Muhammad Yunus Ashden Awards lecture 2009, intro by Sarah Butler-Sloss

www.ashdenawards.org On 26th February Professor Muhammad Yunus, of the Grameen Bank, gave a lecture for the Ashden Awards at the Royal Geographic Society, talking about microfinance, social business, and the opportunities that are present in the financial crisis. The video starts with an introduction by Sarah Butler-Sloss, Executive Chair of the Ashden Awards, follwed by a short film, and then the lecture by Professor Yunus. Large Blue

The Killing of Muhammad Yunus Biographer

Impress Tele-film and Channel-i Presents: An MMR Gulzar Film: The Killing of Muhammad Yunus’ Biographer. The film stars Diti, Tony Dias, Azizul Hakim, Afzal Sarif, Rafik Ullah Salim, Apple Mahmud, Emon Saha, Jerald Posman, Andrew Kishore, Michael Arias and Jhona. Rashidul Bari depicts Rashidi, the idealistic biographer of Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus. Some men change their times—Yunus changed the world for all time as recognized by contemporaries, including President Obama, “Dr.Yunus was just trying to help a village in Bangladesh, but he somehow managed to change the whole world. . . .” Bill and Hillary Clinton—who called Yunus “our sage and our saint”—share a similar opinion of the man they first met in 1983. In a letter to Yunus, French President Nicolas Sarkozy expressed his strong support for Grameen. “Dear Dr. Yunus, you have done a lot for the prestige and reputation of Bangladesh across the globe…” While the whole world considers Yunus as innocent as Socrates, why would the Prime Minster of his own country unleash a propaganda machine to perform a character assassin on a man whom Nelson Mandela regards as the “savior of poor people”? Politics? Or something even nastier? This film has the answers. Rashidi joins Dhaka University to promote Yunus’ ideologies about eradicating poverty and corruption. He spreads Yunus’ message widely and is in danger after criticizing the Shikh Hasina’s positions against Yunus. Hence, politicians unleash their dogs on Rashidi who …

Muhammad Yunus: Microcredit and social business for a poverty-free world

Microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus founded the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh more than 25 years ago. Since then, millions of rural poor — mostly women — have received small loans for self-employment projects that have helped lift their families out of poverty. The bank’s model has been replicated in more than 100 countries, and microlending has become an important tool in the fight against global poverty. Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has worked with Yunus and the Grameen Bank on a number of initiatives linking the use of information and communication technologies to poverty reduction in rural Bangladesh. Écoutez la conférence en français: www.youtube.com

Muhammad Yunus, Microfinance, and the Power of Women Entrepreneurs

This video was part of a presentation given by Muhammad Yunus in LA in 2007, where he outlines the start of the microfinance program. Be sure to see the movie about efforts in the US, To Catch a Dollar, www.tocatchadollar.com

Nobel laureate axed from job

Nobel Laureate and micro finance pioneer Muhammad Yunus removed from the held of Grameen Bank.

Muhammad Yunus at Duke University

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus’ commencement address at Duke University, May 16, 2010.

EuroNews - IT - Interview: Muhammad Yunus

Il suo tour europeo per presentare il primo osservatorio internazionale sul microcredito è iniziato in Italia. È a Roma che il premio Nobel per la Pace 2006, Muhammad Yunus, ha incontrato Euronews. Il padre del microcredito ritiene che per la pace nel mondo sia prioritario combattere la povertà . Trent’anni fa, in Bangladesh, ha creato la Grameen Bank, la prima banca al mondo specializzata nel microcredito. Sistema grazie al quale finora 100 milioni di poveri (nel sud est asiatico, in America Latina e in Africa) hanno potuto aver accesso al credito. Si stima che a oggi siano stati prestati circa 6 miliardi di dollari, con un tasso di restituzione di circa il 98%.

Muhammad Yunus on globalization (Q5)

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus talks about poverty in a global context with Stephanie Kinnunen, founder of humanitarian magazine NEED. www.needmagazine.com

Muhammad Yunus speaks to inspire (Q6)

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus addresses young people who want to make change in the world. Yunus is answering a question from Stephanie Kinnunen, founder of humanitarian magazine NEED. www.needmagazine.com

Muhammad Yunus: Banker to the Poor (preview)

A preview of Muhammad Yunus: Banker to the Poor - one of a series of 16 DVDs created by Ashoka’s Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship. Dr. Yunus, recently awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, describes his three-decade-long effort to extend micro-credit (small loans for self-employment). Grameen Bank, his creation, now makes small loans to seven million families in Bangladesh, and has helped almost half of them work their way out of poverty. This is the story of his life-long struggle and accomplishments, told in his own words. Produced by Rooy Media LLC for Ashoka. To purchase the films, visit dvd.ashoka.org.

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