United Nations Radio

Women: a weekly 14-minute news magazine that looks at issues affecting women around the world.

Rose Mapendo (centre)

The short film, set to the Rolling Stones song of the same name, was produced for UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, by actor-director Ben Affleck and the Rolling Stone's Mick Jagger. It details the unseen suffering of families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who are fleeing fighting in the province known as North Kivu. One woman tells her story.

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow sees devastated area of DRC firsthand

Mia Farrow with congolese child

More on the DRC. UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow has just completed a three-day mission to North Kivu, the conflict-affected area of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. She has brought back a message from the people -- "We need protection and peace now."

The ILO helps turn an ancient tradition into a commercial success

Punha Cooperative

For centuries in the high desert of northwestern Argentina, the indigenous Kolla people have raised llama as pack animals, for food and for wool. Women spin the wool into high quality products that are sold regionally. Now with the help of ILO, the International Labor Organization, this ancient tradition is becoming a commercial success.

As broadcast

Producer: Gerry Adams
Production Assistant : Sandra Guy