Scoop April 2010
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Fee: £12.50 | Fee: £12.50 | ||
Contact and Booking: Margaret Todd, mtodd@wea.org.uk | Contact and Booking: Margaret Todd, mtodd@wea.org.uk | ||
| + | ==April 20th. from 12 - 130 in Arts Room 1.83 In the Name of Love & Revolution== | ||
| + | Dr. Shirin Zubair (Visiting Fellow in DEV and currently based with the | ||
| + | Literacy and Development Group) will be introducing and answering | ||
| + | questions about a documentary she made in Pakistan (see below) on Tuesday | ||
| + | All are welcome to attend to watch the documentary and hear firsthand | ||
| + | about this women's rights movement in Pakistan, | ||
| + | Based on the true story of a feminist professor and a revolutionary artist | ||
| + | who launch a women's rights movement in Southern Punjab, Pakistan€a hotbed | ||
| + | of religious extremism and terrorism with the highest crime rate of | ||
| + | violence against women . Joining hands for social change , they challenge | ||
| + | the constructs of a patriarchal Muslim society through emancipatory | ||
| + | education in the repressive society of today's Pakistan. The story takes | ||
| + | us deep into the heart of contemporary Pakistani society and unfolds the | ||
| + | anarchy and talibanization within the educational institutions; laying | ||
| + | bare the paradoxes , hypocrisy and contradictions of a dying society. As | ||
| + | the progressive and humanistic elements in education are deemed immoral, | ||
| + | the consciousness-raising organization ReWAC ( Revolutionary Women Action | ||
| + | Committee) is crushed in the name of religion and morality. The | ||
| + | protagonists are penalized -they both lose their positions at the | ||
| + | university, thus a message is sent out to other women and activists who | ||
| + | may dare to strive for social change. | ||
==Amnesty Talk: The battle for Jerusamlem, Wed. April 21st, 8pm, Stanley Cooper Hall== | ==Amnesty Talk: The battle for Jerusamlem, Wed. April 21st, 8pm, Stanley Cooper Hall== | ||
