Press House in partnership with REFORM organize a film discussion about "My Name: A Female" documentary

On Monday, 22 of July 2019, the Press House - Palestine, in partnership with REFORM, organized a film discussion for a documentary entitled "My Name: A Female", written by Minna Ikram and directed by Rami Rizkallah, as part of the project “Fostering Social Inclusion and Gender Equality within Palestinian Society tackling gender stereotypes”, funded by the Italian GVC Foundation.

This documentary is part of a series of documentaries to be presented during the project period, reflecting the challenges and difficulties faced by women in various labor fields, especially the non-stereotyped ones.

The film "My Name: A Female" highlighted the right of women to education, labor and travel, which supports the achievement of herself and maintain their own entity away from men control or the parents, where the film relied on the strategy of dialogue and persuasion in the right of women to work, which is one of the most important messages of the documentary.

These documentary films were an awareness-raising activity for the trainees of the project, based on open discussion and exchange of views and experiences to increase their involvement in in-depth analyzes of societal challenges, as well as providing tools to help remove restrictions associated with cultural and social systems and raise their awareness of the importance of women's participation in the Palestinian society, and its impact on achieving sustainable development and cultural diversity.

It’s worth noting that this project aims at challenging discriminatory and exclusionary practices and behaviors that contribute to promoting gender inequality by providing safe spaces for marginalized groups, especially youth and women, to discuss gender-based societal issues, and to improve the exchange of experience among the various components of Palestinian society to promote the social inclusion.