The video below is a trailer for a documentary to be released this year titled, “It’s a Girl: The Three Deadliest Words in the World.”
The trailer alone is chilling. I can hardly imagine an entire movie
documenting this atrocity. But we need to see the culture of death for
what it is. Here’s a description of the movie:
In India, China and many other parts of
the world today, girls are killed, aborted and abandoned simply because
they are girls. The United Nations estimates as many as 200 million
girls(1) are missing in the world today because of this so-called “gendercide”.
Girls who survive infancy are often
subject to neglect, and many grow up to face extreme violence and even
death at the hands of their own husbands or other family members.
The war against girls is rooted in
centuries-old tradition and sustained by deeply ingrained cultural
dynamics which, in combination with government policies, accelerate the
elimination of girls.
Shot on location in India and China,
It’s a Girl! explores the issue. It asks why this is happening, and why
so little is being done to save girls and women.
The film tells the stories of abandoned
and trafficked girls, of women who suffer extreme dowry-related
violence, of brave mothers fighting to save their daughters’ lives, and
of other mothers who would kill for a son. Global experts and grassroots
activists put the stories in context and advocate different paths
towards change, while collectively lamenting the lack of any truly
effective action against this injustice.
You can view the website for the film here.
HT: Denny Burk
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