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The White Flag Rising in the Midst A Film based on the voices of rural women working for peace in violent hit areas. The film was produced by Institute of Human RIghts Communication, Nepal (IHRICON) with the support ot Canadian Cooperation Organization (CCO). The film was presented by Shobha Gautam, President of the Institute of Human Rights Communication in Nepal, Nepal
Time: 33 minutes
What does the White Flag Rising in the Midst Conveys the Message ?
The whole world is enduring the severe pain of conflict, which is causing the death of innocent people by day by day.
Whether the number of killings of men in quite greater than women and children, but the women and children have to face bitter experience from the conflict rather than men. They have to face rape, sexual violence including the incident of becoming widow and orphans, which are the negative part of the armed conflict. Now, one hope has been arises that if women from grass root level to central level could be participate in each and every stepts of the peace bulding process to reduce the effects of conflcit towards women and children, then sustainable peae would be prevail in the whole world. For that reason, United Nation Security Council declaraed and approved Resoulition No. 1325 on October 31, 2000, which has appealed to all its partner organizations to involve women for the Peace building process.
Active women could flowered even in sand, could simile even in grief, and could identify the way for peace even in the conflict This documentary "The While Flag rising in the midst" is the campaign of women working in the conflict transformation, income generating activities for victims, raise voices of community people through interaction programs, wall newspapers, peace rallies etc. This program has been supported by Canadian Cooperation Organization (CCO), which is the process of implementation of UN Security Council Resolution No. 1325, and working in the conflict hit four districts of Nepal i.e. Dang, Gorkha, Kailali and Sindhuli.
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