An event that examines what happens when women use cameras to cast new eyes on the cultures around them.
Organised by the Melbourne Centre of International PEN to mark 2011’s International Women’s Day. Featuring Deb Verhoeven (Associate Professor, Screen Studies, RMIT University, and Honorary Life Member, Women in Film and Television); includes film and video clips and Q & A.
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This case is shocking, deplorable in the world's so-called greatest democracy. make sure you read the case on @pen_int link below.
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#TeestaSetalvad
#India: Detained in retaliation for seeking government accountability, writer and human rights defender #TeestaSetalvad now faces a potential life sentence if convicted. Our statement ⬇️
...https://pen-international.org/news/india-arrest-writer-human-rights-defender-teesta-setalvad-latest-assault-civil-society
People say that (writers) are pretty powerless: we don’t have an army, we don’t have a bureaucracy. But if that were true, then why would writers be arrested?... Because the spoken word is powerful.
