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12 Cameras: Haitian Women Share their Lives

Life isn't easy for Haitian migrants living in the Dominican Republic. Mostly women and mostly undocumented, they are easy targets for trafficking and exploitation, and face the constant fear of deportation. But, given a digital camera to record their stories of hope and struggle, some of the woman have begun to find a stronger voice for themselves.

A Tale of Two Mothers

Khadeza and Jahanara both live in Dhaka, Bangladesh, but their lives could not be more different. While Khadeza lives with her son, husband, and mother-in-law, Jahanara is a single mother with seven children to support. Khadeza has a steady job in a garment factory, which has a clinic where she can access family planning free of charge. Jahanara works as a cleaner in several houses around the city and has no access to birth control.

Afghanistan: Women Arise

It's more than eight years since the Taliban ruled Herat but, for many women here, life has barely changed, with forced marriage, domestic violence, and rape still commonplace. Now a fledgling women's rights movement is determined to change that legacy.

Africa's Daughters

In Uganda, most girls never get to attend high school, and even fewer graduate. But attitudes are changing. This film follows two hard-working young female students, Hoctavia and Ruth, whose education is giving them hope for the future.

Alagados Project: Joice

Meet Joice, a determined student from Alagados in Salvador, Brazil. In a community where the average income for a family of four to eight people is just $200 a month, education can make all the difference in helping to reduce poverty. So the fact that Joice comes from a semi-literate family but is now attending university makes her an important role model in her community.

Amra Shakti: We Are All Powerful

The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, BRAC, educates women about their rights and empowers them to take control of their destinies. See what happens when a group of women come together to seek equality.

An Incubator Hatches New Businesses for Chinese Laid-Off Women Workers

Supported by the UN Development Programme, the Tianjin Women Business Incubator is helping unemployed workers set up in business, including one woman who has created a chain of 60 car wash stores.

Awra Amba

The members of the Awra Amba community in rural Ethiopia believe there is a way out of poverty—through improved education, equal rights for men and women, and hard work. It may sound simple, but these values turn many firmly ingrained local traditions and deeply held religious beliefs on their head.

Bamako Chic: Threads of Power, Color and Culture

In the 1960s, a small group of Malian women cloth dyers reinvigorated the craft of hand-dyed cloth using a fabric called bazin. Now, thanks to microcredit programs introduced in the mid-1980s, bazin production has flourished into a lucrative enterprise dominated by women. Their artistic creativity has become a force for alleviating poverty and affirming identity in West Africa.

Because I Dare

Women in Ethiopia are being trained to make cobblestones, a profession that gives them regular income and financial independence, allowing them to raise their families and send their children to school.

Beyond Belief

From the ruins of the World Trade Center to those of Kabul, Susan Retik and Patti Quigley embark on a journey of personal strength and international reconciliation. Through empowering Afghan widows whose lives have been ravaged by decades of war, poverty and oppression, they believe that peace can be forged one woman at a time.

Bio-Briquette: An Alternative Source of Energy

In the past, villagers in rural Nepal were forced to burn firewood as their main energy source, leading to deforestation and health issues for women who constantly breathed in the smoke. Beehive bio briquettes are an alternative energy source that cost almost nothing to make, are smoke free, and are created from biomass that doesn't necessitate felling trees. See how this Nepalese community is being transformed through making, using, and selling bio briquettes.

Black Woman Sets Example for Young Winemakers in South Africa

Ntsiki is a rising star in South African wine, winning Woman Winemaker of Year in 2009. Her presence as a successful black woman is a new horizon in the traditionally white, male winemaking industry.

Brenda's Battle

Brenda is a health care worker in South Africa who is educating young women about sexual and reproductive health, particularly the dangers of illegal abortions. But she faces many challenges, including corrupt doctors and powerful cultural taboos.

Bwindi's Babies

Access to proper medical care can be a matter of life and death for pregnant women in rural Uganda and their babies. Elizabeth, a midwife at Bwindi Community Hospital, confronts the challenges facing pregnant women while preparing for the birth of her own child.

CAUTION: This video contains graphic medical scenes.

Child Survival: Reaching the Poorest Women and Children in Bangladesh

Concern Worldwide's Child Survival Program has revolutionized maternal and child health by utilizing established local leaders to spread knowledge throughout the communities about how to access hospitals and healthcare. It has laid a foundation within the community and with local actors that is saving lives on a grassroots level.