Ahead of the 2010 World Cup in Africa, people from across the continent tell the stories of how football impacts on their lives in a new series of African Football Shorts.

Ahead of the 2010 World Cup in Africa, people from across the continent tell the stories of how football impacts on their lives in a new series of African Football Shorts.

Nigeria has had some success in getting more women into government and business. But what about at street level - Scent of the Streets tells the story of Onyinye, Busayo and Gift - three 'Area Girls' hoping for a brighter future in Ajegunle.

Ahead of the World Cup in Africa, people from across the continent tell the stories of how football impacts on their lives in a new series of African Football Shorts.

Looking at Namibia's progress on meeting its MDGs promises to women - through the eyes of the country's first female trawler captain.

Brokers find Vietnamese wives for South Korean men

The custom of forced isolation for menstruating women in Nepal.

Construction of a new road from China through Laos is transforming the traditional local economies. The road has increased commerce as local women initiate a lively trade with construction workers and their merchant wives.

A view on the effects of Climate Change from Bolivia

30 second spot on gender equality produced by the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of ICPD.