woman: the following program is an original production of linktv. narrator: next up, the true story of a girl who just wants to go to school and has to change the mind of her entire village to do it. an award-winning animation and other short films from linktv's "viewchange" film contest. man: "viewchange" is about people making real progress and tackling the world's toughest issues. can a story change the world? see for yourself in "viewchange, crossing the gender gap." narrator: compared with men, the lives of women are so often hidden behind the walls of tradition, poverty, and isolation. compared with men, the stories of women so often just aren't told. but the documentaries you're about to see are different. they put women in front of the lens and behind it, and through photography, film, and even animation, they show us women stepping out from behind those walls, surviving and even thriving in some of the poorest countries in the world. take a look across the global gender gap and see the grand prize winner of the "viewchange" film contest. sr

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woman: the following program is an original production of linktv. narrator: next up, an all new mothers day special. being a new mom is rewarding and challenging, but what extra burdens do mothers in poor countries face? come take a tour of the world's best and worst places to be a mom in this new report from "save the children" and viewchange.org. man: "viewchange" is about people making real progress in tackling the world's toughest issues. can a story change the world? see for yourself in "viewchange, the mothers index." narrator: you've heard the term lottery of birth. more often than not, children born in rich countries win it, while those in poor countries lose. a child's life expectancy, health, education and so much more hinges on where he or she happens to enter the world. but there's also a lottery of motherhood, and expectant moms in developing countries are facing the toughest odds. every year more than 350,000 women die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth, most simply because they don't have access to basic delivery care. and

all at viewchange.org. mnñ woman: the following program is an original production of linktv.narrator: next up, an all new mothers day special. being a new mom is rewarding and challenging, but what extra burdens do mothers in poor countries face? come take a tour of the world's best and worst places to be a mom in this new report from "save the children" and viewchange.org. man: "viewchange" is about people making real progress in tackling the world's toughest issues. can a story change the world? see for yourself in "viewchange, the mothers index." narrator: you've heard the term lottery of birth.

announcer: the following program is an original production of linktv. narrator: next up, big problems versus a little inspiration, a surprisingly fair fight. see what happens in india, malawi, or anywhere else when you take a good idea and run with it. man: "viewchange" is about people making real progress in tackling the world's toughest issues. can a story change the world? see for yourself in "viewchange," one good idea. narrator: global poverty. it's one of those huge, diffuse problems that makes most people understandably just sigh and shrug. you've heard the stats: 2.5 billion people living on less than $2.00 a day, and you've probably thought, how do you even approach a problem like that? the most tempting answer is that solving global poverty just can't be done. spend your billions of dollars, give your speeches. it's not going to help. nice try. but a better answer is this. there might not be a silver bullet for poverty, but there are a whole lot of great ideas out there, ideas that are helping people on a daily basis, and one good idea, big or

this is linktv's "viewchange," a new documentary series. kofi annan: as we open the 21st century, more than 110 million school-age children are not attending school. two thirds are girls. the key to all the locks that are keeping girls out of school, from poverty to inequality to conflict, lies in basic education for all. we need all those with power to change things, to come together in a global alliance for girls education. that is why the united nations is launching a new global initiative to educate girls to ensure that by 2015, boys and girls will have equal access to all levels of education. that is a test we must pass, and we shall pass it only if children all over the world can pass the test of basic education and go on to pass to test of life. [applause] [manisha] [manisha] [bhukiya] [upendra] [upendra] [manisha] [teacher] [children shout] [manisha] [rooster crows] [woman sings in foreign language] ♪ sit down here ♪ ♪ and tell me a story ♪ when you're with friends ♪ ♪ no need to hurry ♪ no more rush, no more haste ♪ no more ♪ ♪ whe