Asia

With the adoption of a new Land Law in 2001, the Royal Goverment of Cambodia initiated a comprehensive land reform process. In this sort film five women describe their own experiences of the Joint Land Titling process. 

Women's political role in Cambodia is hampered by gender based discrimination, but woman have much to say about local political issues. See a series of interviews filmed at a workshop in Kratie province in December 2008. 

Given the recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan in depth analysis on the phenomena referred to as ‘radicalization’ or ‘Talibanization’ is becoming increasingly urgent. This piece is an excerpt of the book of Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Head Office “Pakistan: Reality, denial and the complexity of its state”.  

Dr Farzana Bari in collaboration with Heinrich-Boll-Stiftung carried out a research on  Gendered Perceptions and Impact of Terrorism/ Talibanization in Pakistan. She points out that although radicalization of society has been going on since 1980s but the proportion of the political violence and brutality which is currently evident in suicide bombings is a new phenomenon.