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Young Women
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Women
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Kung Fu Nuns Strike Back at Rising Sex Attacks In India
Meet the Kung Fu nuns — women from an age-old Buddhist sect who are using their martial arts expertise to teach women self-defense, as reports of rapes rise in India.
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Renewable Energy
Women In Focus
Navajo Student Harnesses Solar Power to Address Community Need
Raquel Redshirt responded to a need in her community by creating a solar oven using materials found within the Navajo Nation.
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Women
Women In Focus
Kenyans Stand Against Female Circumcision
Tribeswomen in Kenya's Samuru tribe are fighting against the traditional and controversial practice of female circumcision, along with the support of many men in their community.
Told through an array of perspectives and experiences, “Young Women” is a curated collection of videos focused on empowering the female voice and ending gendered violence.
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Young Women
Women In Focus
A 10-Year-Old Girl Is Saved From Early Marriage
Post date:A UNICEF-supported program saves a 10-year-old Afghan girl from being forced to marry.
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Young Women
Women In Focus
What It Takes to be a Hula Champion
Post date:Behind the grace and the sway of hula there is grit, athleticism, and a knee-breaking, blister-inducing effort to leave everything you have on the dance floor.
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Young Women
Women In Focus
Life of a Kumari Goddess: The Young Girls Whose Feet Never Touch Ground
Post date:A peek into the life of the sacred children chosen to represent the living manifestation of the Kumari goddess in Nepal.
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Young Women
Women In Focus
Black Girl Magic: Empowering Black Girls Through Social Media
Post date:Since childhood, Shawanna’s mission has been to empower and inspire black women and girls through the preservation of positive images.
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Young Women
Women In Focus
Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee On Working With Women in Liberia
Post date:Nobel Peace laureate Leymah Gbowee discusses her experiences while working with women in Liberia.
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Young Women
Women In Focus
'One Day I'll Kill You': Women at Risk of Domestic Violence in Brazil
Post date:The serious problems in Roraima, Brazil reflect nationwide failures to provide victims of domestic violence.
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Young Women
Women In Focus
Family Planning Turns 50
Post date:On 13 May 1968, family planning was officially recognized as a human right at the International Conference on Human Rights.
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Young Women
Women In Focus
How the Female Genital Mutilation Act Can Protect Women At Risk
Post date:Sarian shares her personal story and talks about how the 2003 Female Genital Mutilation Act has protected women and girls at risk in the U.K.
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Women
Trust Docs
Kung Fu Nuns Strike Back at Rising Sex Attacks In India
Post date:Meet the Kung Fu nuns — women from an age-old Buddhist sect who are using their martial arts expertise to teach women self-defense, as reports of rapes rise in India.
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forests
Women In Focus
Lessons on Forest Preservation from Two Young Women in Rural Argentina
Post date:During a school field trip, Clara Duarte and Emilce Espinoza noticed their local forests in rural Argentina were being destroyed. Their efforts raised awareness about the importance of preserving trees.
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Renewable Energy
Women In Focus
Navajo Student Harnesses Solar Power to Address Community Need
Post date:Raquel Redshirt responded to a need in her community by creating a solar oven using materials found within the Navajo Nation.
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Women
Women In Focus
Child Brides in Nepal
Post date:Nepal's government has failed to take sufficient steps to end child marriage, despite promises to do so. This film explores the young women forced into domesticity.
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Gender Roles
Trust Docs
Slum Kids Confronting Sexism in Mumbai
Post date:Filmmakers visit a school in India to hear what boys and girls had to say about how these gender roles impact their world.
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Guatemala
Women In Focus
Personas de Pixan: The Mayan Women of Guatemala
Post date:"Personas de Pixan" explores the world of Mayan women in Guatemala, where machismo is prevalent and indigenous culture is being forgotten.
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sex trafficking
Women In Focus
Our Daughters for Sale
Post date:The average income for a Thai family is 10,000 bhat. A girl's virginity is worth 40,000 baht ($1,200 U.S. dollars) on the sex trafficking market.
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Women
Women In Focus
Big Mama Crushes Women Wrestling Stereotypes
Post date:Big Mama tells her story of being a popular Luchadora in Mexico's over-sexualized female wrestling culture.
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Women
Women In Focus
Luchadoras Stake a Claim in the Male-Dominated Wrestling Industry
Lucha Libre
Post date:All these women share a love of their sport and each one has an amazing story to tell.
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Women
Women In Focus
Snapshot of a Girl's Life In the Unforgiving Slums
Post date:Ten-year-old Meherunnesa lives by a rail tracks slum in Bangladesh but one day, her destiny changes forever.
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Kenya
Women In Focus
The Rape of the Samburu Women
Post date:Kenyan women have faced an epidemic of rape during the English military's 50-year stay in the Samburu region. Meet the women who run a community to support victims.
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Women
Women In Focus
Soles of Sseko: Making Shoes For Education
Post date:A short documentary about a company that makes sandals while helping send its female employees to college.
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