Women War and Peace RSS feed for PBS programming.http://video.pbs.orgen-ushttp://video.pbs.orgWed, 22 May 2013 08:23:46 -0400Wed, 22 May 2013 08:23:46 -0400http://video.pbs.org/video/2172270759/An animated short about a Colombian congresswoman survives seven years of captivity in the jungle.http://video.pbs.org/video/2172270759/11/30/2011A Colombian congresswoman survives seven years captivity in the jungle.nrHistoryHistoryModernModernWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsThe AmericasThe AmericasSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2172270755/The barrier that separates Israel and the West Bank also separates many Palestinians from their places of work, their family members, and the checkpoints people must pass through to get from one side to the other have become points of tension. The women of Machsom Watch observe the checkpoints to make sure that the Israeli soldiers guarding them treat the Palestinians trying to pass humanely.http://video.pbs.org/video/2172270755/11/30/2011At West Bank checkpoints, Israeli women monitor the treatment of PalestiniansnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsNational SecurityNational SecurityThe Middle EastThe Middle EastSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2283787698/A look at efforts by women of Afghanistan to participate in government and the peace processhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2283787698/09/26/2012A look at efforts by women of Afghanistan to participate in governmentnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesWomenWomenCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2283787940/A look at Afghanistan's need for international support and actions taken by the US to advocate for Afghan womenhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2283787940/09/26/2012A look at Afghanistan's need for international supportnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesWomenWomenPoliticsPoliticsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2169610348/In Spanish they're called the feminicidios. Hundreds, maybe thousands of women have disappeared in and around Juarez, Mexico in a wave of violence that began in the early 1990s. David Rochkind, a photographer based in Mexico, produced this multimedia piece featuring two women from Juarez whose daughters disappeared without a trace.http://video.pbs.org/video/2169610348/11/22/2011Hundreds, maybe thousands of women have disappeared without a trace in Juarez, Mexico.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsThe AmericasThe AmericasSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2155873882/Liberian activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee talks about the platform the award has granted her and the difficulty of balancing her global activism with caring for her six children.http://video.pbs.org/video/2155873882/10/18/2011Liberian activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee on life after the award.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsSub-Saharan AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2165993549/The series capstone, War Redefined challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace are the domain of men through incisive interviews with leading thinkers, Secretaries of State and seasoned survivors of war and peace-making.http://video.pbs.org/video/2165993549/11/09/2011Incisive interviews with leading thinkers, Secretaries of State, and survivors.nrHistoryHistoryWar & ConflictWar & ConflictNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsNational SecurityNational SecurityThe Middle EastThe Middle EastThe AmericasThe AmericasEuropeEuropeSub-Saharan AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaAsiaAsiaEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2165692589/South Sudanese women struggle to make their voices heard in the post-war transition.http://video.pbs.org/video/2165692589/11/09/2011South Sudanese women struggle to make their voices heard.nrHistoryHistoryWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsSub-Saharan AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2163336258/Colombia has the second largest population of internally displaced people in the world, after Sudan. Here, an indigenous Colombian community makes an annual return to their ancestral land to commemorate a massacre that left 12 dead, 20 missing, and the rest of the community displaced.http://video.pbs.org/video/2163336258/11/01/2011Colombia has the second most internally displaced people in the world, after Sudan.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsThe AmericasThe AmericasSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2163553429/If you ask Colombian politicians, they will tell you the 40-year-old civil war is over. But The War We Are Living reveals another Colombia, where the war is all too real - and the battle is over gold. In Cauca, in the Pacific southwest, two extraordinary Afro-Colombian women fight to hold onto the gold-rich land that has sustained their community through small-scale mining for centuries.http://video.pbs.org/video/2163553429/11/02/2011Two Afro-Colombian women fight for their gold-rich land.nrHistoryHistoryWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsThe AmericasThe AmericasEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2126609487/In Cauca, a mountainous region in Colombias Pacific southwest, two extraordinary Afro-Colombian women are fighting to hold onto the gold-rich land that has sustained their community through small-scale mining for centuries. Premieres November 1, 2011http://video.pbs.org/video/2126609487/09/12/2011Afro-Colombian women fight to hold onto their gold-rich land. Premieres November 1, 2011nrHistoryHistoryModernModernWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsNational SecurityNational SecurityThe AmericasThe AmericasPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2155177259/Walk with two extraordinary Afro-Colombian women who are fighting to hold onto the gold-rich land that has sustained their community for centuries. 