On the occasion of International Women's Day (March 8, 2006), WLP President and founder Mahnaz Afkhami speaks with Voice of America's Ahmadreza Baharloo on the current status of women globally and the strategies and impediments to achieving rights and equality.
Cameroonian activist Siona Bongfen Jaff, Community Education and Development Services (CEDS), describes her organization's history and focus on grassroots women's leadership training and women's health education. She describes the genesis of CEDS and the establishment of a community health center and vaccination program in the aftermath of a measles outbreak that killed 24 children in her village in five weeks.