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Production : SAPIN Véronique
Genre : Video art
Keyword : Homage, Woman, Memory
Summary :
Living so that Human Rights are respected and die because of this commitment. We are all concerned by the killing of these people. We must fight against their fotgetfulness because memory is a weapon against barbarism. This video is an act of resistance.
List of the women:
Sitara Achakzai : provincial official known for fighting for women's rights : murdered in Afghanistan, Kandahar, April 13th 2009
Esperanza Amaris Miranda : member of the Organización Femenina Popular (OFP) : murdered in Colombia, October 16th 2003
Zilla Huma Usman : Minister for Social Welfare in Punjab province and women’s activist campaigning for emancipation of women : murdered in Pakistan, February 20th 2007
Concepcion Brizuela : she was a founder and treasurer of the Union of People’s Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM). She was a women’s human rights defender : murdered in Philippines, November 23, 2009
Nahla Hussain : the leader of the women's league of the Kurdish Communist Party : murdered in Iraq, Baghdad, December 18, 2008
Natalia Estemirova : human rights defender : murdered in Russia, Chechnya, Jully 2009
Shazia Begum and Shamim Begum : teachers for girls school : murdered in Pakistan, November 5 2009
Laila Paaitae Daoh : women's rights activist and peace advocate. Alleged insurgents killed her eldest son in 2004 and her husband and second son in 2006 : murdered in Thailand, March 12, 2009
Aqila al-Hashimi : She gained a degree in law in Iraq and a doctorate in French Literature at the Sorbonne. She was a member of the interim Iraqi Governing Council. She supported women’s rights : murdered in Iraq, September 25, 2003
Uma Singh : Uma Singh, 26, worked as a journalist for the Janakpur Today Daily and "Radio Today FM" and was a member of the Women's Human Rights Defender Network : murdered in Nepal, 11 January 2009
Laxmi Bohara : human rights defender : murdered in Nepal, June 2008
Cynthia Oquendo : a young artistic mother, was also a human rights defender, lawyer and member of UPLM : murdered in Philippines, November 23, 2009
Zeena al-Qushtaini : owned one of Baghdad’s best known pharmacies and mingled with women activists : murdered in Iraq, March 05, 2005
Safia Amajan : women's rights defender in Afghanistan for decades. She served as the head of the women's department in Kandahar's city government : murdered in Afghanistan, September 25, 2006
Yolanda Izquierdo : women's rights activist : murdered in Colombie, January 31th 2007
Amal al-Ma’amalachi : women’s rights activist and government adviser : murdered in Iraq, November 2009
Ana Isabel Gomez : human rights defender : murdered in Colombie, April 14 2009
Malalai Kakar : she was Afghanistan's most prominent policewoman, serving as the head of Kandahar's department for crimes against women. She was the first woman to attend and graduate from the Kandahar Police Academy : murdered in Afghanistan, September 28 2008
Unfortunately this list is incomplete.
Original language : _wordless
Original format : video
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Chroma : Noir&Blanc
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