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We Need You — and You Need Tools!
As a public media campaign, Women and Girls Lead invites individual citizens, communities, and partner organizations to engage and connect. These resources support discussions, screening events, trainings, classroom activities, and more. All resources are free and intended for use in family, community, and educational contexts.
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For Broadcasts

Broadcasts are planned throughout the campaign on strands such as Independent Lens, POV, American Masters, Global Voices, and Frontline. Visit our Films page for a complete list of upcoming broadcasts, as well as links to photos, press kits, and engagement resources. For select programs, enhanced tools will be added below in advance of broadcast.

Materials for Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
Rebroadcasting August 18, 2013 on Global Voices

Kind Hearted Woman
Premiered April 1, 2013 as a co-presentation of Independent Lens and FRONTLINE

Violence Prevention Fact Sheets, Resources and Manuals:

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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide Materials
Premiered October 1 and 2 on Independent Lens

Film Discussion Guides

Film discussion guides are available for select Women and Girls Lead films. They can be used in classroom, workshop, or screening event settings.

For Educators

ITVS Community Classroom offers free resources for educators, NGOs, and youth organizations. Download the Community Classroom Overview (PDF, 868K).

To view a selection of available modules and lesson plans on global women’s issues, please explore our Educators section through the lens of Women’s Studies.

Curriculum for Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
This collection is inspired by the PBS documentary series Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. Five lesson plans align with six short film modules that focus on gender-based violence in Sierra Leone, education in Vietnam, women's economic empowerment in Kenya, maternal mortality in Somaliland, and sex trafficking and intergenerational prostitution in Cambodia and India.

View the Half the Sky Collection

Women and Girls Lead, Volume 1: Global Leaders
This curricula collection features film modules from three award-winning documentaries from the PBS series Independent Lens: Pushing the Elephant, Bhutto and Waste Land. These films bring to life personal stories ranging from gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to Benazir Bhutto’s remarkable rise as the leader of Pakistan, to the transformative power of art for Brazilian women living in the world’s largest landfill.

View the Women and Girls Lead, Volume 1 Classroom Collection


Women and Girls Lead, Volume 2: African American Women Lead
Developed in partnership with the Tribeca Film Institute, this collection features three films about extraordinary African American women leaders: Daisy Bates from Daisy Bates: The First Lady of Little Rock, Ameena Matthews from The Interrupters, and Angela Davis from The Black Power Mixtape 1967 - 1975.

View the Women and Girls Lead, Volume 2 Classroom Collection



Women and Girls Lead, Volume 3: Women, Girls, and the Criminal Justice System
This unique resource features content from three award-winning documentaries about the impact of mass incarceration on the lives of women and girls in the United States: Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story, Girls on the Wall, and Troop 1500.

View the Women and Girls Lead, Volume 3 Classroom Collection



Women’s Empowerment Classroom Collection
Examine key social and political issues impacting women through curriculum from the four acclaimed documentaries: Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai, Waiting for the Revolution, Shayfeen.com: We’re Watching You, and Shadya. Watch stories ranging from an indigenous Bolivian leader fighting for labor rights, to a young Israeli-Arab karate champion with feminist ideas; from three Egyptian women working for fair elections to a Kenyan woman leading a nationwide environmental movement.

View the Women's Empowerment Classroom Collection


Nobel Laureates
The inspiring stories of three recent female Nobel Laureates are part of the Women and Girls Lead campaign. In addition to three films about their groundbreaking peace work, ITVS has produced a number of resources for educators that feature President Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, and 2004 Novel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai. Our resources include lesson plans, discussion guides, and film modules.

View the Nobel Laureates resource section

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