11/1/2011http://video.pbs.org/video/2155177259/10/17/2011Premieres Tuesday, November 1, 2011 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsOpinionOpinionThe AmericasThe AmericasPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2160652241/When the U.S. troop surge was announced in late 2009, women in Afghanistan knew that the ground was being laid for peace talks with the Taliban. Peace Unveiled follows three women who immediately began to organize to make sure that their hard-earned rights do not get traded away in the deal.http://video.pbs.org/video/2160652241/10/26/2011Three Afghan women fight to protect their hard-earned rightsnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsNational SecurityNational SecurityThe Middle EastThe Middle EastEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2283788242/An overview of life in Afghanistan during and after Taliban rule and womens efforts to participate in the countrys peace processhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2283788242/09/26/2012An overview of life in AfghanistannrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesWomenWomenCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2283787995/A look at efforts two Afghan women are taking to help others, as well as dangers faced by women in Afghanistan today.http://video.pbs.org/video/2283787995/09/26/2012A look at efforts two Afghan women are taking to help othersnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesWomenWomenCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2126615684/When the U.S. troop surge was announced in late 2009, women in Afghanistan knew that the ground was being laid for peace talks with the Taliban. Peace Unveiled follows three women who immediately began to organize to make sure that their rights dont get traded away in the deal. Premieres October 25, 2011http://video.pbs.org/video/2126615684/09/12/2011Women in Afghanistan fight to attend peace jirga. Premieres October 25, 2011nrHistoryHistoryModernModernWar & ConflictWar & ConflictWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsNational SecurityNational SecurityReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsPoliticsPoliticsThe Middle EastThe Middle EastSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2152950194/Follow three women in Afghanistan who organize to make sure women have a seat at the negotiating table with the Taliban. Tilda Swinton narrates. 10/25/2011http://video.pbs.org/video/2152950194/10/13/2011Premieres Tuesday, October 25, 2011 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsOpinionOpinionReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsThe Middle EastThe Middle EastPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2155873888/Pray the Devil Back to Hell is the astonishing story of the Liberian women who took on the warlords and regime of dictator Charles Taylor in the midst of a brutal civil war, and won a once unimaginable peace for their shattered country in 2003. Featuring Nobel Peace Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee.http://video.pbs.org/video/2155873888/10/19/2011Liberian women take on warlords and bring peace to their shattered country.nrHistoryHistoryModernModernWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsNational SecurityNational SecuritySub-Saharan AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2126579482/The astonishing story of the Liberian women who took on the warlords and regime of dictator Charles Taylor in the midst of a brutal civil war, and won a once unimaginable peace for their shattered country. Premieres October 18, 2011http://video.pbs.org/video/2126579482/09/12/2011The story of Liberian women who won peace for their country. Premieres October 18, 2011nrHistoryHistoryModernModernWar & ConflictWar & ConflictWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsNational SecurityNational SecuritySub-Saharan AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2151623278/Hear the astonishing story of the Liberian women who took on the warlords and regime of dictator Charles Taylor in the midst of a brutal civil war. 10/18/2011http://video.pbs.org/video/2151623278/10/11/2011Premieres Tuesday, October 18, 2011 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.nrHistoryHistoryWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsGovernmentGovernmentNational SecurityNational SecurityOpinionOpinionSub-Saharan AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2152159955/How sixteen Bosnian women changed the rules of war. Narrated by Matt Damon.http://video.pbs.org/video/2152159955/10/12/2011How sixteen Bosnian women changed the rules of war.nrHistoryHistoryWar & ConflictWar & ConflictWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsEuropeEuropeEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2126609475/The story of how a group of 16 women who had been imprisoned and raped by Serb led forces in the Bosnian town of Foca broke historys great silence and stepped forward to take the witness stand in an international court of law. Premieres October 11, 2011http://video.pbs.org/video/2126609475/09/12/2011Women raped by Serb forces in Bosnia brake historys silence. Premieres October 11, 2011nrHistoryHistoryModernModernWar & ConflictWar & ConflictWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsEuropeEuropeSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2126609496/Matt Damon, narrator of Women, War and Peace Episode 1: I Came To Testify on why the themes of this series matter to men, too.http://video.pbs.org/video/2126609496/09/12/2011Matt Damon, narrator, on why the themes of this series matter to men, too.nrHistoryHistoryModernModernWar & ConflictWar & ConflictWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsNational SecurityNational SecurityEuropeEuropeSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2149699997/War Redefined, the capstone of Women, War and Peace, challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men's domain through incisive interviews with leading thinkers, Secretaries of State and seasoned survivors of war and peace-making.http://video.pbs.org/video/2149699997/10/07/2011War Redefined challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace are mens domain.nrHistoryHistoryWar & ConflictWar & ConflictNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsNational SecurityNational SecurityThe Middle EastThe Middle EastThe AmericasThe AmericasEuropeEuropeSub-Saharan AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaAsiaAsiaSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2074675731/Think you know war? Think again. Women, War & Peace, a five-part PBS special, premieres Oct. 11, 2011. The series continues on Tuesday nights at 10:00 p.m. through Nov. 8.http://video.pbs.org/video/2074675731/07/29/2011Think you know war? Think again.nrHistoryHistoryNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsThe Middle EastThe Middle EastThe AmericasThe AmericasEuropeEuropeSub-Saharan AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaAsiaAsiaSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2074770753/Think you know war? Think again. Women, War & Peace, a five-part PBS special, premieres Oct. 11, 2011. The series continues on Tuesday nights at 10:00 p.m. through Nov. 8.http://video.pbs.org/video/2074770753/07/29/2011Think you know war? Think again.nrHistoryHistoryWar & ConflictWar & ConflictNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsNational SecurityNational SecurityThe Middle EastThe Middle EastThe AmericasThe AmericasEuropeEuropeSub-Saharan AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaAsiaAsiaSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2148487509/Learn how a group of 16 women who'd been imprisoned and raped by Serb-led forces in a Bosnian town took the witness stand in an international court of law. Matt Damon narrates. 