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20th
Anniversary of the Women's Convention
The UN Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
was adopted in 1979. This programme explores the impact of the
Convention and highlights some of the most recent country reports
to the UN Committee which monitors the convention.
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Women
and Drug Addiction
This programme
chronicles the experience of two women's painful passage from
drug addiction to recovery to leading full productive lives. Also
discussed is how drug abuse affects women in particular and proposals
to governments to focus more resources on harm reduction.
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Teenage
Pregnancy
Four teenage
girls - from the Gambia, the United Kingdom, Nepal and Singapore
- discuss how they handle the pressures and perils of being a
teenager in their varying cultures.
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A
Rare Bird
Ambassador
Penelope Wensley of Australia discusses her life and work as one
of ten women out of a total of 185 Ambassadors at the United Nations.
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The
Trokosis; Abortion in the Commonwealth; A Poem on Ending Violence
against Women
Ghana bans
the practice of Trokosis, in which slave girls are offered to
priests to atone for crimes committed by their relatives; countries
of the Commonwealth follow the law as practiced in the United
Kingdom, but not for its law on abortion; American writer and
poet Esther Broner dreams in her poem of a world without violence
against women.
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Dowry
and Bride-burning in India - Parts 1 & 2
It is estimated
that some 25,000 brides are burned each year in India by their
in-laws because they fail to meet dowry demands. In this programme,
the stories of four women who fell victim to dowry and/or bride-burning;
and a look at the historical, religious, economic and social background
of these illegal practices, as well as the legal implications
and actions of advocates to end their abuse.
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