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  1. Osteoporosis: What Every Woman Needs to Know (2015)

    Subject
    Health Education; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 14 minutes), £25.00

    Osteoporosis is a decrease in bone mass and strength causing susceptibility to fractures. It is the major cause of bone fractures in postmenopausal women and older persons in general. This program is part of...

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  2. Treating Obstetric Fistula at Aberdeen Women’s Hospital (2011)

    Subject
    Health Education; Medical sciences; Women’s studies

    This short film depicts the work of Aberdeen Women’s Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone, which provides maternal healthcare for all women. It specialises in the treatment of obstetric fistula, and has...

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  3. Mrs Goundo’s Daughter (2009)

    Director
    Barbara Attie; Janet Goldwater
    Subject
    Social Studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £36.30

    This is the story of one mother’s courageous battle to protect her two-year-old daughter from female genital mutilation. Skilfully interweaving Mrs Goundo’s tense, landmark court case in America with the...

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  4. Be Fruitful and Multiply (2005)

    Director
    Shosh Shlam
    Subject
    Religious studies; Social welfare; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Hire, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), free for academic use

    How does it feel to have been pregnant or breastfeeding for 25 out of 26 years of your married life? This and other questions are posed openly and directly in this film exposing the consequences of the...

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  5. What Women Want (2004)

    Subject
    Mental Health and Counselling; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £74.95

    It is widely recognised that women’s mental health needs are different from men’s. The National Women’s Mental Health strategy, launched in winter 2002, is bringing big changes to service providers and...

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  6. Breast Cancer (2002)

    Subject
    Health Education
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 20 minutes), £75.00 (+VAT +p&p+

    A graphic explanation of the biology, prevention, early detection and treatment of breast cancer. Uses a combination of live images and computer graphics to explain breast cancer intelligibly and...

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  7. Staying Alive: The Tougher Sex (1997 Video)

    Producer
    Robin Brightwell; Liz Gray
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p) VHS, non-higher education 1999 sale: £150.00 (+VAT +p&p) higher education - master tape for re-editing and copying 2000 sale: £35.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) VHS

    With women living on an average of six years longer then men, and with 4000 women centenarians and only 500 men, examines statistical, genetic and archaeological evidence to show whether women’s longevity...

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  8. Little by Little (1995 Video)

    Director
    Christopher Walker
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Focuses on reproductive health as the key factor in both the empowerment of women and in sustainable development, and shows women taking small but crucial steps to improve their lives and their health. A...

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  9. Preferred Sex, The: The Desired Number (1995 Video)

    Director
    Manjira Datta; Ngozi Onwurah
    Producer
    Daniel Riesenfeld
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Looks at issues of reproductive health and the status of women in the developing world, with stories of Nigerian women, who are honoured for producing a large number of children, and Indian women, among whom...

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  10. Ventre Libre (1995 Video)

    aka: Liberation 2

    Director
    Ana Luiza Azevedo
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Looks at women’s human rights in Brazil by mixing interviews with women with statistics on Brazilian health care. Focuses on sterilisation, abortion, and teenage pregnancy in terms of the injustices...

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