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In the name of honour / TVE International ; BBC Worldwide ; produced and directed by Alex Gabbay.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Life (Bullfrog Films) ; 21.
- Life ; 21
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Kurdish
- Subjects (All):
- Globalization.
- Globalization--Social aspects.
- Women, Kurdish--Iraq--Social conditions.
- Women, Kurdish.
- Kurds--Iraq--Social conditions.
- Kurds.
- Kurds--Crimes against--Iraq.
- Kurds--Crimes against.
- Women soldiers.
- Women's rights.
- Women--Crimes against.
- Women.
- Economic conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Kurds--Civil rights.
- Iraq.
- Kurds--Civil rights--Iraq.
- Women--Iraq--Social conditions.
- Women--Iraq--Economic conditions.
- Women--Crimes against--Iraq.
- Women's rights--Iraq.
- Women soldiers--Iraq.
- Human rights--Iraq.
- Human rights.
- Kurdistan--Social conditions.
- Kurdistan.
- Kurdistan--Ethnic relations.
- Iraq--Ethnic relations.
- Ethnic relations.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (24 min.) : digital, sound, color.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2017]
- Language Note:
- In English, Kurdish and Arabic with English voiceovers.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- A former doctor, Nasik gave up her career to run a shelter for women living under threat of death from their families. 'Till now,' she says, 'hundreds of women have been killed in Iraqi Kurdistan simply because they fell in love, or because they demanded their basic rights -- such as the right to divorce or to be treated as a human being, to go outdoors, to be free to talk to other men.' Beyan is a lawyer fighting to change the laws on justice for women. 'A lot of people treat honor like capital,' she explains, 'and for them, their capital is women and should be guarded closely.' Ironically, one area of Kurdish life where women are most free is the government-backed Peshmerga Force of women soldiers. 31-year-old Rezan, their commander, spent two years in Iraqi prisons, and lost both her brother and fiance to Saddam Hussein's forces. Now she teaches her young recruits to stand up for their rights. 'Young women should be active players in tomorrow's society,' she says. 'I teach them how to look after themselves.'
- Participant:
- Commentary: Rachel Atkins.
- Credits:
- Editor, Alex Gabbay ; executive producer, Jenny Richards ; series producer, Luke Gawin ; series editor, Robert Lamb.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: TVE International, ©2000.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 24, 2017).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-lsinh Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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