12/01/2011

Bai Yitong
A small Chinese village in Shaanxi province attracted international attention when it elected an 18-year-old student as its new chief. Bai Yitong is now twenty, and still a student. She tells us about her work and her hopes for the future.

Sami Mahdi
A recent survey in Afghanistan says that more than half of all marriages are forced. Sami Mahdi is the man behind a new TV programme called "Niqab" or "Mask", which reveals the stories behind some of these marriages. He tells us why he wants to give Afghan women a voice.

Suzanne Thi Hien Hook
Adopted by a British family as a Vietnamese war baby, Suzanne Thi Hien Hook always felt like an outsider. She tells us about a personal journey which led to her giving up a successful business to move to Vietnam and set up an orphanage.