Filmography Films Produced Children’s Voices Against Violence Against Children
Children’s Voices Against Violence Against Children
(2005, 24 mins, DV-Cam)
| Language: | Nepali / Bangla / Hindustani |
| Subtitle: | English |
| Concept: |
Ravi Karkara |
| Project Realisation: |
Nazma, Bangladesh |
| Chhutki, Bangladesh |
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| Maya Sapkota, Nepal | |
| Khadananda Lamichhane, Nepal | |
| Khim Kumari Sharma, Nepal | |
| Associate Director: |
Karna Bahadur Maharjan |
| Directed & produced by: | Tsering Rhitar Sherpa |
A Mila Productions film produced
for
Save the Children Sweden-Denmark
Violence against girls and boys is a social pattern found in every country in the world. It occurs in varied situations, in innumerable forms and in many different degrees of severity. The violence may range from killing, torture, commercial sexual exploitation, child sexual abuse, trafficking of children, physical and degrading punishments by parent or teacher or employers, etc. It takes place within the family and homes, in schools, in residential institutions both private and State run, in work situations, in the streets, in detention facilities and prisons, by the police and the use of capital and physical punishment. Violence against girls and boys can be physical, sexual, psychological and/or involving deprivation or neglect.
As a child rights-based organization, Save the Children facilitated children's meaningful and ethical participation in addressing violence affecting them through this film. Through this film Save the Children intends to bring forward the affect of violence on children and their development. Also highlight the importance of partnerships with governments, families, communities, etc. in reconsidering children as equal actors in the fight against violence. The film also emphasises the root causes of violence against children.
The process adopted in making this film was that Save the Children brought together girls and boys (with diverse backgrounds) from South Asia who were involved in children's media initiative and they took active part in developing a short film from existing films on children and violence made both by adults and children. The children were responsible for the final decisions while editing this regional film on violence against children.