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WOMEN'S STUDIES: Globalization
A-OK?
Part 26 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people. In
underdeveloped countries children with Vitamin A deficiency run the risk of dying from
common childhood illnesses. The cost of ensuring all children receive enough Vitamin A
is small, but improves children's chances of survival by 25%. This episode looks at
Vitamin A distribution programs in Ghana, Uganda, India and Guatemala.
Johnson Center Videotapes
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About the United Nations peacekeeping.
Examines the role of UN peacekeeping forces who stand between opposing sides in trouble spots of the world, hoping to encourage
people to resolve their problems peacefully rather than resort to war. Through the eyes of a UN peacekeeper, we get a firsthand view of
the duties of these "men & women in the middle."
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JX1981.P7 A2 1989
An act of faith.
Part 4 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people. A
group of health professionals spends nine months or each year touring the poorest and
most remote areas of South Africa. With a full contingent of volunteer doctors, dentists,
optometrists and health educators on board, the "good clean health train" delivers
quality health care to deprived rural communities.
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JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.4
All different, all equal.
Part 11 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.
Looks at progress in achieving greater equality for women -- five years after the Beijing
Conference on Women where government delegations pledged themselves to tackle
increasing violence against women. Examines gains in women's rights globally with visits
to Northern Ireland, Nigeria, Fiji, New Zealand, Brazil and other nations focusing on
crimes against women and achievements by women towards equality.
Johnson Center Videotapes
JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.11
At the end of a gun women and war.
Part 9 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people. Druki's
family fell victim to the bloody civil war between the Tamil Tigers and Sri Lankan
government forces that has been tearing the island of Sri Lanka apart for the last 17
years. This program reports from Sri Lanka on the suffering of thousands of women --
widowed, displaced, detained, separated from husbands, children and other loved ones
-- as a result of the war.
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JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.9
Because they're worth it.
Part 19 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people. Out
of a total Chinese population of 1.3 billion, there are 42 million Chinese who are poor.
This film looks at programs which are helping impoverished Chinese break out of the
cycle of poverty and ignorance -- by providing them with micro-credit, basic health
information, education and hope.
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JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.19
Beyond Beijing the international women's movement.
From August 30 to September 15, 1995 two parallel events took place in China: the NGO (Non-governmental organization) Forum on
Women is Huairou, and the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. This documentary is about the NGO Forum
in Huairou. "I'm a femenist media maker and educator. I went to Beijing with the purpose of making an independent video documentary of
the forum from women's perspectives. I followed a group of Chicago based grassroots activists through the forum to make this tape."
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Bolivian blues.
Part 27 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people. In
Bolivia, 10% of children are undernourished and average school attendance is less than
7 years. Entrenched vested interests hamper foreign investments and its landlocked
geography limits access to export markets. But there are signs of change. This program
explores the success of a new initiative "Dialogo 2000: si se puede" designed to
coordinate the work of donor agencies and focus outside aid on achieving real poverty
reduction.BR>
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The boxer.
Part 6 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people. This
film follows Luis Rodriguez, who lives in a remote peasant village in southern Mexico,
who hopes to become a boxing champion in the United States. This film follows him as
he travels north to the US-Mexican border, joining other migrants determined to outwit
the U.S. border guards. Eventually he succeeds in crossing the border and finds work
as an illegal alien.
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JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.6
The cost of living.
Part 14 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people. This
program examines why AIDS drugs are unaffordable in developing countries, using as
examples Thailand and South Africa, two countries who have applied to use compulsory
licenses and parallel importing -- practices agreed under World Trade Organization
guidelines -- to make their own generic versions of anti-retroviral drugs to halt the AIDS
epidemic in their countries. It also asks why anti-retroviral drugs still aren't included in
the WTO's essential drugs lists.
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Credit where credit is due.
