International Women's Day Web Premiere: "From Fear to Freedom"

Women's Learning Partnership

This Thursday, March 8, 2012,
to commemorate International Women's Day, 
Women's Learning Partnership will launch the web premiere of our new documentary on the global effort to
eradicate gender-based violence.

 

From Fear to Freedom:  
Ending Violence Against Women

 

On March 8, 2012, click here to watch the film
or visit www.learningparntership.org.


               

Worldwide, at least one in three women are victims of violence. It is the most pervasive human rights violation on earth -- present in every country, every culture, every religion, every class.

 

But around the globe, women are joining forces and speaking out, advocating for new laws, and developing successful strategies to eradicate gender-based violence. The challenges are many. But the mission is clear: bring an end to the culture of violence and forge a new path to a culture of peace and human rights for all.


In WLP’s new film, leading experts and activists from across the globe discuss the root causes of gender-based violence, share strategies to combat it, and provide inspiring accounts of the important milestones already achieved through the international women’s movement. 

 

Film runs 35 minutes 

 

Film participants in order of appearance: 


MAHNAZ AFKHAMI

Founder & President

Women’s Learning Partnership

THORAYA OBAID

Former Undersecretary General of the UN

and Executive Director, UN Population Fund

GULNARA KARAKULOVA

Director

Shymkent Women’s Resource Center

YAKIN ERTÜRK

Former UN Special Rapporteur

on Violence Against Women

FRANCES KISSLING

Former President

Catholics for Choice

KARIMA BENNOUNE

Professor of Law

Rutgers University

SINDI MÉDAR-GOULD

Global Senior Training Advisor

Women’s Learning Partnership

JACQUELINE PITANGUY

Founder & Executive Director

CEPIA

WAJEEHA AL-BAHARNA

Founder - Bahrain Women Association

BETTY YEOH

Program Manager

All Women’s Action Society

ZAINAH ANWAR

Project Director

Musawah

ASMA KHADER

General Coordinator

Sisterhood Is Global Institute/Jordan

LINA ABOU-HABIB

Executive Director

Collective for Research & Training on

Development–Action

LASHAWN JEFFERSON

Program Officer

Ford Foundation

MARY ROBINSON

Former President of Ireland &

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

RABEEA HADI

National Coordinator, Gender and Violence Against Women

Aurat Foundation

CHIBOGU OBINWA

Senior Program Officer

BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights

HAFSAT ABIOLA-COSTELLO

Founder

Kudirat Initiative for Nigerian Democracy

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