Mentoring, script and direction for the video production of “Amina”, a film aimed at raising awareness about FGM survivors who currently live in Germany. The script and production was completed alongside the CHANGE Agents and Champions from the project CHANGE PLUS, who also acted in the film. The project has been produced by the German foundation Stiftung Hilfe Mit Plan, Hamburg and Terre Des Femmes, Berlin and co-founded by the European Union’s Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme.
AMINA_Video Change Plus
Subtitles: German, English, French, Dutch, Portuguese and Italian
The project aims at increasing the effectiveness of efforts made to eradicate the practice of FGM/C and to improve the living conditions of girls and women in Africa and Europe, affected by this practice. It brings together young people from the civil society organizations (CSOs), professional sectors (media, health, psycho‐social, etc.) and communities from select African countries and migrant communities in Europe. The project creates a space to share best practices and strengthen links – enabling mutual learning and exchange for the participants.
The project was implemented by AIDOS – Italian Association for Women in Development, in partnership with AMSOPT (Mali), Equipop (France), GAMS Belgique (Belgium), Mwangaza Action (Burkina Faso) and UMWA (Uganda) with the support of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Program on female genital mutilation/cutting.
Audiovisual trainer in the video Workshop Building Bridges between Africa and Europe to tackle FGM/C.
Atelier de création et production de vidéos sur les mutilations génitales féminines/excision “Bâtir des ponts entre l’Afrique et l’Europe pour mettre fin aux mutilations génitales féminines/excision (MGF/E)”
The Workshop
The project aims at increasing the effectiveness of efforts made to eradicate the practice of FGM/C and to improve the living conditions of girls and women in Africa and Europe, affected by this practice. It brings together young people from the civil society organizations (CSOs), professional sectors (media, health, psycho‐social, etc.) and communities from select African countries and migrant communities in Europe. The project creates a space to share best practices and strengthen links – enabling mutual learning and exchange for the participants.
The project was implemented by AIDOS – Italian Association for Women in Development, in partnership with AMSOPT (Mali), Equipop (France), GAMS Belgique (Belgium), Mwangaza Action (Burkina Faso) and UMWA (Uganda) with the support of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on female genital mutilation/cutting.
Mentor for the project Wie im Film Muslimische Vielfalt in Berlin featuring young refugees from Syria, Iraq and Kurdish territories. The project was part of the annual cultural event in Berlin “Die Nächte of the Ramadan” (The night of the Ramadan) produced by Piranha Art AG. IN-JUSTICE was one of the videos produced giving the participants a chance to share their experiences and aspirations in a new city.
A project by AIDOS – Italian Association for Women in Development consisting in two trainings (Senegal and Kenya) on how to produce audio documentaries on FGM/C, involving journalists and media officers from 6 African countries, in the framework of the project “Abandoning FGM/C on FM!”, supported by the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Program on FGM/C.