Half The Sky Film Screening Feb4

HALF THE SKY: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide - FILM SCREENING
Monday, February 04, 2013
7:00p?8:30p
MIT, Building 6-120, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

Speaker: WGS Professor A. Walsh will lead a Q & A after the film
REG DAY Women's and Gender Studies Film Screenings
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide was filmed in 10 countries and follows Kristof, WuDunn, and celebrity activists America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan, Gabrielle Union, and Olivia Wilde on a journey to tell the stories of inspiring, courageous individuals. Across the globe oppression is being confronted, and real meaningful solutions are being fashioned through health care, education, and economic empowerment for women and girls.

The linked problems of sex trafficking and forced prostitution, gender-based violence, and maternal mortality -- which needlessly claim one woman every 90 seconds -- present to us the single most vital opportunity of our time: the opportunity to make a change. All over the world women are seizing this opportunity.

Web site: web.mit.edu/wgs/
Open to: the general public
Cost: FREE
Sponsor(s): Women's and Gender Studies, Student Activities Office
For more information, contact:  The Friendly WGS Staff
3-8844