What Happened to the Girls Kidnapped by Boko Haram? | The Agenda

Almost 10 years ago, news broke that the terrorist group Boko Haram had kidnapped 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria. They were neither the first nor last taken, and for many, the whereabouts of these young women remains unknown. Journalist and filmmaker Mellissa Fung could not look away from their stories. She told them in her 2021 documentary, "Captive." And goes deeper still in her new book, "Between Good and Evil: The Stolen Girls of Boko Haram." 00:00 Intro 01:15 Who are Boka Haram? 02:36 What’s the main objective of this terror group? 04:07 Revisiting the trauma of captivity 06:21 Triggered to do something 07:25 Intervention by international governments 08:04 Is Canada’s feminist foreign policy overblown? 09:25 Profiles of courageous victims of Boka Haram 12:48 How many girls are still missing? 13:11 Canada and Nigeria diplomatic relations 14:37 Shocked at lack of media attention 15:45 World’s response to Ukraine crisis 16:26 Canada’s two-tier refugee policy 17:29 Whose responsibility is it to solve the refugee crisis? Subscribe to The Agenda with Steve Paikin on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/theagenda?s... Listen to the podcast: https://www.tvo.org/podcasts/the-agen... Follow on social media: Facebook -   / theagenda   Twitter -   / theagenda   Subscribe to TVO Media Education Group newsletters: https://www.tvo.org/newsletters Get the TVO Today app: App Store: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/tvo-tod... Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... See more ways to access The Agenda with Steve Paikin and TVO Today: https://www.tvo.org/tvo-anytime-anywhere The Agenda with Steve Paikin is TVO Today's flagship current affairs program, devoted to exploring the social, political, cultural and economic issues that are changing our world. We consistently offer a diversity of viewpoints and in-depth analysis of what lies behind the headlines. See more about The Agenda with Steve Paikin at https://www.tvo.org/theagenda