Documentaries That Make A Difference
These documentaries from PAI and our partners tell the human stories of the gender norms that often make women vulnerable to violence and HIV/AIDS.The Silent Partner: HIV in Marriage
PAI’s newest documentary, The Silent Partner: HIV in Marriage, was produced to raise awareness of the risk of HIV transmission within marriage. In sub-Saharan Africa, home to two-thirds of the world’s people living with HIV, women make up 60 percent of those infected. The Silent Partner examines the risk of HIV within marriage and the particular challenges facing married women who often cannot practice abstinence, cannot control the faithfulness of their husbands, and find it difficult to negotiate condom use. |
Not Yet Rain
Not Yet Rain, a short film from IPAS, explores the challenge of
accessing safe abortion care in Ethiopia, a country with the most progressive
abortion laws in Africa, through the voices of women who have faced unintended
pregnancy. Some of their stories are heartbreaking, others are hopeful,
but all illustrate the importance of ensuring that women have access to the safe
abortion care they need to protect their health and well-being. Not Yet
Rain will be released on April 7, World Health Day. The trailer can be seen
online at www.notyetrain.org.
Men Today, Men Tomorrow
In India, as in many parts of the world, a woman's increased vulnerability to HIV infection is largely a result of unequal gender roles. Male dominance in relationships, combined with peer pressure and traditional views of masculinity, often interferes with safe sexual practices. Furthermore, in India, rape occurs twice every minute, and nearly half of married men admit to physically abusing their wives. Indian entertainment star Jaaved Jaffri hosts this short film, which uses interviews with HIV-positive men and their families to illustrate how EngenderHealth’s Men As Partners® in Positive Prevention program supports men in preventing HIV transmission. |
A Powerful Noise
Hanh is an HIV-positive widow in Vietnam, Nada is a
survivor of the Bosnian war and Jacqueline works the slums of Bamako, Mali.
Three very different lives. Three vastly different worlds. But they share
something in common: Power. These women are each overcoming gender barriers to
rise up and claim a voice in their societies. Through their empowerment and
ability to empower others, Hanh, Nada and Jacqueline are sparking remarkable
changes. Fighting AIDS. Rebuilding communities. Educating girls. Click here to
visit the film web site.
