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Widowed at 28, Tibetan farmer Zanta defies her tyrannical father-in-law. When Zanta’s in-laws won’t let her seven-year-old son go to school, she flees to Beijing to become a street merchant.

William Kwamkwamba builds a windmill from old junk, based on a picture he found in a book. The windmill generates power for his family and the village.

When Kenya was still a British colony the women in this area faced an epidemic of rape.

The Kalash people of northern Pakistan's Chitral valley uphold a rich cultural heritage that is at odds with Pakistan's dominant Islam.

The Xingu, a tributary of the Amazon, is home to over 10.000 indigenous people who rely on the river for survival.