Americans for UNFPA
About this original series
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# Episodes
24 episodes -
Rating
TV-UN
Episodes of Americans for UNFPA
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Monira Rahman, Bangladesh
Monira Rahman is a human rights defender, who works to create a society where women live a life free from the fear of violence. For seventeen years, her efforts have centered on ending violence, abuse and discrimination against women in Bangladesh. As Executive Director of the Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF) Monira has raised awareness and brought about institutional change, including new laws to discourage attackers and prevent future violence. ASF runs a 20-bed hospital and treats 600-700 ac...
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Release date
Oct 21, 2009
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Runtime
02:36
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Sakena Yacoobi
Sakena Yacoobi, a tireless advocate for the women of Afghanistan, is the recipient of the 2009 Americans for UNFPA Board of Advocates Award for the Health and Dignity of Women. Dr. Yacoobi has increased the literacy and improved the health of thousands of Afghan women and girls despite decades of armed conflict and a ban on girls education under the Taliban.
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Release date
Jan 30, 2009
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Runtime
01:47
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Sakena Yacoobi from Afghanistan
Sakena Yacoobi, President and Executive Director of the Afghan Institute for Learning (AIL), watched her mother give birth to 16 children and saw her nearly bleed to death because there were no attending doctors. Only 5 of Sakenas siblings survived. Thankfully her mom survived, a rarity in Afghanistan where one in 7 women die in childbirth.
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Release date
Nov 24, 2008
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Runtime
03:26
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Travel to Rwanda/Uganda
Americans for UNFPA leads delegations to visit UNFPA program countries. Open to all of our supporters, the goal of the trips is to increase awareness among Americans of the work of UNFPA. Our delegates become some of our strongest advocates who: meet with their elected representatives, sponsor informational events, tell family and friends about UNFPA, and support the work through financial contributions.
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Release date
Aug 21, 2008
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Runtime
02:56
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Joyce Banda of Malawi
Americans for UNFPA was pleased to honor Joyce Banda with our International Award for the Health and Dignity of Women in 2006 for her unyielding dedication to the rights of the women of Malawi. She created the National Association of Business Women in Malawi, now a network of 30,000 women, each dedicated to their own and one another's prosperity. She also founded the Young Women Leaders Network, the Joyce Banda Foundation for Better Education and the Hunger Project in Malawi. Funding from UNFP...
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Release date
Aug 21, 2008
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Runtime
02:12
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Gamilah Ghaleb Al-Sharai of Yemen
Americans for UNFPA was pleased to honor Gamilah Ghaleb Al-Sharai with our International Award for the Health and Dignity of Women in 2006 for her tireless efforts to provide access to health care, particularly family planning, to the women of Yemen. For fifteen years, Mrs. Ghaleb Al-Sharai has directed the Yemen Family Care Association (YFCA). Much of her work is directed to areas where illiteracy is high and misconceptions about family planning prevail. In Yemen, women suffer extremely high ...
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Release date
Aug 21, 2008
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Runtime
02:07
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Dr. Myriam Conejo Maldonaldo of Ecuador
Americans for UNFPA was pleased to honor Dr. Myriam Conejo Maldonaldo with our International Award for the Health and Dignity of Women in 2006 for her provision of health care to the women of her community and her outstanding committment to the rights of those women to health care. http://www.americansforunfpa.org
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Release date
Aug 21, 2008
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Runtime
02:04
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Ket Noeun of Cambodia
Ket Noeun provides a safe haven as well as legal protection and vocational training for women who have experienced domestic violence or trafficking at the Cambodian Women's Crisis Centre. She prepares women and girls to return to their communities and works to reduce stigmatization and discrimination against them in the community. Ms. Noeun's goal is "justice for women and girls." http://www.americansforunfpa.org
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Release date
Aug 20, 2008
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Runtime
02:11
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Salamatou Traore of Niger
Dr. Salamatou Traor? has been at the forefront in the fight to protect the rights of women suffering from obstetric fistula, who are often rejected by their communities and husbands. As head of the organization Dimol, which translates to "dignity," she runs a center that supports women through fistula repair and prepares women to return to their communities and to become health advocates for other women. http://www.americansforunfpa.org
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Release date
Aug 20, 2008
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Runtime
02:03
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