More than 50 countries are expected to sign a pledge on November 26 at Expo 2020 Dubai, calling for an end to violence against women and the need for gender equality.
The initiative has been spearheaded by two women – Hind Alowais, vice-president of International Participants Department at Expo, and Vibha Bakshi, an award-winning film director and producer from India.
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The initiative has been spearheaded by two women – Hind Alowais, vice-president of International Participants Department at Expo, and Vibha Bakshi, an award-winning film director and producer from India.
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00:00We are very lucky, very honoured to have partnered with FIBA, a very esteemed and recognised director, film-maker.
00:15We are also partnering with the United Nations Pavilion, with New Zealand's Pavilion and with the India Pavilion to shed light on a very important issue.
00:30So, on the 26th of November, the Jubilee Stage will feature a special event.
00:41We will be screening FIBA's film, Sunrise, S-O-N, that really highlights the issue of violence against women.
00:56The 26th of November is also the start of the Orange the World campaign, 16 days of activism.
01:04This is something that the whole world celebrates.
01:07You'll see monuments across the world turning their sights orange in a sign of solidarity, really, for speaking up against violence against women.
01:24What it means to us at the Expo, what it means to us as a host country is, first and foremost, the UAE attaches great importance to the issue of gender equality and women's empowerment.
01:43And violence against women is not separate from that.
01:49It's an issue that has held women back. It's an issue that became the second pandemic after COVID.
01:57It got named the shadow pandemic.
02:00It is an issue that we, as part of the international community, care very deeply about.
02:07And so we are showing solidarity by launching the 16 days of activism, by showcasing FIBA's film, by building an alliance, in a sense, with different stakeholders like the UN, like New Zealand and India, of course, to shine a light on this issue.
02:32I'm honoured and humbled to be at the Expo, where it's such a proud moment to see the world unite here, to see everyone come together at the world stage and to rally together for a safer and more equitable world.
02:49Here we are. As a filmmaker, I tell the story. It is everybody else who takes the movement forward. So I'm very grateful for your partnership and for all the incredible partnerships with the United Nations, with New Zealand and India.
03:05Sunrise focuses on the men. So it is a gender rights film which has only men in it. And it has men who are from India's seat of patriarchy who are breaking the shackles of patriarchy.
03:22So I would say they are really knocking down patriarchy the world over. Again, it comes down, it is the story of ordinary men who have taken on the extraordinary fight. And as we all have seen, when we talk about violence, when we talk about biases, it's not a women's issue.
03:45It's a human rights issue. And it is very, very important to have the men stand in solidarity with the women to create a bold and united force for equality.
03:59So what we have done is the pledge will be drafted by the United Nations. And what we would strive to do at the end, it is all about striving, is we would hope that this conversation is taken across all the schools and universities where we rally the youth.
04:19So it is using the power of a film to change mindsets. So film is just one vehicle. There is so much else that has to be done on the ground. But what we have realized with all the work that Women's Pavilion is doing, what United Nations Pavilion is doing, it is very important that we target this age group,
04:45that is the 14, 15, 16, rather than now just talking to men who are 50. It will be much easier to change the narrative here.