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CORRECTION: "SLUTWALK" PROTESTERS CHAMPION WOMEN'S RIGHTS
1. Wide of "SlutWalk" going through Copacabana beach
2. Mid of "SlutWalk" banner
3. Wide of police car at protest
4. Close-up of protesters arguing with city guards, over authorisation to do the walk
5. SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese)...
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Advocate for rights of indian women says afraid for her life
Oaxaca, Mexico - 28 February 2008
1. Various of mayoral candidate Eufrosina Cruz, who is lodging compliant following alleged death threats, speaking outside the Attorney General's Office
2. Cruz walking down street
3. SOUNDBITE:...
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Family of teenage rape victim condemn attackers' lenient sentences
A wave of outrage has grown in Kenya since word spread that a 16-year-old girl was gang raped and thrown into a pit latrine in a western Kenyan town, with the alleged attackers told to cut grass at a police post, and then let go.
The...
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Actor Najebullah Sadiq talks about the dangers facing actors in Afghanistan
AFGHAN FILMs STILL struggling for
Afghan films haven't always been given the attention they deserve.
During the reign of the Taliban the majority of cinemas were destroyed and entertainment was almost banned forcing the industry to go...
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Ex-pat Tunisians protest killing of opposition leader, fear civil war
1. Wide pan of demonstration near the Tunisian embassy after the killing earlier on Wednesday of Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid
2. Mid of demonstration with protester holding banner reading (French) "Tunisia mourning. RIP...
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ISRAEL: REAL MODELS USED IN SHOP WINDOW TO SELL SWIM SUITS
English/Nat
Tel Aviv's largest department store has hit upon a novel idea to sell its new line of swimsuits.
Top models are showing off the suits right in the store window.
But you will not find many feminists in the crowd watching...
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USA : HILLARY CLINTON URGES FOR BETTER HEALTH AND EDUCATION
Eng/Span/Nat
The U-S First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton urged the world's female leaders to encourage better education for girls and pursue tangible goals in health and women's rights.
Mrs Clinton was speaking at a reception with Mexican...
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Protest in support of woman accused of indecency after alleged rape by police
1. Wide of women demonstrators outside court house
2. Close of woman chanting
3. Mid of woman with Tunisian flag
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Bochra Bel Haj Hmida, Lawyer for woman who says she was raped by police and is facing accusations of...
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Trocadero demo over Iran stonings
1. Wide pan of demonstrators gathering at Trocadero square overlooking the Eiffel Tower
2. Wide of demonstrators holding banners in French, reading "Feminism never killed anyone, machismo kills every day"
3. Close of demonstrator...
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OAS condemns investigations into killings of women in border city
Mexico City, 11 December 2009
1. Wide exterior of Imperial Hotel
2. Wide of news conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Maria de la Luz Estrada, Representative of Citizen Watch-group "Against Feminicide":
"Also for us this sentence...
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BLIND ACTIVIST LAWYER ENJOYS TRIP TO THE PARK, REAX
1. Various of Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng in park with family and friends
2. Mid of Chris Smith, Congressman from New Jersey and Chairman of China Commission on Human Rights
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Chris Smith, US Congressman...
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Putin calls for return to six-party talks on NKorea; comments on slain journalist
1. Kremlin clock tower, zoom in clock face
2. Television studio
3. Russian President Vladimir Putin walks into studio
4. Top shot of telephone phone in centre
5. Studio
6. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Vladimir Putin, Russian President:
''One...
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BRAZIL: TV ABORTION CAMPAIGN
Portuguese/Nat
Abortion in Brazil is considered a crime, but millions of clandestine abortions are performed every year in this country.
Attempts to change the law have been strongly blocked by the Catholic Church.
Women's rights groups...
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Demonstration calling for end to violence against women
1. Various of women, wearing bride veils and holding flowers, walking and dropping petals
2. Tilt up of woman faking an injured leg, as part of performance
3. Wide of women gathering in square
4. Various of women showing fake facial...
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ALGERIA: ALGIERS: WOMEN ARE PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN ELECTIONS
French/Nat
For the first time in Algeria's modern history women are playing a key role in the country's elections.
As the electorate went to the polls on Thursday, all the political parties were hoping campaign pledges to improve...
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PAKISTAN: 50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS PREVIEW
Urdu/Eng/Nat
Pakistan on Thursday celebrates the 50th anniversary of its birth as a nation.
Since the creation of a separate Muslim nation - distinct from India - the country has struggled with political turmoil and economic...
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Women's demo on protecting rights under Hamas govt, Haniyeh reax
1. Various shots of Palestinian women marching
2. Women chanting:"Oh men, we are partners in the struggle."
3. Women holding banner reading (Arabic) "Together together the homeland"
4. Wide shot protesters gathering outside PLC...
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is ruling out any political reconciliation with Taliban militants who refuse to recognize the rights of women.
HEADLINE: Secretary of State Clinton meets with Afghan President Karzai
CAPTION: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is ruling out any political reconciliation with Taliban militants who refuse to recognize the rights of women....
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Thousands of women take part in rally to mark International Women's Day
1. Wide of women gathered for march holding banners and placards
2. Mid of women holding banner reading (Turkish): "We will prevail over death! We will take our freedom!"
3. Mid of women singing, holding placards marking International...
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Bolivian President continues visit, attends OAS summit
1. President of Bolivia Jorge Quiroga and Cesar Gaviria OAS Secretary
2. Quiroga entering auditorium
3. Various of OAS country members
4. Quiroga walking towards the podium
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Jorge Quiroga, President of Bolivia:...
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Women around the world mark International Womens Day
Qalandiya checkpoint, outskirts of Ramallah, West Bank
1. Front shot of chanting women carrying banner against Israeli occupation
2. Wide of women gathered at checkpoint
3. Women chanting slogans at checkpoint carrying banners and...
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Contentious draft bill to legalise child marriage sparks debate
A contentious draft law being considered in Iraq could open the door to girls as young as nine getting married, provoking outrage from rights activists and many Iraqis who see it as a step backward for women's rights.
The proposed law is...
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WRAP Pope Benedict arrival; ceremony, Holocaust memorial; Pope on plane; protest
On board plane from Rome to Vienna
1. Pope talking to journalists
2. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Pope Benedict XVI:
"(I will dedicate) a moment at the Shoah (the Hebrew term for the Holocaust) memorial to show our sadness, repentance and...
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Global campaign - "One Billion Rising" - to end violence against women
Thousands of people gathered in cities across the world on Friday to raise awareness of violence against women as part of the "One Billion Rising" campaign.
The global event, which saw people dancing in city centres from New Delhi to...