Global Goals: Hurdles
Emma Watson debuts inspirational short film Hurdles about equality for women. ‘The race is still on. Every day of every year of our lives, but we will cross the finishing line. No one can stop...From Soap Boxes to Tea Sets: How the Suffragette Movement got into People’s Hearts and Homes
The women in the suffrage movement were modern day experts on public campaigning, infiltrating hearts and homes with messages for ‘the cause’. Antonia Byatt, who was the first director of The Women’s Library, looks at some of the techniques they used...Boots, Shoes and Suffragettes
A documentary about the life of Alice Hawkins, who was a Leicester based shoe machinist and suffragette in the early 1900’s, as told by her descendent Peter Barratt. This was a joint project between Zenithfilms and Treasure Box Media, funded by Museum Buddies...First Women
Richard Lawrence meets Somerset-based photographer Anita Corbin to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th 2013. Anita’s compiling a unique photographic archive of women who achieved ‘firsts’ in their...Read more“As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government’s obligation, not just a good idea”
– Charlotte Bunch
Read more“All women and girls have the fundamental right to live free of violence. This right is enshrined in international human rights and humanitarian law. And it lies at the heart of my UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign”
– Ban Ki-moon
Read more“Unless men are active allies, we’ll never end violence against women and girls”
– Eve Ensler
Read more“On this International Day of the Girl Child, I call on all governments to take action to end all forms of violence against girls in all parts of the world. Together, we must create a world where violence against women and girls is never tolerated and girls are always empowered to reach their full potential. ”
– Ban Ki-moon
Read more“Gender equality is critical to the development and peace of every nation”
– Kofi Annan
