Women's Rights: Raising the Glass Ceiling

In many countries today’s young women have not lived through the struggle for equality. But is it safe to rest on our laurels? This film examines women’s rights worldwide. 'In parliament the MPs shouted “take her and rape her”’ Afghani MP Malalai Joya recalls. ‘They have learned to wear a tie, how to talk about women’s rights, but that’s all’. In Kenya violence against women is rife. ‘If we see a man beating a woman we like it’, explains one farmer. ‘It knocks sense into her’. Despite its laws protecting women the USA has one of the highest levels of rape worldwide, yet in China economic growth has improved women's rights. Is the time ripe for a new wave of feminism? This moving film encompasses the beauty, strength and diversity - as well as the suffering - of women, with a soundtrack dominated by female vocals.


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