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Galway - Event Notice
Thursday January 01 1970

'Invisibles' Film screenings all welcome:

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Development Education Research Network NUIG Celebrates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Award winning human rights short films come to Galway
What: Screening of Invisibles – an award winning series of five short films about human rights followed by a panel discussion

Who: Speakers from the Irish Centre for Human Rights; NUIG Global Women’s Centre; the Development Education Research Network and Médecins Sans Frontiéres


Where: NUIG Huston School of Film & Digital Media, located behind the Irish Centre for Human Rights
When: 2pm & 6.30 pm Thursday 4 December 2008

The award winning series of human rights short films, Invisibles , produced by Javier Bardem and created by renowned directors, gives voice to the victims and survivors of some of the most neglected health and human rights crises in the world. It is being shown in Galway as part of events to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

The films deal with cross cutting themes from the UDHR:

Wim Wenders examines widespread sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and its effects on women.

Fernando Leon de Aranoa highlights the ongoing crises of the ‘night commuters’ and child soldiers in northern Uganda .

Mariano Barroso looks at the dual role of eflornithine, a drug used as a beauty product in wealthy nations, but which is needed to treat Sleeping Sickness in the Central African Republic.

Javier Corcuera travels to Colombia to document the life of people affected by the ever-present violence as they try to return to their rural homes .

Isabel Coixet examines how chagas disease in Bolivia affects a young woman working in Madrid.

The 2.Pm Screening will be followed by a panel discussion.

A second screening will take place at 6.30pm when the audience can watch the film with some food and a glass of wine.

Throughout 2009 DERN will continue to host events on the theme of Global Health and Human Rights . For further information contact:

Clionadh O' Keeffe, DERN Research Associate clionadh.okeeffe@nuigalway.ie
091 49 5040; http://www.nuigalway.ie/dern

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