Институт социальной и гендерной политики

This film portrays two women in Armenia. One protagonist is a divorcee who, forced to give up her career as an artist during her marriage, finds freedom, happiness, and creative expression in her new life; she struggles, however, with social stigma and being labeled as a social outcast. The other is a widow who, nostalgic for her late husband, believes that women’s happiness lies in the patriarchal male-headed household where women are homemakers. Despite their conflicting opinions, both find strength in themselves and their work, as they raise their families as single mothers.

2. Return

Georgia, 2006

Liya’s past is troublesome – her mother was killed by her father, and she herself was beaten by him many times—and she spends her adult life attempting to cope with her memories. To cut the vicious circle of violence in the village of her childhood, where domestic violence is considered “normal”, Liya returns to her former home to awaken the villagers and establish new relationships among them.

3. Elechek

Kyrgyzstan, 2006

Sairash was contentedly married for more than a quarter century until the day when her husband took a second, younger wife. Sairash – who would not accept her new circumstances, including the quarrels and insults – walked out. Her community and relatives blamed her, divorce laws would not protect her, and any division of property would inflict pain on her beloved children. Though Sairash’s decision set her on a path of hardship, it was the path to her true self: strong, independent, and capable of standing up for her own beliefs. Sairash’s experience demonstrates that the personal is indeed political.

4. Kristina and Christ

Lithuania, 2006

In Lithuania, women occupy a lower position than men in the LutheranChurch hierarchy. Kristina, a graduate of OxfordUniversity, is not ordained to become a priest because she is a woman. As an assistant pastor, she could act as a lay person only. Committed to theology and educating others, she has focused on encouraging women and girls in her community to seek equal rights of women and men in the Church and society at large. The film helps to challenge the belief that the traditions of the Church are outside national antidiscrimination labor laws.

5. There are women in Russian villages…

Russia, 2006

In this film, two women, a mother and her daughter, demonstrate that poverty in Russia is increasingly a women's phenomenon. Luba and Alesya live in a typical Russian village: the population consists of male drunkards, with few or no exceptions, and exhausted women. Luba and Alesya are milkmaids at a state farm – a profession that is underpaid and perceived as too strenuous for most people. But Luba and Alesya, who are raising children and fleeing domestic violence, have little choice. While many in their circumstances would seek help from the government, they have no one to rely on in their small, isolated village except themselves.

6. New Penelope

Tajikistan, 2006

Economic depression and political chaos force Tajik men to become migrant laborers, working in unsafe conditions and with inconsistent pay. Tajik women attempt to keep their families alive, and, in some cases, enter polygamous marriages to feed themselves and their families. Often, these women relate to Penelope, the wife of the mythical hero Odysseus, who waits many years for her husband to return. The men working abroad and the women left behind face the same fate: hard work and human rights abuses. This film allows the viewer to experience the hardships of migrant labor through the eyes of both women and men.

7. Who will sing a lullaby…

Ukraine, 2006

Masha’s father and Katya’s grandfather are on paternity leave. They are among the few, the very few (46 to be exact), men from Kiev who dared to use their right to take parental leave. Challenging their traditional role as breadwinners, overcoming social stigma, and encouraging their wives to realize themselves outside of the home, Masha’s father and Katya’s grandfather do not think of themselves as heroes or dependants. Instead, they are pleased that – with their own courage and support from family members and friends – personal choice can prevail for them and their wives over traditional gender roles.

21.04.2008
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03.04.2008
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01.04.2008
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