Following the screening, we welcomed our fantastic panel: 

Kiran Stacey (our moderator for the evening), Washington Correspondent for the Financial Times.  

Niyati Shah, Senior Gender and Social Justice Leader: For over 20 years, Niyati has been working internationally to advance gender equality, inclusion and social justice. Now, Niyati prevents and responds to gender-based violence with a community-focused and survivor-centred approach. 

Ellie Walton, Brave Girls film-maker: Ellie has won multiple awards for her films dedicated to stories of ‘everyday revolutionaries and misfits’, including the DC Mayor’s Arts Award, the highest honour given to an individual artist in Washington DC. 

Yashaswi Desai, Brave Girls Co-director (via video link from India)

BRAVE GIRLS : An International Women’s Day screening and panel discussion 

WASHINGTON, DC 

To celebrate International Women’s Day on 8th March 2020, ANOTHER WAY NOW hosted a special screening and discussion of ‘Brave Girls’ at the iconic Busboys and Poets, Washington D.C.

 In true ‘Another Way’ style, our audience was truly representative of the city we were in and there was not a spare seat in the room.  Once the mixture of experts, campaigners, and interested members of the public took their seats, we raised an empowering cheer for International Women’s Day, and then began the screening.

‘Brave Girls’ is a beautifully shot and deeply moving documentary that captures three young women in India attempting to find balance between their own drive for education and society’s wider gender roles.

The combination of film, panel discussion and passionate Q&A with the audience provided a unique and motivating evening. The range of experiences in the room allowed us to explore and discuss the intersectionality of both the feminist young women and of those of us working ‘outside the region’.

We debated the role of external NGOs and campaigners, and established appropriate ways for those of us in the room to support the Brave Girls in India.

We believe this Another Way Now event has provided a much-needed space for these discussions to happen, and helped in exploring the discussions around aid, intervention and women’s rights. ANOTHER WAY NOW look forward to hosting the Brave Girls team and film again in the near future. We believe this film generates conversation and debate desperately needed in the not-for-profit sector and in public discourse regarding women’s rights. 

You can watch the trailer of Brave Girls here.