It's a Girl
Sverigepremiär!
Doc Lounge Lund Presents the Swedish premiere of IT’S A GIRL as a pre-event for the MR dagarna (Swedish Forum for Human Rights). Together with a book launch of Petra Flaums new book ‘ANSVAR Gemensamt Ansvar – Sveriges Politik för Global Utveckling (PGU)’, and a fantastic line up of panel members ready for a great panel discussion, this event is not one you want to miss out on.
In India and China, where sons are valued and daughters are burdens, millions of babies are killed, abandoned, or [I LOVE MR] selectively aborted, simply because they are girls.
The result of longstanding traditions and governmental policies, this devaluation of females has led to rampant violence against women and a growing female “gendercide”.
A powerful and thought-provoking documentary film, It’s a Girl reveals this issue of “gendercide” by exploring the stories of the victims, families, global experts and grassroots activists. Shot on location in India and China, It’s a Girl asks why this is happening and why so little is being done to save girls and women.
Panel Discussion – After the screening
The panel will follow the screening and help to contextualise the issue from a multi -disciplinary perspective and problematise some of the themes that the movie brings out.
We are honored to present our panel members for the night: Siri Tellier, Helle Rydström, Marina Thorborg & Petra Flaum. Moderating the panel is Roshni Kapoor.
About the Panel Members
Siri Tellier: Siri has 40 years of experience as a development practitioner in international health, including the Red Cross, and various UN organizations. Over the last decade, she has had a particular focus on the issue of sex ratio imbalance. Since 2009 she has been a lecturer at several universities , with a home base at the Copenhagen School of Global Health.
Helle Rydström: Helle is professor at Department of Gender studies at Lund University. Has been doing a lot of work on India and Vietnam the past years.
Marina Thorborg: Marina is working at Södertörns Uni. in Stockholm at the moment. And has, as well as Siri been working on issue of sex ratios and sex selection for a long time.
Peter Flaum: Founder of Baseline Consulting and author of the book:
Ansvar
Gemensamt ansvar – Sveriges politik för glopbal utveckling (PGU)
Responsibility
A common Responsibility – Swedens policy for global developement (PCD)
Moderatot: Roshni Kapoor
Roshni Kapoor is currently pursuing her Masters Degree in International Development and Management at Lund University. She has previous worked with World Health Organisation in Geneva, and the UN Women in India.
Book Launch of ‘ANSVAR Gemensamt Ansvar – Sveriges Politik för Global Utveckling (PGU)’ by Petra Flaum
In Ansvar Petra Flaum critically scrutinize how Sweden actually relates to human rights, the global sustainability agenda and corporate social responsibility – as well as demonstrating how these frameworks relate to each other – and how they collectively have contributed to the development of the Swedish Policy for a Global Developement.
Q&A with Petra about her new book 19.15!