 | Online Screening of War RedefinedMay 23, 1 PM (PST) / 4 PM (EST), online Women and Girls Lead advocate and Academy Award-winning actor Geena Davis is participating in a live social screening and chat about women’s empowerment. The online event, produced by Nashville Public Television, will stream War Redefined, an episode from the acclaimed series Women, War & Peace. |
 | Half the Sky Movement launches spotlight on Maternal MortalityFor a woman in a developing country, giving birth can be one of the biggest threats to her life. In Somaliland a woman faces a 1-in-12 chance of dying during childbirth. In the U.S. only 1 in 4,800 women faces that risk. The solutions are simple, and you can help. Join the Half the Sky Movement and help ensure that newborn babies can have their mothers there to welcome them into the world. |
 | MAKERS Video Initiative LaunchesOnline Videos PBS and AOL together launch MAKERS, an unprecedented digital video and broadcast initiative. Building on the extraordinary archive of groundbreaker stories introduced on MAKERS.com, the MAKERS: Women Who Make America documentary will tell the story of the women's movement through the firsthand accounts of the leaders, opponents, and trailblazers who created a new America in the last half-century. |
 | Campaign Films Airing on Global VoicesGlobal Voices The new season of Global Voices, the international documentary television series airing on the WORLD channel, announces the inclusion of seven documentaries from the Women and Girls Lead campaign. Notable documentaries include The Day My God Died (June 24), Andrew Levine’s unforgettable examination of the growing plague of sex trafficking of Nepali children in India. |
 | Nicholas Kristof's Reports for Half the SkyNew York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has begun filing columns from his travels as shooting continues on Half the Sky, the film project based on the book by Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, which comes to Independent Lens in Fall 2012. |
Nobel Laureates
Community Classroom resources are available featuring 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Liberian President Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee (and 2004 Laureate Wangari Maathai) including lesson plans, discussion guides, and film modules.
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