For a long time women have been debating that there should be no discrimination against them as actors and filmmakers but is that a reality both in India and abroad? I don’t think so because if that was true we would not be discussing gender at panel discussions in film festivals. The fact that we are, we have a long way to go.
This year the MAMI festival had a stimulating seminar titled Women in Film. It was among the third edition of brunch, hosted to celebrate gender-equal cinema and attended by leading male and female actors, directors, screenwriters and industry professionals. The highlight of the afternoon and I would say of the festival was that this year, Oxfam India has invited a young gender-champion Naaz Parveen from Patna, Bihar.
Naaz is a young Muslim girl who is not only a community leader but has also fought patriarchy, child marriage in her community and created awareness along with local NGOs about sexual reproductive rights in her community.
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