Diamonds

Poto Mitan - M

adeinusa

After the Rape - Stolen Sisters

The Greatest Silence - Little Caughnawaga

Unveiled Views - The Sari Soldiers

Mrs. Goundo's Daughter - M

y Daugther the Terrorist

Women & Health Women & War Violence Against Women Women & Rights

APR 28 -MAY 1

Screening at:

St. Paul University Amphitheater 1124223 Main Street, Ottawa, ON K1S 1C4, Canada

Wednesday, April 28 Thursday, April 29 Friday, April 30 Saturday, May 1

6:00pm

DiamondsMaternal Health Film

7:45pm

Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter

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6:00pm

My Daughter theTerrorist

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7:45pm

The Sari Soldiers

2:00pm

Round Table PanelDiscussion

6:00pm

The Greatest SilenceAfter the Rape

2:00pm

Little Caughnawaga Stolen Sisters

5:00pm

Poto Mitan-Haitian Unveiled ViewsMadeinusa

Women & Health Women & War Women & RightsWomen & Violence

MC Host:Karen F. McCarthy

TICKETSDaily: $15Pass: $50

Call:613.238.1312 ext. 107

or at the door

MATCH International is a not-for-profit women focused organization based in Ottawa that is committed to helping women around the world.

We MATCH the human and financial resources of Canadians with women’s groups in developing countries. In 35 years, MATCH has helped more than 700 groups in 75 countries. Our goal is to facilitate equality and opportunity for all people. We work with women’s groups in Africa, Asia and the Americas. Our mission is rooted in equal place and equal participation of women.

What’s unique about MATCH is that our programs are built around locally identified needs. Our focus is the elimination of violence against women and encouraging sustainable development.

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MATCH welcomes the help of volunteers with all sorts of much-needed skills. We could always use an extra hand – or two or three! We also need help connecting MATCH to individuals who identify with our vision for a world in which women live, work and pursue their dreams in peace and safety.

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IN PARTNERSHIP WITHTHE CENTRE FOR WOMEN AND CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS

Wednesday, April 28

Thursday, April 29

Friday, April 30

Saturday, May 1

Diamonds (35 min)

Stories of Women from the Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV, a book and documentary, tells the stories of ten women and one girl who are all HIV-positive. The stories plot key moments in their lives, from diagnosis to the realiza-tion that they could be part of the change, documenting the journey each woman went through to emerge as an advocate for individu-als living with HIV and a powerful voice in the global dialogue on AIDS.

Mrs. Goundo’s Daugther (60 min)

This important film reveals how women are profoundly affected by the legal struggles surrounding immigration. As issues of asylum, international law and human rights collide with FGM and its devastating health consequences, filmmakers Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater travel between an FGM ceremony in a Malian village, where dozens of girls are involved, to the West African expatriate community of Philadelphia, where Mrs. Goundo challenges beliefs and battles the American legal system for her child’s future.

6:00pm

6:00pm

My Daugther the Terrorist(58 min)

This fascinating documentary is an exceedingly rare, inside look at an organization that most of the world has blacklisted as a terrorist group. Made by the first foreign film crew to be given access to the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) of Sri Lanka, the film offers important insights into the recently re-ignited conflict in Sri Lanka.

7:45pm

7:45pm

The Sari Soldiers(92 min)

Filmed over three years during the most historic and pivotal time in Nepal’s modern history, The Sari Soldiers is an extraordinary story of six women’s courageous efforts to shape Nepal’s future in the midst of an escalating civil war against Maoist insurgents, and the King’s crackdown on civil liberties.

Panel Discussion (120 min)

Global voices on Maternal Health.

Speakers:

Eileen Kerwin Jones (Maternal Health PhD Student)Liette Perron (Project Manager for SOGC)Katherine McDonald (Executive Director for ACPD)Rita Kamahanga (Nurse, OGH & CAC Alliance)Brenda Gatto (Health Policy Analyst)

2:00pm 6:00pm

The Greatest Silence (76 min)

This extraordinary film shatters the silence that surrounds the use of sexual violence as a weapon of conflict. Many tens of thousands of women and girls have been system-atically kidnapped, raped, mutilated and tortured by soldiers from both foreign militias and the Congolese army. A survivor of gang rape herself, Emmy Award®-winning filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson travels through the DRC to understand what is happening and why.

After the Rape (58 min)

Revealing the progress and fruits of Mukhtaran’s labor, this powerful documentary tracks the school’s profound impact on the girls and families of Meerwala and shows how the crisis center empowers women seeking its help. An important look inside Pakistan, where the impact of Islamic fundamentalism is revealed and how women are fighting its oppressive and violent impact.

7:45pm

Little Caughnawaga(56 min)

The filmmaker explores her roots and traces the connections of her family from the Kahnawake Reserve outside Montreal to the 10-square block area in Brooklyn known as Little Caughnawaga. There, while the Mohawk ironworkers were building Manhattan’s iconic skyscrapers, the women sustained a vibrant community far from home.

Mohawk ironworkers historically have placed their sweat, tenacity and heart into many of the metro-politan structures we see and are in contact with today.

Stolen Sisters(50 min)

Unveiled Views(52 min)

Poto Mitan-Haitian Women(50 min)

Madeinusa(100 min)

2:00pm

7:10pm5:00pm

6:00pm3:10pm

About the event

Welcome to MATCH’s first ever International Women’s Film Festi-val. This event takes place over the duration of four evenings, with a kick-off with wine and cheese on the opening night. Be sure to book your tickets early so as to guarantee a seat at this inspirational and infor-mative event. There will also be several local women focused organi-zations attending this event, so be sure to arrive and show your sup-port for the work that they are currently doing. No Woman Should Die Giving

Birth (17 min)*