The cinema is a powerful medium to raise awareness on problems people face on a daily basis, sometimes without seeing them. This festival, organized in a context full of risks and challenges for women, heralds a breakthrough in today’s Afghanistan, stated Guissou Jahangiri, Executive Director of Armanshahr Foundation, FIDH’s member organization in Afghanistan
The Herat International Women’s Film Festival will be a unique occasion to highlight the vitality of Afghan civil society and express international solidarity with the plight of Afghan women in a country that remains torn by conflict. Afghan women are not only victims; they are also actors and contribute to promoting peace and tolerance in Afghanistan, concluded Souhayr Belhassen, FIDH President
