Youth Unemployment
By Mary Ferreira NEW YORK - My colleagues, Leslie Wade and Paul Simon, from the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) requested a short video for an upcoming event on 27 February "Breaking New Ground: Partnerships for More and Better Jobs for Young People"...
Reducing Maternal Mortality in Bangladesh
by Mary Ferreira After filming the story on sexual harassment, the team captured material for an additional piece on United Nations Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5 - reducing maternal mortality. Bangladesh has had significant success in lowering the rate of deaths...
Bangladesh Women Seek Justice
By Mary Ferreira After filming in India, we hopped on Jet Airways to Dhaka, Bangladesh. Our assignment -- to cover a story on sexual harassment, a common phenomenon in this South East Asian country. I took a big risk on this mission because I didn't have an entry visa...
Mexico Streets Not Paved with Gold
By GILL FICKLING When I asked fifteen year old Lupita what she would like most if she had all the money in the world, she told me "a toothbrush". Lupita is one of the thousands of kids who live in the dangerous environment of the Mexico City streets. Official...
Not Safe in Her Own Home in Azerbaijan
By Francis Mead A brave woman uses a small camera to capture what is happening to her: she discovers she isn't safe in her own home. (excerpt) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAhXcabY5x8 After a year of rumours Nuriya Khalikova was forced from her home - to make way...
Saving Elephants
by Mary Ferreira For a long time -- more than five years -- I've had a burning desire to produce a story about the plight of elephants around the world. According to CITES, elephants appear on Appendix II of the endangered species list. While in India filming stories...
India: Growing Population
by Mary Ferreira Our team traveled to New Delhi, Mumbai and Bihar to film a story about India's growing population. Experts believe that India will overtake China and become the most populous nation on the planet in two decades. Coping with so many people will be...
India: Forgotten Women
by Mary Ferreira We visited India to film a few stories for UN Television at the end of 2010. One of the pieces dealt with the plight of widows in the Holy City of Vrindavan where most widows settle, waiting to die. It was indeed heart wrenching to see how some...
In the Rainforest with the Pygmies
By Gill Fickling Cameraman Antonio Tibaldi and I were on assignment in the rainforest of Gabon, to make a story about the pygmies. When we came to the first flood in the narrow path through the dense forest, we duly stripped off our boots and socks, and, amidst fears...