Topic: Women

ASL poets in the spotlight

Poets without borders

Jessie Little Doe describes her initial resistance to working with a white linguist.

The Wampanoag people are recovering ancestral stories and writing original songs in their language.

A new generation is breathing life into what was once thought to be a lost language.

Though their ethnicities are mixed, the Wampanoag take pride in their tribal heritage.

Cheryl Haworth is a young woman with a big dream: to be the strongest woman in the world.

A civil rights hero who put her life on the line.

Turning a childhood tragedy into the pursuit of justice.

Retiring from the struggle, but not from the cause.

Daisy Bates was a feminist before the term was coined.

Watch the trailer.

Watch the trailer.

Being big has its advantages.

Shopping's a drag for a power lifter.

Raising the bar with strength and grace.

Follow the complex and intimate relationship between an Indian filmmaker and her maid.

Watch the series trailer.

Meet the survivors of the child sex trade.

Within a public park, a vibrant community of Managua's homeless thrives.

Filmmaker Julie Wyman describes what inspired her to profile Cheryl Haworth.

Masha Drokova becomes disillusioned with her political ideals and idol, Vladimir Putin.

Filmmakers follow stories from behind the burka.

The sky's the limit for the female solar engineering students at India's Barefoot College.

The most shocking cover up in the United States military is not what you would expect.

Culture shock and curiosity are quickly overcome at Barefoot College.

Follow the evolution of America's favorite superheroine.

Several servicewomen describe how they were sexually assaulted in the military.

Meet Carmela: a real life Wonder Woman.

Follow Robin Charboneau as she struggles to raise two young children while coping with the wounds of abuse.