14/11/2025
Gender equality matters to everyone, everywhere. Yet, gender disparities are deeply rooted in our societies.
🟠 In 2023, 612 million women and girls lived within 50km of armed conflict. Nearly 1 in 10 women remain stranded in extreme poverty. 113 countries have never had a woman Head of State. Around 736 million women have been subjected to physical or sexual violence at some point in their lives. Every day, 30,000+ girls are forced into marriage worldwide. All the while, recent crises are pushing back against hard-won rights.
🎬 As part of Against Gender-Based Violence, join us on 10 December for a screening of ‘The Brink of Dreams’ – and see how young Egyptian girls use theatre to challenge tradition, claim their voice, and demand the right to make decisions about their own lives and bodies.
🎭 Dive into a conversation about art as both a means of voice and a path to rights, while exploring into questions of access, opportunity, and the transformative power of creativity with:
🔸 Nada Riyadh & Ayman El Amir, the film’s directors
🔸 Naja Birke, an independent theatre practitioner, consultant at Teatercentrum i Danmark
🔸 Petar Mitric, Assistant Professor in Film Studies, Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen
📅 10 December @ 17:00–19:45
📍 In UN City Copenhagen co-hosted by UNFPA Nordic Representation Office, UN Women Nordics, HUM:Global - University of Copenhagen and
Centre for Modern European Studies (CEMES)
✅ Find out more & save your free spot: https://lnkd.in/dky55SSp
Visit UN City during the 16 Days and explore the ‘I Was Born a Girl’ exhibition, which amplifies the voices of women, emphasising reflection about the role everyone has to play, in their own way, in promoting and advocating for the rights of women and girls.
