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Women in history... Photos of suffragettes on their fight for women's rights.

Native American and Alaska Native women in the United States suffer disproportionately large amounts of violence and rape. This is an Amnesty International release...

... The story of human trafficking in Colorado gives the picture of victims who come from other countries with no human rights... most of these are women.

An estimated half-million women are trafficked annually for the purpose of sexual slavery. The women are kidnapped or lured by traffickers who prey on their dreams of employment abroad then they are "exported" to Europe, the Middle East, the United States and elsewhere, where they are sold to pimps, drugged, terrorized, locked in brothels and raped repeatedly. In Eastern Europe, since the fall of communism, sex trafficking has become the fastest growing form of organized crime, with Moldova and Ukraine wi

Child Soldiers of Nepal and Asia are not the only areas where children are used in the conflicts of war.4:12 min. film - Apr 15, 2007 - This video is to raise awareness of the use of child soldiers in Nepal by the Maoist rebel group.

War may be over in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but many Congolese women continue to battle for their reproductive health through complications with fistulas from rape. This film called "In Transit" was given the Global Health Award 2007 - sponsored by the Daniel B. and Florence E. Green Foundation, (5:54 min, Mar 16, 2007).

Vital Voices - Women Changing Our World. This video takes a look at the role that women are playing in creating a stronger, kinder and better world - Directed by Aaron Kisner. (VitalVoices - 6:21 min - Jul 21, 2006)