Les jeunes filles de MeruThe Girls of Meru
Available:from June 18 at noon to June 25, 2020
Official Selection – FIN Atlantic International Film Festival 2018
Official Selection – Victoria Film Festival
Official Selection – Human Rights Film Festival – Paris (2018)
Over five years, acclaimed filmmaker Andrea Dorfman follows the heartbreaking yet uplifting story of the girls of Meru and their brave steps toward meaningful equality for girls worldwide.
In Kenya, one in three girls will experience sexual violence before age 18, yet police investigations are the exception. In The Girls of Meru, a multinational team led by Canadian lawyer Fiona Sampson and Tumaini Shelter head Mercy Chidi Baidoo builds the case of 11 girls to pursue an unheard of legal tactic. Together they created legal history.
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