their aackers. The media makes funof the women’s suffer<strong>in</strong>g, us<strong>in</strong>g songsto encourage male chauv<strong>in</strong>ism. Thepsychologist Ruth Mar<strong>in</strong>a Matamorossays the situaon is so bad that violenceaga<strong>in</strong>st women has been declared apublic health problem. To alleviate thisa few all-women police prec<strong>in</strong>cts havebeen set up, staffed by specially-tra<strong>in</strong>edpolicewomen. The policewomen deplorethat no shelters exist <strong>for</strong> the baeredwomen. In the film, some of the womenaend a meeng to learn how to breakthe cycle of violence. 2010, 38 m<strong>in</strong>.Good Fortune: The DevelopmentDilemma <strong>in</strong> KenyaAre <strong>in</strong>ternaonal aid programs <strong>in</strong> Africaunderm<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the very communiesthey aim to help? Good Fortune isa rare and <strong>in</strong>mate portrait of twovibrant Kenyan communies, onerural, one urban, bal<strong>in</strong>g to save theirhomes and bus<strong>in</strong>esses from largescaledevelopment organizaons.Both communies believe the aidprojects will devastate their lives andare organiz<strong>in</strong>g to fight back. Part I isset <strong>in</strong> the rural countryside wherean American company is threaten<strong>in</strong>gto flood Jackson’s family farm. Thecompany has <strong>in</strong>vested over $21 million<strong>in</strong> a commercial rice farm <strong>in</strong> the regionthat they say will smulate the economy,create employment, and provide<strong>in</strong>frastructure. But to irrigate its farm,the company is plann<strong>in</strong>g to flood over1100 acres of local farmland, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>gthe homes of 500 families like Jackson’s.As water reaches his doorstep, Jacksonorganizes his community and vows tofight to protect his land. Part II showsthe life of a successful midwife, SilvaAdhiambo, who lives <strong>in</strong> Kibera, Africa’slargest squaer community. Her homeand bus<strong>in</strong>ess are be<strong>in</strong>g demolished aspart of a UN slum-upgrad<strong>in</strong>g project.The government and the U.N. <strong>in</strong>sistthe evicons will be temporary but theresidents do not believe them. Silva, herhusband and her neighbors organizeto stop it. The film suggests that poorpeople should not be passive recipientsof well-<strong>in</strong>tenoned <strong>in</strong>ternaonal aidprograms that affect their lives. 2010, 73m<strong>in</strong>.Films Media Groupwww.films.comTribal Wives: Female Roles, WesternNorms, and Tribal LifeEnter<strong>in</strong>g a develop<strong>in</strong>g-world culture,especially an isolated one, is a realitycheck <strong>for</strong> any Westerner. If the visitor isa woman, issues related to patriarchalcontrol and female <strong>in</strong>dependencewill almost certa<strong>in</strong>ly shape her<strong>in</strong>teracons with the community. Thisthree-part series follows three Brishwomen as they become temporaryaddions to families <strong>in</strong> remote areasof Turkey, Tanzania, and Ethiopia. Asan on-the-ground case study, eachepisode evokes challeng<strong>in</strong>g quesonsregard<strong>in</strong>g women’s rights across theglobe. To what extent can we imposeWestern standards? Should they enterthe discussion at all? Is defiance orcon<strong>for</strong>mity the beer strategy whenthe customs under discussion, howeveralien, are no longer theorecal? 2010,50 m<strong>in</strong>.Icarus Filmswww.icarusfilms.comNostalgia <strong>for</strong> the LightFor his new film master directorPatricio Guzmán travels 10,000 feetabove sea level to the driest placeon earth, the Atacama Desert, whereatop the mounta<strong>in</strong>s astronomers fromall over the world gather to observethe stars. The Atacama is also a placewhere the harsh heat of the sunkeeps human rema<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong>tact: those ofPre-Columbian mummies; 19th centuryexplorers and m<strong>in</strong>ers; and the rema<strong>in</strong>sof polical prisoners, “disappeared”by the Chilean army aer the militarycoup of September, 1973. So whileastronomers exam<strong>in</strong>e the most distantand oldest galaxies, at the foot of themounta<strong>in</strong>s, women, surviv<strong>in</strong>g relavesof the disappeared whose bodies weredumped here, search, even aer twentyfiveyears, <strong>for</strong> the rema<strong>in</strong>s of theirloved ones, to reclaim their families’histories. Meld<strong>in</strong>g the celesal quest ofthe astronomers and the earthly one ofthe women, Nostalgia <strong>for</strong> the Light is agorgeous, mov<strong>in</strong>g, and deeply personalodyssey. <strong>2011</strong>, 90 m<strong>in</strong>.Indie Pix Filmswww.<strong>in</strong>diepixfilms.comPearls on the Ocean FloorPearls on the Ocean Floor exam<strong>in</strong>es thelives and works of Iranian female visualarsts liv<strong>in</strong>g and work<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> and outsidethe Islamic Republic. This unfl<strong>in</strong>ch<strong>in</strong>gand <strong>in</strong>cisive study, featur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>terviewswith Shir<strong>in</strong> Neshat, Shadi Ghadirian,Parastou Forouhar, Sara Rahbar, andtwelve others, captures the uncerta<strong>in</strong>tyof this momentous me <strong>in</strong> Iran’s history.Speak<strong>in</strong>g with grace and honesty, thesebrave women express what is seldomseen <strong>in</strong> the western media: unique<strong>in</strong>dividual perspecves regard<strong>in</strong>g issuesof identy, gender, and the role art plays<strong>in</strong> challeng<strong>in</strong>g