Women in the US have come a long way since the days of Susan B. Anthony or Eleanor Roosevelt. But even in this Western country there is still much progress to be made where women face a glass ceiling in the workplace and a shocking income disparity with men. In developing countries, the situation is much worse: women's rights are brutally violated every day. With acts like female circumcision, honor killings, and discriminating religious laws, it is clear women around the world still have a lot to fight for.
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 | Meet 19-year-old Sujeylin Aguilar and her baby Karla, who live with a group of kids in a park in Managua, Nicaragua. Can Sujeylin kick her glue habit and provide a better life for her child? Click for airtimes. | |
 | Based on actual events, this documentary tells the story of an accidental border crossing by a Pakistani Hindu boy and his father into India, and the consequences this action has on their family's lives. Click for airtimes. | |
 | A Dollar a Day: The Strongest Link Bulewla Cima is a pregnant, HIV positive health worker. As a single mother struggling to support her family in South Africa, Bulewla represents one of the 1.2 billion people in the world living on less that a dollar a day. Click for airtimes and to watch online! | |
 | 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. Click for airtimes and to watch online! | |
 | Bridge To Iran: We Are Half of Iran's Population Three months before Iran's 2009 presidential elections, Iranian women's rights activists are filmed posing their questions to the ten candidates. Click for airtimes and to watch online! | |
 | In this stirring documentary Sister Fa -- a brilliant and tough-minded Senegalese rapper -- has devoted herself to ending the practice of female genital cutting in her homeland. Click for airtimes and to watch online! | |
 | Aired first on BBC World TV, the critically acclaimed Women on the Frontline is a brutally honest account of the silent war being waged against women across the world. Watch online! | |
 | In 2010 filmmakers Frederick Rendina and Oren Rudavsky traveled to Nepal and Uganda to find the answer to one question: What does it take to educate a girl? Watch online! | |
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 | ViewChange: Where the Water Meets the Sky Written by Jordan Roberts (March of the Penguins) and narrated by Academy Award®-winner Morgan Freeman, this is the inspiring story of a group of Zambian women who achieve the unimaginable. Watch online! | |
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NoVo Foundation is on the frontlines of the fight for women's rights. Chaired by Jennifer and Peter Buffett, this foundation "seeks to foster a transformation in global society from a culture of domination and exploitation to collaboration and partnership, empowering women and girls as the primary agents of change." |
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