{"id":2198,"date":"2011-11-20T10:18:27","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T17:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stirringthefire.org\/blog\/?p=2198"},"modified":"2014-05-14T15:28:58","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T22:28:58","slug":"participatory-film-fosters-social-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/20\/participatory-film-fosters-social-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Participatory Film – Fosters Social Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s Note: Stirring the Fire comes to you from Guatemala where our team is producing a documentary about how\u00a0Population Council Guatemala<\/a>\u00a0is preventing violence against Mayan women. \u00a0STF team member Kara Marnell reports from the field below.<\/em><\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

During a powerful and eye-opening week of travel, interviews and filming in Guatemala, we have had the privilege to get to know several female leaders in various communities who are working hard to educate and change the lives of other females.\u00a0 One group, in particular, is doing so creatively through the use of film.\u00a0 This group, comprised of twelve girls between the ages of 15-23, has been learning about filming, editing, and using visual techniques to create and screen films that engage communities and urge discourse on the issues that affect females.\u00a0 This \u2018participatory film program\u2019 is run by Insight Share<\/a>, an organization with stations all over the globe.\u00a0 Insight Share also collaborates with other groups, such as Abriendo Oportunidades<\/a>, using this participatory video as a tool to teach young adults new skills in order to build self-confidence and educate women on the ways to stand up for themselves and to open doors of opportunity that might never have considered.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Soledad Mu\u00f1iz<\/em>, the associate country coordinator for Insight Share, explained how she has witnessed an incredible, gratifying transformation in these young women.\u00a0 At one time hesitant to gather testimony on film, the girls now bravely take on the city, approaching strangers, seeking their opinions on various issues as if they are seasoned reporters.\u00a0 Opportunities for woman are so woefully lacking in Guatemala that the participants view this program as a unique and exciting way to develop new skills and insights beyond any of their peers.\u00a0\u00a0 The girls also find power in their team.\u00a0 They spend a month in training together, away from their families.\u00a0 In fact, for some, it is the first time ever away from their families and that leads to \u2018group trust\u2019 and builds individual confidence, says Muniz.\u00a0 These girls truly embrace all the program has to offer while still continuing their regular schooling, family responsibilities and their positions as girl leaders in their communities.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Hermelinda Teleguario<\/em>, a 21 year old Guatemalan woman, faced our cameras to discuss the pressures that face teenage girls in her country, especially family pressures to marry at a young age, indeed, as early as 14 years old.\u00a0\u00a0 While Hermelinda is grateful to have a boyfriend that respects her and a family that allows her the freedom to marry whom and when she pleases, many other Guatemalan girls are not so lucky.\u00a0\u00a0 Some girls, even some of Hermelinda\u2019s friends, find themselves married very young.\u00a0 They soon have children and responsibilities they are not prepared to manage, neither emotionally mature or financially secure to assume.\u00a0 By then it\u2019s too late.\u00a0\u00a0 Still other girls see marriage as the only option to escape family situations and there is no escape at all.<\/p>\n

Up Next:<\/em> Alejandra Maria Colom is the program coordinator for the Population Council’s Guatemala office, overseeing “Abriendo Oportunidades” and maternal health projects.<\/p>\n

Stirring the Fire has the opportunity to meet with Ms. Colom on Monday to discuss the issues that Guatemalan women face as well as the steps taken to combat the brutality endured by Guatemalan women and girls.<\/p>\n

As we prepare for our interview with Ms. Colom, we would like to reach out to our followers. Do you have any questions you would like Stirring the Fire to ask about the social issues here in Guatemala?<\/p>\n

Indigenous young women as change agents against violence in Guatemala<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The high prevalence of gender-based violence in Guatemala leaves Mayan women and girls living in poor and isolated communities particularly exposed to risk. In a powerful approach to empower indigenous young women as agents of change in their communities,\u00a0Population Council Guatemala<\/a>, with support from the\u00a0UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women<\/a>, is pairing them with mentors from local organizations, to engage them in a range of prevention activities.<\/p>\n

Among other things, the girls undertake GPS-based community mapping, plotting every household, building and route to produce maps that show where girls and women feel safe or at risk. The maps are making young women and their safety concerns visible for the first time, catalyzing community-wide discussion about violence against women and girls and ways the community could come together to prevent it. In addition, Population Council is training a cadre of girl leaders in participatory video to highlight issues of gender and violence in their communities.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women<\/a>, administered by\u00a0UN Women<\/a>, is a leading source of support for efforts to end violence against women and girls across the world. You can join this vital work by donating to the\u00a0UN Trust Fund<\/a>\u00a0and by taking action at\u00a0Say No \u2013 UNiTE to End Violence against Women<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor’s Note: Stirring the Fire comes to you from Guatemala where our team is producing a documentary about how\u00a0Population Council Guatemala\u00a0is preventing violence against Mayan women. \u00a0STF team member Kara Marnell reports from the field below. 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