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Filmed in 15 countries, this collection of video segments spotlights Malalai Joya, Mukhtar Mai, and 17 other women who are making a difference in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. Segments include ... Africa Sierra Leone-Among the Numbers: This clip profiles 58-year-old Mary Musa, the first female council chair in the town of Koidu. One of few women to have risen to leadership via the grassroots, she is also a widow raising five children of...

This special explores how people in different age groups, from adolescence to senior citizenship, see themselves and their place in America. Through self-shot video, they share common experiences that bind age groups together and generational differences that put them at odds with one another.

Bravery, compassion and the will to save lives motivated the young Nurse Helen Fairchild to leave home in Pennsylvania and embark on a journey to Europe, where she served as a surgical nurse during the World War I. This short documentary recounts her fascinating story and the quest for Fairchild's recognition as a war hero who died at the front lines.

CNN's Sara Sidner introduces us to women who have been tattooed by their traffickers as a way to show ownership in the lucrative business of sex trafficking

"Story of Her" is a 2022 dynamic American documentary that showcases bold stories of struggle and triumphs in the lives of everyday women.

For the last ten years, the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been at war. The women bear the brunt of it. The precise number of victims suffering from rape and related diseases, of which traumatic fistula is one, is impossible to know. Shunned by their community, the women are often reluctant to come forward for treatment. Instead, they are forced to bear the physical and psychological scars of their ordeal alone. We travel...

From the Newseum in Washington, this is the beginning of a month-long series of reports on empowering women in developing countries. In conflict areas, women are seen as peacemakers where there has long been war.

Today, Morocco is coming to terms with the human rights abuses of its recent past. Televized testimonies in a Truth and Reconciliation Commission set up by the government have transfixed the nation. Morocco is discovering the truth about wrongful imprisonments, torture, and disappearances of the past. The public has also discovered the prominent role women played in resisting abuses of the law in the 1970s and 1980s. In this film, we feature two women--Fatna...

When it comes to the business of retail, Sam's Club CEO Rosalind Brewer and fragrance pioneer Jo Malone are powerful forces. Brewer is the first woman and African American to lead a Walmart division. Malone built a global brand from the ground up, and now, she's starting all over again. Both women talk about where their drive comes from, learning as they go, and why family has been important to their career success.

This episode looks at the lives and careers of Troye Sivan, RuPaul Charles, Gus Kenworthy, Neil Patrick Harris and Adam Rippon.