WUNRN
Women on the
Frontline Documentary Series
NEW
FILM SERIES TAKES ON CULTURE OF
SILENCE
ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
It threatens the lives of more young women than cancer, malaria or war. It affects one in three women worldwide and leaves them mentally scarred for life. It is usually inflicted by a family member.
“It” is violence against women and girls.
This brochure introduces a new documentary series, Women on the Frontline, presented by Annie Lennox, that shines a light on violence against women and girls. The series takes the front to homes, villages, and cities of our world where a largely unreported war against females is being waged.
The series is being broadcast first on BBC World for seven weeks starting 18 April 2008, 19:30 GMT. Consult the broadcast schedules on dev.tv and BBC World.
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http://www.bbcworld.com/Pages/ProgrammeMultiFeature.aspx?id=185
WOMEN ON THE FRONTLINE Film Series on Gender Violence
According to the UN, gender violence is on the rise. This series, presented by Annie Lennox, takes the front to the homes, villages, and cities of our world where a largely unreported war against females is being waged. It threatens the lives of more young women than cancer, malaria or war.
It
affects one in three women worldwide. It leaves women mentally scarred for
life. It is usually inflicted by a family member
“It” is violence against women and girls. And according to the UN, this
brutality – gender violence - is on the rise.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo rape is a weapon of war; in Turkey we find
that women may be forced into suicides as a way of disguising honour killings;
in Nepal we follow a 24 year old mother who tracks down her sex trafficker; in
Mauritania we ask if the movement to abandon the harsher aspects of Sharia law
can succeed?
In Austria we find a new law showing violent men “the Red card” and from
Colombia and Morocco come inspiring stories of women who have shown
extraordinary courage in the face of violence.
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SHOWING
TIMES Starting
Friday 18th April at 1930 GMT Repeated:
Saturday at 0430 GMT, Monday at 0930and 1230 GMT (AP
only), Tuesday at 1530, Wednesday at 0130 and 0730 GMT. |
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