General information

Call No.:

392-2-10:8/1

Part of series

HU OSA 392-2-10 Video Recordings of WITNESS: WITNESS Partners' Raw Footage: Jimmie Briggs

Located at

DVD-ROM #8 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU OSA 392-2-10_008

Original Title

[1/2]

Date of production

2001-02

Date

2001

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English, Spanish; castilian

Duration

1 hour

Notes

New York [Footage: Raw; Partners: WITNESS / MDRI/Jimmie Briggs]

Content

Form/Genre

Raw material

Contents Summary

Grace Acayo and Monica Andrea Godoy are two of the young activists that spoke at a UNICEF-sponsored meeting called "Girls As Their own Advocates" at the Millennium Summit. This tape contains interviews with each of them. They are both working with World Vision International (WVI) to campaign for children's rights around the world. Grace Acayo was a former child soldier in Uganda. She and her younger sister were abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and were forced to become sex slaves and child soldiers for two years. On the march to the rebels' base in southern Uganda they were forced to beat their own cousin to death. Grace has spoken to the United Nations and at events in Australia about her experiences, campaigning against the recruitment of children into any army or military force. She is interviewed with her back to the camera. Monica Andrea Godoy is from Colombia. She lives in in one of the most dangerous slums in the capital Bogota. There, she continually witnesses violence stemming from such causes as delinquency, family discord, and politics. She is part of WVIs Cazuca Project, which is the base for helping to develop awareness toward the causes and consequences of violence.

Context

Associated Names

WITNESS (Copyright holder)