Witness History Episodes Available now
First rape crisis centres in the US
Activist Sue Lenaerts helped start up one of the first rape crisis centres in the US
Polynesian Panthers
Polynesians in 1970s New Zealand fight back against dawn raids by the police
Umuganda: Rwanda's community work scheme
In 1975, President Habyarimana introduced Umuganda, compulsory, weekly community work
Dame Carmen Callil: Feminist publisher
Dame Carmen Callil, who died in October this year, founded a feminist publisher in 1972
Campaigning against sex-selection in India
A first-hand account of the 1980s campaign against the sex-selective abortion of girls
Albania鈥檚 Stalinist purges
In the 1970s, Albania鈥檚 Stalinist leader, Enver Hoxha, launched a series of purges
The Little Black Book survival guide
In 1985, a guide was written for young black men in the US who were stopped by the police
Julia Gillard鈥檚 misogyny speech
Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's career-defining speech in 2012
Arrested for wearing trousers in Sudan
In 2002, Amiera Osman Hamed was put on trial after being arrested for wearing trousers
Theatre siege in Moscow
It is 20 years since Chechen rebels took an entire theatre full of people hostage