Part 16 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people. This
segment examines the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee that provides
micro-credit to rural women in Bangladesh who live on the edge of poverty. It recounts
how taking out a loan revolutionized the lives of village women -- not only increasing
their incomes but also helping to improve their, and their children's, health.
Johnson Center Videotapes
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The debt police.
Part 29 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.
Uganda has recently benefited from a debt relief initiative, but in a country where
corruption is rife, is this relief really going to reach the poor? This program travels in
rural Uganda with the Uganda Debt Network, an NGO working to ensure that this aid
does reach the poor and improves their lives, and reports on the thriving anti-corruption
movement that has sprung up, with popular theater and campaigning schoolchildren.
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Educating Lucia.
Part 25 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.
Focuses on the story of three African sisters who want to graduate to secondary school
but are more likely to receive no formal education, working as seasonal laborers on one
of Zimbabwe's large tobacco farms. They're being raised by their grandmother who can
only afford school fees for one girl. In African countries such as Zimbabwe, Uganda and
Benin the odds are dramatically against girls getting an education.
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JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.25
For a few pennies more.
Part 20 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.
Across the world there are two billion people at risk from iodine deficiency. Apart from
the classic symptoms of goiters and cretinism, it also leads to still births, underweight
babies and lowers IQ. This film examines the health problems resulting from iodine
deficiency in Indonesia and steps taken to solve the problem.
Johnson Center Videotapes
JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.20
From docklands to Dhaka.
Part 3 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.
Physician Sam Everington serves the poor in London where 40% of his patients are
from Bangladesh. Believing that community health involves not only treating illness, but
working with local people on jobs, housing and education, Dr. Everington travels to
Bangladesh to test his theories in an effort to improve community health.
Johnson Center Videotapes
JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.3
Geraldo off-line.
Part 2 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.
Geraldo da Sousa worked his way out of a shanty-town in Brazil into a job in a Ford car
factory. Then he was told he no longer had a job because of the financial meltdown in
faraway South East Asia. Was that just an excuse or the harsh reality of the new
globalized economy? In this film, with the help of investigative journalist Jon Alpert,
Geraldo sets out to find out.
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JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.2
Globalization winner[s] and losers.
Sabeer Bhatia, inventor of Hotmail, Narayan Murthy, founder of Infosys, and other
industry leaders attest globilization has raised the standard of living in developing
economies through high-tech opportunities, foreign investment, and debt relief.
Harvard's Jeffry Sachs and other experts point out that the world market is being
expolited through shortsightedness. This program addresses the pros and cons of doing
business in the global marketplace.
Johnson Center Videotapes
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God among the children.
Part 22 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people. The
Boston Ten Point Coalition is an ecumenical group working to mobilize the community
around issues affecting black and Latino youth -- especially those at risk from violence
and drug abuse. The coalition's goals are to make the local churches more effective in
the work of rebuilding the community by getting out into the streets to work with the
city's growing numbers of alienated young people.
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JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.22
In the name of honour.
Part 21 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.
This program explores how oppression of the minority Kurds in the disputed enclave
of Northern Iraq has unleashed a chain of violence and crimes often directed at
Kurdish women and how Kurdish women are fighting back for their own protection
and working for human rights in Iraq.
Johnson Center Videotapes
JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.21
India inhales.
Part 12 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.
Every day in India, another 55,000 children start smoking. This film explores the
cynicism of the major global tobacco companies' campaigns in India with particular
reference to the largest firm in India, ITC Limited. It also looks at the work of activists
who have pledged to try to stop them -- and to halt the soaring increase in cancer
cases in India that result from smoking.
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JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.12
Life: the ongoing story.
The final program in a 30 part series on how the globalized world economy affects
ordinary people. This segment revisits some of the stories covered in earlier
episodes and questions just how strong the international community's commitment is
to linking social development with economic development and human rights.
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JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.30
Life: the story so far.
Introduction to a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.
