TAPE 4
Against All Odds
Nigeria
Production Company: Communicating for Change
Producer: Ugonma Ekeanyanwu
In Nigeria, the most populous nation in Africa, only 3% of Members of Parliament are women. Despite these formidable odds two influential Nigerian women are setting an example and calling for change.
And the Day Came...
Indonesia
Production Company: MF Entertainment
Contact & Producer: Mark Sungkar
At a quiet dinner party a domineering husband and his unhappy wife find their relationship under unwelcome scrutiny.
Where are the Women
France
Production Company: Association for Women Journalists, Article Z
Contact: Natacha Henry (Association For Women Journalists)
Contact: Patrice Barrat (Article Z)
Four witty and incisive women lay bare the disappointing images of women that the media projects, but their high-spirits are a powerful indicator of change to come.
You're mine or no-one's
Spain
Broadcaster: Television Española
Contact: Jose Maria Llamas
In Andalucia domestic violence is no longer just a women's issue. Men's groups have joined the struggle.
A Woman from Afar
The Netherlands
Broadcaster: RVU Educational Broadcasting
Producer: Nicolette Besseling
At 15 Rahma was a penniless immigrant, who took work as a cleaner. She now owns the building she used to clean and is Director of an expanding cleaning agency.
Selling Women
Latvia
Production Company: Juris Podnieks Studio
Producer/Director: Antra Cilinska
The Latvian Gender Crisis Centre phone rings. The woman on the end of the line is another victim of trafficking who needs to tell her story to someone who will listen.