Multimedia Collection
Not the Numbers Game series
VHS
60 minutes
Six 10 minute videos
Each of the short films has been made by a woman filmmaker from the relevant country or region, who through very human, intimate stories, explores a number of fundamental issues that were debated at the Cairo Conference.
The Cairo Conference on Population and Development marked a watershed in international debate about global population. Instead of the familiar, stale old argument about 'numbers' and 'targets', the conference participants focused instead on the needs and aspirations of women and men everywhere, and how - by working together to meet them - the nations of the world can help stabilize world population.
But how are individual countries and communities shaping up to the challenges set at Cairo? Not the Numbers Game looks at the progress - or lack of progress - on the agreements signed at Cairo.
The six films include women in India who are demanding the basic services they need for a dignified life; women in Uganda who are calling a halt to the barbaric practice of female genital mutilation; the women of Bosnia who are struggling to rebuild their lives after the agonies of civil war; teenage pregnancy in Peru; industrial employment in Indonesia; and, the status of women in postwar Cambodia.
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