May 05 Watch Other News: Airstrikes Kill Civilians in Afghanistan In other news, officials in Afghanistan said coalition air strikes killed at least 30 civilians on Monday, and police in Turkey arrested 11 people charged with carrying out a massacre at a wedding party. Continue watching
May 01 At Black Rep, Women’s Voices are Loud and Clear "In the Continuum" reaches across continents to track the separate lives of two young women, one African and the other African-American, as they deal with the grave realities of the AIDS epidemic. Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch Faces Behind the Unemployment Lines Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming examines the sense of shame and anger that many who have lost their jobs feel as unemployment lines continue to grow. Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch BeadforLife Program Helps Lift Ugandans Out of Poverty A program that helps Ugandans sell beads in America has brought hundreds of families out of extreme poverty through a woman-to-woman network focused on sales at house parties and a Web store. Spencer Michels reports on the program and the… Continue watching
Apr 16 Backlash Continues Over Afghan Women’s Law By PBS News Hour Some 300 women gathered on the streets of Afghanistan's capital this week to protest a controversial new law that critics say legalizes marital rape and restricts a woman's right to work outside the home. Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch Pakistan Approves Use of Islamic Law in Swat Valley Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday signed a measure imposing Islamic law in the country's northwestern Swat Valley as part of a deal to end two years of fighting with pro-Taliban militants in the region. Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch Around the World, Women Are on the Move From working their way into positions as high-ranking government officials to becoming the first females in their families to attend school, Richard Rodriguez explores the many ways in which women are on the move all over the globe. Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch ‘Brown Fat’ Studies Provide New Medical Insights, Hope For Weight Loss New studies reveal that "brown fat," a type of fat scientists previously thought disappeared after infancy, can burn large amounts of calories if activated by cold temperatures. An author of one study explains the discovery and its possible medical applications. Continue watching
Apr 06 Study Finds Honor Killings a Major Portion of Pakistan’s Homicides By PBS News Hour One in every five homicides in Pakistan is a so-called "honor killing," according to a new epidemiological study published in the European Journal of Public Health. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch South Africa Looks to Set New Course in HIV/AIDS Fight South Africa's new health minister is promoting testing, treatment and frank dialogue about HIV. But many challenges lie ahead in managing the epidemic, as Ray Suarez reports in the first of his three-part series of reports from South Africa. Continue watching