This video details the life of every refugee in stark black and white: an endless line of waiting. Also features an original song sung by one of our Globalgirls, originally from Afghanistan, now living in Greece.
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FREEDOM
What is Freedom, how do you get, it keep it? Interviews with migrants, refugees and Greek citizens in the streets of Athens proves freedom to be a strange and complex feeling. The video was produced by GlobalGirl Media Greece, a project in partnership with The Melissa Network and iMEdD, a journalism incubator in Athens, Greece is a social justice, media and journalism program that promotes the voice of women and girls.
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MUSIC EMBRACING CULTURES
The “Music Embracing Cultures” project, a songwriting and multimedia project was spearheaded by PRAKSIS in collaboration with Global Girl Media Greece and Culture Break Borders, with the goal of integrating youth from refugee, migrant, and Greek backgrounds through music, video production, and social awareness training. The workshops highlighted cultural diversity, gender equity, and human rights. Through these activities, the project aimed to dismantle prejudice and foster cross-cultural understanding encountered notable challenges that influenced the scope of its output. The resulting video is a record of the magic that took place over one week in Athens, Greece.
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GGM GREECE WINS GRACIE AWARD!
We are so honored to announce that our Greek chapter’s documentary short film “Escape to Justice” is among the winners of 47th Annual Gracie Awards. Congratulations to the film’s team of producer/directors/editors:
Eli Fazlohah
Sude Faslohah
Andriana Theochari
Eleni Spyrou
Sara Pata
We want to congratulate all the inspirational women and their remarkable projects that were awarded, and look forward to the award ceremony in New York City in June!
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I WANT TO LIVE: HAMID’S STORY
A boat of refugees land on the island of Zakynthos. Globaligirl was there to capture the day they arrived. Hamid, from Afghanistan was one of them.
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ATHENS DEMOCRACY FORUM, REPORTER ARIAN ASHORY
Young 15 year old reporter, Arian Ashory, an Afghan refugee living in Greece attends the famous Athens Democracy Forum, and the the chance to ask the new Prime Minister of Greece, Mitsotakis what his policy will be for refugees.
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FREEDOM
What is Freedom, how do you get, it keep it? Interviews with migrants, refugees and Greek citizens in the streets of Athens proves freedom to be a strange and complex feeling. The video was produced by GlobalGirl Media Greece, a project in partnership with The Melissa Network and iMEdD, a journalism incubator in Athens, Greece is a social justice, media and journalism program that promotes the voice of women and girls.
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OUR LAND, OUR STORIES
OUR LAND, OUR STORIES is our media training and environmental advocacy project that brought together Global Girl reporters from South Africa, Greece and Los Angeles for two weeks in April, 20205 to share resources, build inspiration and collaborate on a multi-media reporting project about climate change and its impact on women and girls. Sponsored in-part by SONY CREATE ACTION and the AFRICA EUROPE FOUNDATION,
The overall objective was to utilize media and storytelling to raise awareness about the intersection between gender-based violence and climate change. The program was designed to provide the necessary information, training and resources for young women to position themselves as advocates and leaders in the fight for climate mitigation and the eradication of GBV. Stay tuned for the four-part video series, but here are some photos from the training.
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YOUR HONOR IS IN YOUR MIND
What is slut shaming? And what if it comes from another woman like your mother or grandmother?
This video was produced by Global Girl Media as part of a video training in Athens, funded by CARE-Community Based Prevention of GBV In Italy and Greece, the UNHCR Refugee-led Innovation Fund, the IRC, Centro-Penc, and Caritas Hellas, Co-Funded by the European Union.
