DODO SERIES: WE MEAN WOMEN!

DODO Series: WE MEAN WOMEN!
DOC + TALK| THU: 19 APRIL | 20:00 uur | Tickets: € 5 (students € 4)
 
FILM: INVOKING JUSTICE
 
by Deepa Dhanraj
India | 2011 | 60 min
 
Fed up with male dominated jamaats (Councils), where women are not allowed to represent themselves, Sharifa and other poor rural Muslim women in South India set up their own councils in 2003. Dowry harrasment, domestic violence, divorce and desertion will no longer be judged by men. Opposition from male clerics is fierce, but the women have resolved over 10,000 cases using homespun logic and everyday smarts to reclaim the Koran. The film offers a rare inside view of Muslim women empowering themselves. A historical reform movement is being born, led by Muslim women f or justice, within the framework of faith that is being betrayed.
 
TALK: The screening will be followed by a talk moderated by Naima Azough with Laila al-Zwaini.
 
Laila al-Zwaini is an Islamic scholar and lawyer. She specializes in classical and modern Shari'a, tribalism, legal pluralism, intellectual and social movements, and human (women's) rights in the Muslim world. She works as an independent scholar, trainer, and adviser to international organizations, governments, and institutions, and participates in public debates, the media, and policy development on Islam and secularism, religious authority, Shari'a and human rights, and Muslim women's empowerment.
 
Language: English
Reservations (requested): info@nutshuis.nl
 
DODO Series: WE MEAN WOMEN!
To mark this year's International Women's Day, Het Nutshuis is dedicating the March & April series of DODO evenings to women and the community. These 4 very different contemporary stories feature women living in particular social colonies. A provincial town, a prison, an island, a village. In search of a better life, these ordinary girls take action and make choices that determine not only their own present, but almost imperceptibly, their sisters' future.
A special highlight of the programme is the Movies that Matter Festival evening, March 22nd.
 
DODO: WE MEAN WOMEN is a series of  docs + talks moderated by Naima Azough. During the discussions following the screenings, Naima will be joined by artists, activists for women's rights and filmmakers.
                                         
The dodo (Raphus Cucullatus) stood about a metre tall, weighing about 20 kilos, living on fruit and nesting on the ground. DODO is the documentary film programme in Het Nutshuis. We screen on Thursday.