Browse results: Major Global Trends (1945-Present)
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Shugufa: Struggle to StudyThis Wide Angle video segment visits Afghanistan to explore the home life of Shugufa, a young girl caught between the traditions of Afghani society and modernization. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Steps Toward PeaceThis video from Women, War & Peace looks at steps the women of Liberia took to end a bloody civil war in their country. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Suicide BombingMohanned Abu Tayyoun describes the events that occurred on the day of his intended suicide bombing in this video segment from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Supporting the Women of Afghanistan A look at Afghanistan’s need for international support and actions taken by the U.S. to advocate for Afghan women in this video from Women, War & Peace. |
9-12 |
Video |
The TestimonyThis video from Women, War & Peace features Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal Testimony from witnesses against their accused Bosnian Serb rapists. |
9-12 |
Video |
Transformed WorkplacesIn this Wide Angle video, learn about the transformation of the Indian workplace due to a new influx of young, mostly female workers into India's outsourcing industries. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Trust in the LawCitizen complaints demonstrate that China’s legal system has not yet fully gained the people’s trust in this Wide Angle video. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Two BrazilsIn this Wide Angle video, two college hopefuls discuss the new racial quota system for applicants to the University of Brasilia. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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The Value of a GirlIn this video from Wide Angle, meet Santosh Kohli, a worker in India's BPO industry who hails from a family of modest means. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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War and the Rise of Women's Resistance in LiberiaThis video from Women, War & Peace provides an introduction to the Liberian civil war, which began in 1989, and the birth of the women’s resistance movement. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Widows in IsraelIn this Wide Angle video, meet the widowed women of a village in the Galilee who overcame societal expectations and started their own business. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Women in Afghanistan TodayA look at efforts two Afghan women are taking to help others, as well as dangers faced by women in Afghanistan today in this video from Women, War & Peace.
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9-12 |
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Women in ParliamentIn this video segment from Wide Angle, learn about the representation of women in Rwanda’s parliament. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Work AbroadIn this video segment from Wide Angle, Mary, a college educated Zimbabwean migrant, describes her life and work in Botswana. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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