Goddess Festival at the Harlem Meer NYC 2011. Organized by Gloria Rodriguez and La Visioneras. Video by Mia Roman Hernandez of Chamaca Arts. Video sole property of Chamaca Arts and is not to be reprod...
Inspiring Videos
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BREAST IRONING CAMEROON
Breast Ironing in Cameroon Africa... In the privacy of homes, behind closed kitchen and bedroom doors, pubescent girls in Cameroon are being tortured by their own mothers. Using objects like grinding stones, mortar pestles, coconut shells, or hammers heated over hot coal, mothers massage their daughters' developing breasts to destroy any indication of emerging womanhood.
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Reclaiming Her Rights: Life at the Women's-Only Village of Umoja Uaso
Women at Umoja Uaso are defying the norms set by surrounding villages in the area of central and northern Kenya. The Samburu tribe is composed of pastoralists, and women have historically been treate...
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Mexico's 'warrior' women make a difference
In Mexico, officials in Ciudad Juarez on the US-Mexico border are grappling with almost daily drug-related violence.According to unofficial estimates, 600 people have been killed in the city since...
