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CSW63: Screening of Roma

CSW63: Screening of Roma

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by IDWFED published Mar 10, 2019 12:00 AM
On 12 March 2019, the International Domestic Workers Federation and the National Domestic Workers Alliance, along with co-hosts the Ford Foundation and Open Society Foundations, will host a screening of ROMA. The screening will be preceded by a reception and short panel discussion with domestic worker leaders from around the world about the resonant power of the film, and opportunities to join in their fight to win new protections for this long-invisible workforce.
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  • On 12 March 2019, the International Domestic Workers Federation and the National Domestic Workers Alliance, along with co-hosts the Ford Foundation and Open Society Foundations, will host a screening of ROMA. The screening will be preceded by a reception and short panel discussion with domestic worker leaders from around the world about the resonant power of the film, and opportunities to join in their fight to win new protections for this long-invisible workforce.
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Mar 12, 2019 from 05:00 PM to 08:30 PM (Universal / UTC0)
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New York, USA
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About this Event

Alfonso Cuaron’s Oscar award-winning film ROMA tells the story of Cleo, an indigenous woman who works as a live-in domestic worker for a middle-class family in 1970s Mexico City.

Though the film is set 50 years ago, the complexities of Cleo’s reality--the unsung heroism of her work, the duality of intimacy and distance within a family--are familiar to the more than 70 million domestic workers around the globe today.

For these workers, most of whom are women, the film is both a deeply personal opportunity to see their stories on the big screen and to shine a spotlight on their broader fight for dignity, respect, and inclusion.

On 12 March 2019, the International Domestic Workers Federation and the National Domestic Workers Alliance, along with co-hosts the Ford Foundation and Open Society Foundations, will host a screening of ROMA.

The screening will be preceded by a reception and short panel discussion with domestic worker leaders from around the world about the resonant power of the film, and opportunities to join in their fight to win new protections for this long-invisible workforce.

Featured Speakers:     

  • Monica Ramirez, NDWA Gender Justice Campaigns Director    
  • Elizabeth Tang, IDWF General Secretary    
  • Marcelina Bautista, President, Centro de Apoyo y Capacitación para Empleadas del Hogar, Mexico

5:00 pm Welcome Reception
5:45 pm Opening Remarks by Ford Foundation President Darren Walker & Panel Discussion

6:30 pm Screening

2019-3-10~15 New York: IDWF at the UNCSW63
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