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Alyse Nelson of Vital Voices Accepts 2017 Women Transforming Media Award at MY HERO International Film Festival

Directed by: MY HERO | 2017 | United States

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Alyse Nelson of Vital Voices delivers a powerful message on the global crisis of violence against women and how we must change culture. Watch her speech as she accepts the 2017 Women Transforming Media Award on behalf of Vital Voices at the The MY HERO Project International Film Festival, presented by philanthropist and Holocaust survivor Eva Haller.

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