‘It’s a girl’ – words that brought joy to me but are a curse for other women. MTR opening remarks at ‘It’s a Girl’ film launch
‘It’s a Girl’, a disturbing but awareness-raising film, screened in Sydney last night. I was asked to say a few words. Here they are. It’s a girl. I’ve heard those words three times in my life. Unlike the women we will hear about tonight, those words brought joy. It’s a girl. Three times for me […]
Killed for being a girl: special film screening ‘It’s a girl’ Sydney Monday
SPECIAL SCREENING November 12: “It’s a Girl” The United Nations estimates as many as 200 million girls are missing in the world today because of “gendercide”. Girls are killed, aborted and abandoned simply because they are girls. The film tells the stories of abandoned and trafficked girls, of women who suffer extreme dowry-related violence, of […]