International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
7 billion Others On selected international days, UNRIC, in partnership with the Good Planet Foundation, will post video clips from the 7 billion Others project to communicate the fears, dreams, ordeals and hopes of citizens from all over world. A visionary idea from...
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Activists marked November 25 as a day to combat and raise awareness of violence against women The date received its official United Nations (UN) resolution. Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence begin on this day The United Nations General Assembly has...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...Read more“Gender equality is critical to the development and peace of every nation”
– Kofi Annan