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Susan notes: this video is from a documentary series called Women on the Frontline presented by Annie Lennox and produced by UNIFEM; it shines a light on violence against women and girls. Read more about the series below.


The rest of this video series takes the front to homes, villages and cities around the world where a largely unreported war against females is being waged.

Broadcast on BBC World for seven weeks in 2008, the series covers: Nepal, where thousands of women are trafficked each year; Turkey, where killing in the name of honour continues; Morocco, where women political activists who have survived torture and imprisonment testify before a government truth and reconciliation commission; the DRC, where women bear the brunt of a 10-year war in the eastern provinces; Colombia, where women have been tortured in the shadow of a guerilla war; Mauritania, where women who have been raped may go to prison; and Austria, where, under a new law, perpetrators of domestic violence are forced to leave home.

Related Links:
More About The Democratic Republic of Congo on AWR
UNAIDS Ambassador Annie Lennox Speaks Her Mind To Business Leaders
Annie Lennox (Performer/Mom/Activist)
UNIFEM Videos

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