the tradional stereotypesoen associated with women <strong>in</strong> Iran.2009, 77 m<strong>in</strong>.Women Make Movieswww.wmm.comThe Price of SexAn unprecedented and compell<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>quiry <strong>in</strong>to a dark side of immigraonso difficult to cover or probe withdepth, The Price of Sex sheds light onthe underground crim<strong>in</strong>al network ofhuman traffick<strong>in</strong>g and experiences oftrafficked Eastern European women<strong>for</strong>ced <strong>in</strong>to prostuon abroad.Film<strong>in</strong>g under cover with extraord<strong>in</strong>aryaccess, even pos<strong>in</strong>g as a prostute togather her material, Bulgarian-bornChakarova travels from impoverishedrural areas <strong>in</strong> post-Communist EasternEurope, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g her grandmother’svillage, to Turkey, Greece, and Dubai.This dangerous <strong>in</strong>vesgave journeybr<strong>in</strong>gs Chakarova face to face withtrafficked women will<strong>in</strong>g to trust herand appear on film undisguised. Theirharrow<strong>in</strong>g first-person accounts, as wellas <strong>in</strong>terviews with traffickers, clients,and an-traffick<strong>in</strong>g acvists, expose theroot causes, complex connecons, andstark significance of sexual slavery today.<strong>2011</strong>, 73 m<strong>in</strong>.AUDIOVISUALS5
Monographs and Technical ReportsActionAidnyurl.com/5varpta“Farm<strong>in</strong>g as Equals: How SupporngWomen’s Rights and <strong>Gender</strong> EqualityMakes the Difference,” <strong>2011</strong>, 44 pp. Thisreport takes seven concrete examplesof policy <strong>in</strong>tervenons which highlightgood pracce <strong>for</strong> focus<strong>in</strong>g on women,and comb<strong>in</strong>es this with wider evidenceto draw out key lessons <strong>for</strong>deliver<strong>in</strong>g stronger outcomes<strong>for</strong> women smallholderfarmers. It then looks at thecurrent role that different<strong>in</strong>stuons and donors areplay<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> supporng women,conclud<strong>in</strong>g with concrete stepsthat donors and mullateral<strong>in</strong>iaves can take to startpung women’s rights andgender equality at the heart oftheir agricultural policies.Arid Lands In<strong>for</strong>mationNetworknyurl.com/4x3vrax“Joto Afrika: Women asKey Players <strong>in</strong> ClimateAdaptaon,” by G. Adeniji,<strong>2011</strong>, 8 pp. Joto Afrika, Swahili<strong>for</strong> “Africa is feel<strong>in</strong>g theheat,” is a series of brief<strong>in</strong>gsand onl<strong>in</strong>e resources aboutadapng to climate change <strong>in</strong>Africa. <strong>Gender</strong> oen dictateswho ga<strong>in</strong>s and who loses<strong>in</strong> environmental disasters:where women lack basicrights, more will die fromnatural disasters than men;where they enjoy equal rights,the death rate is the same. Globaldebates there<strong>for</strong>e idenfy the need toma<strong>in</strong>stream gender <strong>in</strong>to climate changeanalysis, parcularly as women provideup to 90 percent of rural poor people’sfood and produce 60-80 percent ofthe food <strong>in</strong> most develop<strong>in</strong>g countriesbut are <strong>in</strong>sufficiently represented <strong>in</strong>decision-mak<strong>in</strong>g processes on climatechange. Draw<strong>in</strong>g on case studies andlocal acon <strong>in</strong> countries across Africa(South Africa, Togo, Cameroon, Namibia,Kenya and Tanzania), the sixth edionof the brief<strong>in</strong>g series highlights ways toimprove gender analysis and <strong>in</strong>creaserepresentaon <strong>in</strong> climate adaptaon.Association <strong>for</strong> Women’s Rights <strong>in</strong>Development (AWID)nyurl.com/3vt7qlm“Captur<strong>in</strong>g Change In Women’sRealies: A Crical Overview of CurrentMonitor<strong>in</strong>g and Evaluaon Frameworksand Approaches,” by Srilatha Batliwalaand Alexandra Piman, 2010, 43 pp. Thisdocument provides a crique of currentmonitor<strong>in</strong>g and evaluaon frameworksand approaches as experienced bywomen’s organizaons and movementsworldwide along with an analysis ofa large number of monitor<strong>in</strong>g andevaluaon frameworks and tools. PartI of this document provides a broadoverview of common challenges withmonitor<strong>in</strong>g and evaluaonand idenfies fem<strong>in</strong>istpracces <strong>for</strong> engag<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> tostrengthen organizaonallearn<strong>in</strong>g and more readilycapture the complexchanges that women’sempowerment and genderequality work seek. Part IIoffers an analysis of a largenumber of monitor<strong>in</strong>g andevaluaon frameworksand tools, along with someof their strengths andweaknesses <strong>in</strong> assess<strong>in</strong>gwomen’s rights and genderequality processes andimpacts.nyurl.com/5v4t4ez“The Power of Invesng<strong>in</strong> Women’s Rights andEmpowerment: A Mid-TermSummary of the MDG3Fund and its <strong>Gender</strong>Equality Outcomes,” byAlexandra Piman, <strong>2011</strong>,18 pp. This brief shares anassessment of the DutchMDG3 Fund, highlighngthe mid-term outcomes ofgrants made to a sample ofwomen’s organizaons worldwide. Thef<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs reveal how crical support towomen’s organizaons, work<strong>in</strong>g from arights-based approach, catalyzes a broadand wide-reach<strong>in</strong>g set of outcomes thattruly make a difference <strong>in</strong> women’s lives,rights, and parcipaon around theworld.6
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