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Shame: the worldwide
increase in sexual exploitation of children.
Life on the streets of Brazil is difficult
for disadvantaged teenagers. As hundreds of them try to escape
from violent communities and dysfunctional families, they fall
into the hands of unscrupulous adults who encourage them to engage
in prostitution and drug abuse. Sexual exploitation was one of
the issues addressed at a World Congress held recently in Sweden
with support from UNICEF.
Chaim Litewski, Producer / New
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Domestic violence in
Moldova.
Moldova, in Central Europe, is beginning
to address domestic violence against women. The scale of the problem
is illustrated by the fact that many women in prison are there
because they finally retaliated after years of abuse by spouses
and other family members. Assisted by the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP), battered women's centre are being established
and the issue will be addressed in Moldova's new constitution
and human rights initiatives.
Niels Von Kohl, Producer / New
York : DPI, 10 Mar. 1997 / Running Time: 3 min., 15 sec.
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Tunisia
takes family planning to remote rural areas.
Reproductive services are simultaneously
improving the quality of life for Tunisian women and slowing the
population growth. Tunisia leads the Arab world in promoting family
planning. Now, the Tunisian National Family and Population Office,
assisted by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), is funding
a mobile clinic to reach isolated rural areas.
Kamil Taha, Producer / New York
: DPI, 24 Mar. 1997 / Running Time: 3 min., 24 sec.
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Bangladesh tackles conditions
of women factory workers.
Women account for ninety percent of Bangladesh's
garment industry workforce which earns approximately two-thirds
of the country's foreign exchange. But young village women face
difficult working conditions as they strive to lift themselves
out of poverty. With assistance from the Asian Development Bank
(ADB), employers are beginning to offer child care facilities
and literacy classes to its massive female workforce.
Steve Whitehouse, Producer / New
York : DPI, 22 Dec. 1997 / Running Time: 3 min., 30 sec.
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UNDP provides microcredit
to poor women in Yemen.
In Yemen, a new programme of microcredit
loans is establishing the poor to raise their standard of living.
With money borrowed from the UN Capital Development Fund, small
entrepreneurs with skills and a dream can earn a steady income.
Zakia Al-Misrawi, a poor Yemeni widow rearing sheep and goats,
is now paying off her loan and buying previously unaffordable
goods. Zakia's success demonstrates that poor women, given the
chance, can break the cycle of poverty.
Kamil Taha, Producer / New York
: DPI, 16 March 1998 / Running Time: 3 min., 34 sec.
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Shattering the glass
ceiling.
As women climb the corporate ladder, all
too often they are blocked as they reach the glass ceiling. Less
than 3 per cent of women worldwide hold top executive positions
in major corporations. The International Labour Organization (ILO)
reports that there is a significant gender gap at the top levels
of the labor market. Due to cultural prejudices and job stereotyping
by gender, key management slots seem to be a male privilege.
Miguel Schapira, Producer / New
York : DPI, 20 Apr. 1998 / Running Time: 3 min., 50 sec.
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Ugandan tribe strives
to end female genital cutting.
The Sabiny people in east Uganda were once
strict adherents to the tradition of female genital cutting as
a rite of passage from girls entering womanhood. Today, they are
celebrating the same rite of passage with the offering of a symbolic
gift. Their turnaround is due to the work of a UN Population Fund
sponsored programme called Reach which successfully engaged the
village elders in a discussion on the relevance of female genital
mutilation to their tradition. The campaign shows how harmful
practices can be reduced without compromising the cultural values
of the community.
Patricia Chan, Producer / New
York : DPI, 26 Oct. 1998 / Running Time: 3 min., 15 sec.
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UN
Assists Women Agricultural Cooperatives in Botswana
With assistance from the UN Development Programme, UNDP, and
the Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, the Government of
Botswana has established several agricultural developments in
the southern part of the country. These developments are managed
by women who plant mostly vegetable crops which are in high demand.
Substantial income is generated from the sale of produce enabling
these women to lift themselves out of poverty and provide for
their families.
Kamil Taha, Producer / New York: DPI, 8 march
1999 / Running Time: 3 min., 51 sec.
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