Part 1 examines whether the globalized economy is now running out of control, or
whether ordinary people can still hope to share in its wealth. Although most people
today are better fed, clothed and educated than ever before, there are also millions
more now living in absolute poverty.
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Lost generations.
Part 24 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.
Maternal poverty and malnutrition have increased dramatically in India since the early
'90's. Low birth weight babies from malnourished mothers grow up to become
malnourished themselves and in turn give birth to more low birth weight babies. This
film explores what can be done to break the cycle of poverty and ill-health that
condemns whole populations to sub-standard lives.
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JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.24
Mass media in society.
In this program, academic and industry experts examine the globalization of information exchange, the way in which it has altered the social distance between nations and individuals, and the future of mass media. In the U.S.,viewers watch an average of 4.5 hours per day of television, willingly lending their eyes and ears to advertisers. However, the 1990s have seen a growing fragmentation of America into demographically segmented audiences, driven by
niche programming and narrow-interest advertising. The enthusiasm for interactive
communication is growing, spurred on by the desire for news and entertainment
tailored and delivered on demand and the possibilities of one-to-one marketing. Is
the concept of mass media on the verge of extinction?"--Container.
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The outsiders.
Part 28 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.
This segment explores the social and economic upheavals in the Ukrainian society
since the fall of Communism with particular emphasis on the moral and economic
dilemmas that face adolescents in the Ukraine today.
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JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.28
The Philadelphia story.
Part 5 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people. This
film profiles the case of Cheri Honkala, executive director of the Kensington Welfare
Rights Union of Philadelphia, one of the U.S. workers left behind by the globalized
economy who tells the story of what's happened in her hometown. Includes
commentary by academicians and noted authorities examining how the globalized
economy affects American jobs.
Johnson Center Videotapes
JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.5
The Posse.
Part 15 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.
This episode is the story of a group of friends who call themselves "The Posse" who
live in Sao Paulo, in one of Brazil's urban slums. The Posse is centered around a rap
group whose songs explain the inequalities of life in Brazil today. Its members include
schoolkids, the unemployed, social activists and university students.
Johnson Center Videotapes
JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.15
Regopstaan's dream.
Part 17 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.
Twenty-five years ago, the Bushmen were evicted from the Kalahari by the apartheid
government who claimed they were too westernized to cohabit with the wild animals
in the National Park. This film which follows the story of Bushmen fighting to live on
ancestral lands within the park, includes interviews with Bushmen, park employees,
farmers and government officials each providing their own perspectives.
Johnson Center Videotapes
JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.17
The right to choose.
Part 8 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.
Nibret is eleven -- and they're marrying her off to a man she's never met. Forced
marriage isn't unusual in northern Ethiopia -- it helps to cement ties between families
and establish land rights. This program reports on the dissonant voices arguing for
change in local cultures -- and calls for reproductive health care and primary
education for women and looks at widespread discrimination and violence against women.
Johnson Center Videotapes
JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.8
Rights & wrongs. Video 1, The power of human rights.
Presents the general concept of human rights as adopted by the United Nations on December 10, 1948 in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights--that individuals must be protected from government. Includes the new segment Peace Watch, followed by the segment
Rights reel and surveys a New York City theme school organized around human rights.
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Rights & wrongs. Video 2, The world's children.
Discussion on the global crisis in the human rights of children. Topics cover the reality of children's lives without basic human rights,
including child labor, prostitution, homelessness & street children, death and displacement by war, disease, violence, hunger, and sex bias.
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Rights & wrongs. Video 3, Women under attack.
Promotes increased awareness of the universality of the crime of rape and of the urgent need for human rights for women revealed by the
systematic rape of women in Bosnia by Serbian soldiers. Includes reports on worldwide state sponsored violence towards women and the
international human rights movement to stop the violence through documentation of events in order to establish criminal charges and bring
the violators to justice. Victims offer testimony of events in Bosnia, Kashmir, and Peru and a rape room is shown in Kurdistan, Northern
Iraq. Female genital mutilation in Africa and Asia is described in personal testimony as well as in an interview with Alice Walker about her
documentary films. Scenes from Fire Eyes and Warrior Marks are shown to demonstrate how mutilation is often performed, and Walker
reads from her novel Possessing the Secret of Joy.
