Women’s Films at The We The Peoples Festival 2009 19, 23-30 November 2009

Posted on November 7, 2009
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The We The Peoples Film Festival 2009 will be held at various London venues on 19 November 2009 and from 23-30 November 2009. At the heart of this year’s festival will be the Three Pillars of Freedom – freedom from want, freedom from fear and the freedom to live in dignity, and the Environment.

As can be seen on the Programme and Films pages, the festival has contributions from development agencies, UN agencies, international filmmakers, policy makers and think tanks. Join our mailing list to receive updates on times and locations as available.

Alongside this innovative screening programme of films from around the world, the festival will feature panel discussions following film screenings.

Women and Human Rights Day (Gender & Human Rights)
Monday, 30 November 2009 – Time: TBD – Human Rights/Gender

Two topics that go hand in hand, gender and human rights, and these three short films show situations how they are very interlinked. Not Yet Rain gives us two sides of a story relating to abortion. Hear Us Women features four women caught up in the political violence in Zimbabwe in 2008, who have come forward to demand justice. Chronic Neglect is based in El Salvador where reliable water sources are scarce forcing women and girls to walk long distances and pay high prices to obtain water of dubious quality.

Roehampton Vale, Friars Ave, London SW15 3DW
Tube = Southfields
Cost: To be decided

Chronic Neglect

While there is no shortage of water in El Salvador almost 60% of the rural population has no access to a reliable water source, forcing women and girls to walk long distances and pay high prices to obtain water of dubious quality.

Christine Umali
23mins

Hear Us Women:

In 2008, Political violence erupted throughout Zimbabwe as a result of contested national elections. Women of all ages, targeted for their political affiliations, were abducted from their workplaces and homes and were raped, tortured and beaten in secret torture centres.

Hear Us features four of these women, who have come forward to demand justice from Zimbabwean government and the Southern African Development community.

Christine Umali
16mins

Not Yet Rain

Nearly 67,000 women — almost entirely poor women from developing countries — die every year from unsafe abortion, devastating the children, families and communities for whom they are caretakers. Millions more are injured. These women — daughters, sisters, wives and mothers — are the core of their families and communities. Young children whose mothers die are far more likely to die themselves than children with living parents.

More info and updates:
Email – info@wethepeoples.org.uk
Website – http://www.wethepeoples.org.uk/

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