10/11/2011http://video.pbs.org/video/2148487509/10/05/2011Premieres Tuesday, October 11, 2011, at 10:00 ET/PT. Check your local listings.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsGovernmentGovernmentOpinionOpinionEuropeEuropePromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2150884934/Not long ago, the Foca river valley in eastern Bosnia was known as the black hole of Bosnia because of its reputation for harboring war criminals. Now, the mayor is trying to remake Foca as a tourist town.http://video.pbs.org/video/2150884934/10/10/2011The black hole of Bosnia, known for harboring war criminals, is remade as a tourist town.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyTravelTravelHistoryHistoryModernModernWar & ConflictWar & ConflictWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsEuropeEuropeSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2149660932/Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee tells her story of survival, victory and revolution at a launch event for the PBS series, Women, War and Peace.http://video.pbs.org/video/2149660932/10/07/2011Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee tells her story of survival.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsSub-Saharan AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2283048745/This clip describes the precedent set by Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal prosecutors in establishing rape as a specific war crime, and the bravery of the witnesses they called to testify.http://video.pbs.org/video/2283048745/09/24/2012Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal prosecutors establish rape as a war crime.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesWomenWomenCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2283049808/This clip explores the complicated legacy of the Tribunals final judgments in the affected communities in Bosnia.http://video.pbs.org/video/2283049808/09/24/2012The complicated legacy of the Tribunals final judgments in BosnianrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesWomenWomenCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2282450876/The clip describes how atrocities against civilians in the Bosnian civil war were broadcast to an international audience on television with little impact.http://video.pbs.org/video/2282450876/09/21/2012atrocities against civilians in the Bosnian civil war were broadcast with little impactnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesWomenWomenCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2283048479/The clip features Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal Testimony from witnesses against their accused Bosnian Serb rapists.http://video.pbs.org/video/2283048479/09/24/2012Testimony from witnesses against accused Bosnian Serb rapists.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesWomenWomenCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2282448184/This clip provides historical background on Yugoslavia, and how it began to unravel with a series of national separatist movements in the early 1990s.http://video.pbs.org/video/2282448184/09/21/2012historical background on Yugoslavia and how it began to unravelnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesWomenWomenCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2277754225/A look at a sit-in and other nonviolent actions conducted by the women of Liberia in 2003 to get participants at the peace talks in Accra, Ghana to sign a peace agreement in order to bring about the end of civil war in Liberia.http://video.pbs.org/video/2277754225/09/11/2012A look at a sit-in and other nonviolent actions conducted by the women of Liberia in 2003nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2277754369/An overview of the efforts of Leymah Gbowee and the women of Liberia to further democracy and peace after the end of Liberian civil war in 2003.http://video.pbs.org/video/2277754369/09/11/2012An overview of the efforts of Leymah Gbowee and the women of Liberia.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2277754367/A look at the early stages of women's non-violent protests in Liberia.http://video.pbs.org/video/2277754367/09/11/2012A look at the early stages of women's non-violent protests in Liberia.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2277754368/A look at steps the women of Liberia took to end a bloody civil war in their country.http://video.pbs.org/video/2277754368/09/11/2012A look at steps the women of Liberia took to end a bloody civil war in their country.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2277754224/An introduction to the Liberian civil war, which began in 1989, and the birth of that country's women's resistance movement.http://video.pbs.org/video/2277754224/09/11/2012An introduction to the Liberian civil war.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2144379222/Geena Davis, narrator of War Redefined, says that in today's wars, it can be more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier.http://video.pbs.org/video/2144379222/09/26/2011Geena Davis, narrator of War Redefined, talks about the film.nrFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionHistoryHistoryModernModernWar & ConflictWar & ConflictNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsThe Middle EastThe Middle EastThe AmericasThe AmericasEuropeEuropeSub-Saharan AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaAsiaAsiaSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2132420991/A short clip from an interview with Cherif Bassiouni, who investigated war crimes in Bosnia, Rwanda, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Bahrain, and was instrumental in the establishment of the International Criminal Court in the Hague.http://video.pbs.org/video/2132420991/09/20/2011A short clip from an interview with Cherif Bassiouni, war crimes investigator.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryModernModernWar & ConflictWar & ConflictNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsThe Middle EastThe Middle EastEuropeEuropeClip