Women’s issues, health, and population growth are featured in this program. Tunisia, a diverse nation of open-minded people, is also predominantly Muslim. Women, however, share equal rights with men and hold jobs from police officers to airline pilots. In Libya, the UN is attempting to stamp out the killer screwworm fly before it spreads throughout Africa, southern Europe, and Asia. A third segment documents Egypt’s ongoing struggle to balance its growing population with limited resources and land mass. (31 minutes)

Tell a Friend! Your Name: Your Email: Your Friend's Email: Your Message: We respect your privacy and will not use your friend's address without permission. Item#: This title is currently not available. Copyright date: ©1994

Part of the Series : Our Developing World: Regional Political Geography

		Central America: Costa Rica The topics of economic development, education, and self-help are featured in this program. We see how the country uses coffee and banana exports to propel itself forward as a developing nation; how and why it chose educating its people over building ...(more details)
		Africa: Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya The plight of minority populations, international trade agreements, and preservation of wildlife are featured in this program. In refugee camps in Sierra Leone, 850,000 Liberians are welcomed by its residents, who share with them their meager resourc...(more details)
		South America: Brazil Human rights, environmental issues, and Brazil's drug problem are featured in this program. The efforts of ethnologist Porfirio Carvailho to save the Waimiri-Atraori Indians of the Amazon from extinction are detailed. A second segment shows how Swede...(more details)
		South Pacific-Oceania: The Philippines, Kiribati Cultural and environmental deprivation are featured in this program. The first part details efforts under way to improve the lives of the 150,000 people living on the active "Smoky Mountain" volcano near Manila, where the city dumps its garbage. Life...(more details)
		Africa: Tanzania, Mozambique, Lesotho Health efforts, peace negotiations, and minority and political issues are featured in this program. UN efforts in Tanzania to eradicate schistosomiasis--a tropical disease affecting 200 million people-are detailed. Families displaced by the 16-year M...(more details)

See additional titles in African Studies | World Regional Geography | Human Geography