women and war

Facing up to conflict, violence, poverty, discrimination, ignorance and disease - each month, Women and War invites you to discover women who are fighting for a cause across the world.

Crusade against Cambodian sex trade

Cambodia has become one of the world’s hubs for human trafficking -a hell on earth where one survivor stands tall. The residents of a…
17/10/12 19:52 CET
Cambodian woman devotes life to healing war scars

Euronews went to Battambang province to meet Davy Tith. This former teacher and translator has devoted most of her life to the victims of…
10/10/12 11:06 CET
Former Khmer Rouge soldier faces up to past

Welcome to Kampong Thom, cradle of Pol Pot, the infamous Khmer Rouge leader. We are here to meet Chin Meth, on her journey through…
03/10/12 11:26 CET
Fighting the war’s inheritance in Cambodia

This month, Women and War is in Cambodia to meet Meth, Davy, and…
01/10/12 11:22 CET
In Somalia, one woman’s struggle for her sisters

“I came from the Ethiopian border, we used to raise animals, mainly…
17/09/12 19:32 CET
Somalia: one woman’s struggle for peace

Is there any room for hope in Somalia, long-since written-off as a ‘failed state’? Hawa Aden Mohamed has never stopped believing. euronews…
10/09/12 13:32 CET
Female army officer wants peace

In Souleimaniya, in Iraqi Kurdistan, Nahida is the CO of the Women’s Unit in the Peshmerga Army in her region. Nahida’s dream…
20/06/12 16:40 CET
Widows struggle for survival

In Najaf, the Holy city of Shi’ite muslims, war has killed thousands of people and left many widowed. At the front of Najaf’s…
13/06/12 19:07 CET