  
Co-produced
By: Shebana Coelho & Rakhee Goyal
Edited By: Kim
Connell, Rainlake Productions
(December 2006)
These are
trying times for women in many parts of the world. War, violence,
extremism, fundamentalism, and restrictive legislation are but the most
striking of the hurdles women must overcome as they strive for the most
rudimentary of rights. Against All Odds: Women Partnering for Change in a
Time of Crisis tells the story of women activists from Africa, Asia, Latin
America, and the Middle East who working in partnership have developed and
implemented appropriate strategies to overcome these challenges. These
women leaders speak of the ways and means of strengthening women’s
movements by building alliances, sharing inter-generational experience and
expertise, and devising contextual, culture-specific, grassroots-based
approaches to empowering women and girls. (Running time: 28
minutes)
Speakers profiled include:
Mahnaz Afkhami (Iran/USA), Founder and President, Women's Learning
Partnership
Sakena Yacoobi (Afghanistan), Founder and Executive Director, Afghan
Institute of Learning
Rose Shomali (Palestine), Director General, Women's Affairs Technical
Committee
Aminata Touré (Senegal), Senior Technical Advisor, Culture, Gender,
and Human Rights Branch, United Nations Population Fund
Jacqueline Pitanguy (Brazil), Founder and Director, Cidadania, Estudo,
Pesquisa, Informação e Ação
Joanna Kerr (Canada), Executive Director, Association for Women's
Rights in Development
Lina Abou-Habib (Lebanon), Executive Director, Collective for Research
and Training on Development-Action
Sindi Médar-Gould (Nigeria), Executive Director, BAOBAB for Women's
Human Rights
Şengül Akçar (Turkey), General Director, Foundation for the Support of
Women's Work
Lina Quora (Jordan), Executive Director, Sisterhood Is Global
Institute/Jordan
Amina Lemrini (Morocco), Founding Member, Association Démocratique des
Femmes du Maroc
Asma Khader (Jordan), Lawyer and General Coordinator, Sisterhood Is
Global Institute/Jordan
Marfua Tokhtakhodjaeva (Uzbekistan), Founder and Co-Director, Women's
Resource Center of Tashkent
Enas El Shafie (Egypt), Executive Director, Forum for Women in
Development
Malena de Montis (Nicaragua), Founder, El Centro para la Participación
Democrática y el Desarrollo
Aminetou Mint El Mokhtar (Mauritania), President, Association des
Femmes Chefs de Famille
Bunmi Dipo-Salami (Nigeria), Programme Director, BAOBAB for Women's
Human Rights
Rakhee Goyal (India/USA), Executive Director, Women's Learning
Partnership
Available on: DVD or VHS video tape in NTSC,
PAL, or SECAM formats (English)
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