"Films by women, about women and development, produced for the UN Beijing Conference"--Container.
"One World Group of Broadcasters"--Closing frame.
Contents
Teach a woman how to fish and ... / Amelia Simmons -- Dry days in Dobbagunta / Nupur Basu -- A Healthy start / Sandra Herrington -- The Alarm rings softly / Judith Laird -- The Amahs of Hong Kong / Anastasia Edwards -- Footprints of sorrow / Claudia Esmerado.
Credits
Series producer, Emily Marlow.
Summary
Six 10 minute videos by women about the status and condition of women in 6 countries. [1] In Fiji women are involved in new sea farming projects. [2] In South Africa a literacy campaign gives birth to an effective anti-liquor campaign. [3] In South Africa, the Women's Health Project ensures that women will have a voice in shaping the new health care system. [4] A new generation of Caribbean women are using drama and reggae to focus attention on domestic violence. [5] Thousands of Filipino women are leaving children and country behind to work as domestics in Hong Kong. [6] Guatemalan women widowed in the civil unrest have formed an organization, Conavigua, to conduct literacy classes and encourage political participation.