international sports are always high stakes events ... but they can all too easily turn into a security nightmare. The UN 21st Century team travelled to the European Champions...
For a decade, the lives of young Cambodian women were transformed by jobs in the textile industry. But the global economic crisis changed all that, threatening to undo ten years...
The shashmaqam is one of the primary styles of court music that flourished in the Silk Road cities of Central Asia: Samarkand, Bukhara, and Tashkent. The roots of Shashmaqam lie...
In the majestic Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan, poetically called the "Roof of the World", trance-like rhythms and piercing melodies propel these vivid performances of Badakhshani folk songs, dance music, and...
The shashmaqam is one of the primary styles of court music that flourished in the Silk Road cities of Central Asia: Samarkand, Bukhara, and Tashkent. This documentary looks at this...
Tajikistan is a country poised to succumb to a crime that's spreading rapidly - drug trafficking. This segment takes you to the frontline of that nation's drug trade, and inside...
