2017 Prince Claus Laureate Khadija Al-Salami (Yemen)
This film about Khadija Al-Salami was shown during the 2017 Prince Claus Awards at the Royal Palace Amsterdam. On 6 December 2017, Khadija Al-Salami received the Prince Claus Award from HRH Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, Honorary Chairman of the Prince Claus Fund. From the Prince Claus Awards Committee Report: “Khadija Al-Salami is awarded for […]
Yemen's children are silently starving to death
Hunger has always been a problem in Yemen, but two and a half years of war has starved the country. CNN’s Clarissa Ward reports a famine in Yemen would be the largest the world has seen in decades. Clarissa got rare access to a hospital in the Yemen port city of Aden to show just […]
Yemen: Improving Women & Children’s Health During the Conflict
About 50% of the health facilities in Yemen that provide lifesaving healthcare are non-functional due to the conflict. The World Bank and IDA are working with UNICEF & the World Health Organization on the Emergency Health and Nutrition Project, which supports mobile clinics that provide healthcare for children under 5 and pregnant women, supports public […]
Yemen: The plight of the children – BBC News
Fifty thousand children under the age of five in Yemen are expected to die this year from hunger or disease. Clive Myrie and cameraman Nick Millard have been to the front-line city of Taiz, where there’s no let up in the fighting. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog World In Pictures https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS3XGZxi7cBX37n4R0UGJN-TLiQOm7ZTP Big Hitters https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS3XGZxi7cBUME-LUrFkDwFmiEc3jwMXP Just Good […]
Child Marriage In The USA
When you hear the phrase ‘Child Brides’ maybe places like Niger or Afghanistan come to mind, countries notorious for child marriage. Did you know, that child marriage is legal here in America! For more from YR Media: Check out our website: https://yr.media/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yr.media/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yrmediapage/ Follow us on […]
Why does the US have so many child brides? – BBC News
Angel was 13 when her mother forced her to marry and start a family. “I felt like a slave,” she says of her childhood. While countries like Zimbabwe, Malawi and El Salvador have recently banned child marriage, it remains legal in the US – and half of states have no set minimum age below which […]
Yemen: One child is infected with cholera every minute
Two years of brutal war have pushed Yemen to the brink of famine. Ports and airports are in ruins, leading to shortages of food, medicines and vital supplies. More than two million children are malnourished and thousands have died from preventable illnesses. Deadly cholera is now putting children’s lives at risk, with one child being […]
Early Marriage in Nepal: Web Series Second Episode
The video is the second episode of our web series on early marriage produced on the occasion of International Day of the Girl Child (October 11, 2017) to highlight the issues concerning gender inequality facing young girls in Nepal. यस वर्षको अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय बालिका दिवसको अवसरमा तयार गरिएको बालविवाह सम्बन्धि वेभ श्रृंखलाको पहिलो इपिसोड source
Yemeni girl
Yemeni girl source
Child Marriage in Mexico
Graciela is one of 6.8 million women in Mexico who married before turning 18 — and like many of them, she dropped out of school. This week, Malala is in Mexico to meet girls like Graciela, who says that with education “You can know what to say. You don’t stay silent.” source