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Next event this weekend, September 27-29, 2008:

• September 27th; 7:30pm: Turning A Corner, Landmark’s E Street Cinema, 555 11th Street NW, Washington, DC: Turning A Corner will be screening as part of the Urban Film Series: 2007 Black Docs program. For more information please visit www.urbanfilmseries.com. It will be presented by Illinois Representative, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL);
• September 28th; 11:00am: Doin’ It: Sex, Disability and Videotape;
• September 29th; 10:30am: Why They Gotta Do Me Like That? The Empowered Fe Fes Take on Bullying, National Museum of Women in the Artsn’s Film & Media Arts at the National Museum of Women in the Arts’ 20th Anniversary celebration;
• For more information go to NMWA National Museum of Women in the Arts.

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• Beyondmedia Education’s mission is to collaborate with under-served and under-represented women, youth and communities to tell their stories, connect their stories to the world around us, and organize for social justice through the creation and distribution of media arts.
• Our Vision: Beyondmedia Education envisions a compassionate and just society where universal access to media tools and information equip women and youth to document and communicate their stories, serve as educators and role models for others, influence public policy, and generate social transformation … (about 1/2).

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Linked with Fumihiko Sueki – Japan.

The International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) is a worldwide body of national and regional associations for the academic study of religion, and is a member of the Conseil International de la Philosophie et des Sciences Humaines/ The International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (CIPSH) under the auspices of UNESCO. The IAHR was founded in 1950 on the occasion of the 7th international congress of the history of religions in Amsterdam. During the last World Congress in Tokyo, Japan, 2005, the IAHR grew to 37 national and 5 regional associations, reflecting the international and global diversity of the association … (What is the IAHR 1/2).

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What is the IAHR 2/2: … The IAHR is composed of a General Assembly, an International Committee, and an Executive Committee.

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Linked with Nani Zulminarni – Indonesia, and with A JOURNEY TO THE WORLD WITHOUT HUSBAND.

Program Pemberdayaan Perempuan Kepala Keluarga It is a reality that not less than 6 million households in Indonesia are headed by women-due to the death of their husband either natural or killed in the armed conflict, divorced, abandoned, permanent illness of the husband, and single status. More than a half of these households are among « the poorest of the poor ». The social cultural value tends to marginalize the women headed families and a major part of the development program has failed to reach this group. The majority of them are between 20 to 60 years old, illiterate and have never been to even an elementary school. They have 1-6 dependent, working as are farm laborers and in the informal sector with average income less than US$1 per day. Some of them have traumatic experience on domestic and state violence … (full text Homepage in english 1/2).

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About Us: PEKKA was originally developed in the year 2000, from the initial idea of the National Commission on Violence Againts Women (KOMNAS PEREMPUAN), to document the life of the widows in the conflict region, and the intention of the Kecamatan Development Program (PPK) to respond to the request of the widows who are the victims of the conflict in Aceh, to get access to the resources, in order to overcome their economic problems and trauma.

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Linked with United Nations Multimedia Services on Berhane’s Development Blog.

UNTV’s series of 12 x 26′ news-magazine programmes puts a spotlight on the world’s most underreported stories. Each episode features 2-3 character-driven, human interest stories that reflect some of the most important issues affecting the world, and our lives today. Our cameras offer unique and often unparalleled access to people and places and stay to bring you the stories as they unfold over time, long after other news outlets leave. From the child labour situation in Tanzania to the woman’s struggle in Afghanistan, from the poverty streets in Somalia to the frontline of the guerilla war in Colombia, this series brings home the stories viewers care about, but rarely see. Presented as a fully-packaged programme, and also available by feature segment (approximately 8′ each), 21st Century incorporates narrative storytelling with balanced, accurate reporting and is adaptable to local languages. Currently fifty international broadcasters air the magazine monthly, including BBC World and RTVE. (21st Century TV series).

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