{"id":297,"date":"2012-11-28T16:03:48","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T16:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/indocanadianstudies\/?p=297"},"modified":"2012-11-28T16:03:48","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T16:03:48","slug":"its-a-girl-screening-at-ufv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/2012\/11\/28\/its-a-girl-screening-at-ufv\/","title":{"rendered":"‘It’s a Girl’ Screening at UFV"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In some parts of the world, the words \u201cit\u2019s a girl\u201d aren\u2019t always greeted with joy on the part of the parents of a newborn infant.<\/p>\n

In India, China and many other parts of the world today, girls are killed, aborted, or abandoned simply because they are girls. The United Nations estimates as many as 200 million girls are missing in the world today because of this so-called \u201cgendercide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Girls who survive infancy are often subject to neglect, and many grow up to face extreme violence and even death at the hands of their own husbands or other family members. The war against girls is sustained by deeply ingrained cultural dynamics which, in combination with government policies, accelerate the elimination of girls. But we must also remember that female gender favoritism is not limited soley to these nations-this is indeed a world-wide concern.<\/p>\n

Although\u00a0as \u2018outsiders\u2019 of these tragedies, we often feel helpless in terms of what we can do in order to exact change and justice, faculty, staff and students at UFV, in addition to community members, were invited to do just that-help exact change through learning.<\/p>\n

On Mon, Nov 19, at the UFV Abbotsford campus lecture theatre (B101), the UFV Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies presented a documentary called It\u2019s a Girl<\/em>. This powerful documentary sheds light on issues of female gendercide in South Asia and East Asia-although female infanticide does occur in other cultures outside of these two as well.<\/p>\n

The CICS\u00a0worked alongside GirlKind Foundation (www.girlkind.org<\/a>) to bring this screening to UFV. Proceeds <\/strong>of the ticket sales\u00a0went\u00a0towards\u00a0the foundation.\u00a0The turnout was amazing-with over 95\u00a0attendees.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Dr. Rosetta Khalideen, Dean of Professional Studies at UFV provided the introduction, while the q&a and discussion afterword was moderated\u00a0by Dr. Nicola Mooney, a\u00a0Senior Associate of the Centre for Indo Canadian Studies and a faculty member in the Social, Cultural and Media Studies Department.<\/p>\n

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