NOTEABLE REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL RISINGS AND REGIONAL EVENTS
4 WEEKENDS – 4 MONTHS – 4 THEMES AND CORRESPONDING ZOOM DISCUSSION EVENTS AFTER EACH WEEKEND
48 films from 11 countries ( Australia / Bosnia / Canada / France / India / Nepal / Netherlands / Pakistan / Philippines / Sri Lanka / USA )
THEME : Rising Gardens Film Festival ( films of Courage , Compassion and Hope )
1 . Cosmic Connections : Women and Nature 2 . Fields of Sorrow , Fields of Hope : Women and Agriculture 3 . Community and Sustenance : Women and Food 4 . Moving Mountains : Women and Solidarities
ASIAN MIGRANTS : 3 RISINGS
THEME : “ Indonesian Women Rising to Fight Covid 19 and All Forms of Plunder , Exploitation , Violence and Discrimination ( Indonesian migrant women working around Asia and other migrant groups from Hong Kong , Philippines , Nepal , Bangladesh , Sri Lanka , Philippines , Taiwan , Macao , Indonesia – and activists from the USA , Philippines )
ASIAN INDIGENOUS NETWORKS : 1 RISING
THEME : “ Rising In Strength , Solidarity and Power ” – Rising for the rights and resources of our indigenous sisters ( Network of Indigenous Women / Asian Indigenous People ’ s Pact : Myanmar , India , Bangladesh , Nepal , Laos , Cambodia , Thailand , Vietnam , Malaysia , Japan , Taiwan , China , Philippines )