WISE - The Women's International Shared Experience Project
WISE – Women’s International Shared Experience Project - travelled to Karachi, to work with women from throughout the Sindh area who have been raped, sexually assaulted or domestically abused.
9 women spent 14 days living together and receiving training in video production. Some of the women could not read or write and their confidence had been stripped away from them as a result of the abuse they had faced.
Through participatory learning activities – a practice based on the writings of Paulo Friere – and the use of symbols and touch, the women were able to make a documentary, which tells the story of the women of Pakistan. The women not only planned and filmed the documentary, but also edited it – not a small task for those in the group who had never touched a computer before.
We partnered with the network for women's rights, the Pakistani co-ordinating body for The World March of Women. Please click on the link to find out more about the WMW's work.
9 women spent 14 days living together and receiving training in video production. Some of the women could not read or write and their confidence had been stripped away from them as a result of the abuse they had faced.
Through participatory learning activities – a practice based on the writings of Paulo Friere – and the use of symbols and touch, the women were able to make a documentary, which tells the story of the women of Pakistan. The women not only planned and filmed the documentary, but also edited it – not a small task for those in the group who had never touched a computer before.
We partnered with the network for women's rights, the Pakistani co-ordinating body for The World March of Women. Please click on the link to find out more about the WMW's work.
The resulting documentary is a unique look at the issues addressed through the eyes of women who have faced or who are still facing human rights abuses against them each day.
The video has been split into two parts, so that we could upload them in Pakistan – due to ISP restrictions. Please take a look at them here:
The video has been split into two parts, so that we could upload them in Pakistan – due to ISP restrictions. Please take a look at them here:
'Half-Face' documentary by our trainees in Karachi
Press In Pakistan
Please take a look at this article taken from the Tribune Express in Karachi. The Karachi arm of The International Herald Tribune.
