Multimedia Resources Connected to SDG #5

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SDG 5

Credit: MY HERO

Short Films

UKWATI // The Wedding (12:40 min.)

Produced by:Watts of Love

“UKWATI” captures the relationship between a mother and her daughter as they both struggle to survive.

A Way Forward

Jacob Seigel-Brielle & Isaac Seigel-Boettner |

The story of how something as simple as two wheels empowered these incredible young women to pursue their own dreams. (6:22 min.)

Daga - A Woman’s Fight to Empower Girls in her Village

By: Fama Ndiaye

In southern Senegal, Daga Baldé, a local leader in her community, is a passionate advocate for girls’ and women’s education. (10:44 min.)

Pedal=Sight (5:30 min.)

Produced by:Jacob & Isaac Seigel-Boettner

Film: An Indian girl gains a bicycle, and the will to achieve.

Stories

2019 MY HERO Global Educator Award Winner Melinda Gates

By: Betty Bailey

Melinda Gates' women heroes in Africa and India teach her how to uplift the women in their communities through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Emma Watson

By: Maryn Imus

Emma Watson is an English actress who created the HeForShe campaign, which encourages both men and women to fight for gender equality.

Malala Yousafzai

By: Jane Wallace

Malala Yousafzai speaks out for the rights of girls to have an education. Available in text with audio.

Fadela Amara

By: Lucille from France

Fadela Amara is recognized throughout France as a champion of women's rights.

Hazviperi Betty Makoni

By: Wendy Jewell

Hazviperi Betty Makoni founded the Girl Child Network to transform lives.

Pedal = Sight by Armene Modi

By: Amanda Molinaro

Armene Modi is a film director who has focused on adult women and literacy in Sone Sangvi. (Text with audio link story)

Sandra Begay-Campbell

By: Sue from California

Sandra Begay-Campbell is a Native American engineer who brings solar-powered energy to the Navajo reservation.

Art

Malala

By: Marilyn Huerta

Nepali Woman and Her Goat

By: Robin Wethe Altman

Jeannette Rankin (1880 - 1973)

By: Robert Shetterly

Jeannette Rankin was the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress. She helped pass the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, and was a committed pacifist.

Alice Paul