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Rights & wrongs. Video 4, U.S. & Canada.
Examples of the lack of compliance with human rights laws are given in segments on the Mississippi voter registration project of 1961-
1964, the Canadian civil rights conflict over a massive hydroelectric project on James Bay which pits the rights and culture of the
indigenous Cree and Inuits against Hydro Quebec, a government-owned energy company, the Army School of the Americas, Escuela de
las Americas, in Fort Benning, Georgia which is becoming known as School of the Assassins where dictators such as Noriega are trained
to conduct wars, and, the land tenure of indigenous peoples of Oahu Island, Hawaii, including a report on one of 32 homesteads in
Hawaii.
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Rights & wrongs. Video 5, Around the world.
Human rights are explored in three segments. The first discusses multinational corporations and the MFN debate over linking foreign trade
with China to Beijing's policy on human rights, questioning whether Chinese access to American markets should be linked to China's
progress in human rights. The second segment is a film documentary of the seige of Sarajevo and how it is affecting the lives of ordinary
citizens on one street. Focus of the third segment is Africa and the precedent of intervention in Somalia, with discussion on the morality of
international military power used for humanitarian relief and lessons learned from Somalia.
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The Seattle syndrome.
Part 7 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.
Many people in the Third World feel they are being penalized when they face drastic
import controls for turning their raw materials into manufactured goods. Now they're
also running up against the Seattle Syndrome -- an alliance of liberals and
protectionists who want more restrictions on trade to fight poor wages and
exploitative working conditions. But is this a justifiable way of fighting globalization --
or a kind of colonialism in disguise? The film also examines the garment industry of
the Philippines as an example.
Johnson Center Videotapes
JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.7
The silver age.
Part 13 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.
Advances in healthcare mean that more people are living longer with over 560 million
age 60 and over in the world today. In parts of Europe, North America, and Japan, the
proportion of older people is rising faster than any other group. The result, often, is a
growing population of old people with too few young people to take care of them. This
program explores the implications in three different countries: India, Japan and Tunisia.
Johnson Center Videotapes
JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.13
The summit.
Part 10 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people. The
1995 Copenhagen Social Summit promised action on poverty, employment and social integration -- pledging governments to deliver greater social justice to the world's six billion inhabitants. But in the five years since Copenhagen, the gap between the rich and the poor actually widened, while development assistance from the industrialized donor countries went into sharp decline. In June 2000 heads of state held a special session of the UN General Assembly to review progress on the Social Summit.
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JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.10
Untouchable?
Part 18 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.
This segment examines the lives of dalits in a small village in southern India.
Identified as outcasts or 'untouchables' whole families of dalit people exist in India
effectively as bonded or slave laborers. There are an estimated 100 million child
laborers in India. Human rights organizations are now taking up the dalits' cause and
calling for the end of a system of discrimination as heinous as the former apartheid
system in South Africa.
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JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.18
Without rights.
Part 23 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people. In
1967 the Israelis occupied the West Bank of Jordan and the Gaza Strip. This
program explores the plight of the 1.3 million Palestinian Arab refugees now living
under Israeli control who are being denied many human rights guaranteed to all
people under international laws.
Johnson Center Videotapes
JZ1316 .L54 2000 pt.23
Writing desire.
"A video essay on the new dream screen of the Internet and how it impacts on the global circulation of women's bodies from the third
world to the first world. Although under-age Philippine 'pen pals' and post-Soviet mail-order brides have been part of the transnational
exchange of sex in the post-colonial and post-Cold War marketplace of desire before the digital age, the Internet has accelerated these
transactions."--http://www.wmm.com.
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