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| Peace Train to Beijing: The Fourth World Conference on Women |
revealing study of solidarity in motion, Peace Train to Beijing
tells the story of 230 women and 10 men from 42 countries who cross two
continents to reach the Fourth UN Conference on Women (August 7-29,1995).
The train was sponsored and organized by the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). During the three-week trek from Helsinki, Finland, participants
meet with women's groups and political leaders, and put theory into
practice as they create a "metaphorical community" on the train. |
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Included is unique footage of the Non-Governmental Organizations
(NGO) Forum, where 30,000 women from around the world organize and
strategize for women's rights, as well as interviews with South Asian
author/activist Vandana Shiva, Rosalie Bertell, Cora Weiss and Dessima
Williams. Featured on the PBS series Rights and Wrongs, this is an ideal film to stimulate discussion in courses on women's studies, political science, and economics. Themes include: the impact of religious fundamentalism, women and militarism (nuclear and conventional), food security and trafficking in women. The long version (58 minutes) is available in two half-hour segments, one primarily of the Peace Train experience, the other of the NGO Forum. "I used this video in my course Contemporary Global Issues for Women the students loved the film. It served as an excellent teaching tool. It introduced the international women's movement as well as a variety of issues we will be returning to throughout the semester." Valerie Sperling, UC Berkeley
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| Truth and Reconciliation: Can It Work in the United States? |
ighlights from a symposium at New York University Law School in
1997, sponsored by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
The aim of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions is to document a history
of oppression or racism, and to acknowledge and honor victims.
African-American, indigenous and community leaders, and South African
officials discuss the applicability of a Truth and Reconciliation process
in the United States. Includes comments by Bishop Peter Storey of
Johannesburg; Grayce Uyehara, director of the Japanese American Citizens
League; Andrea Carmen, director of the International Indian Treaty
Council; and Adjoa Aiyetoro, an attorney with the National Coalition of
Blacks for Reparations in America. Accompanied by a study guide.
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