Human Rights Day isn’t only one day. It is everyday. We have developed a couple of small steps everyone can take to exercise our human rights to ensure human rights for all.

1. 7th ANNUAL
Human Rights Day isn’t only
one day. It is everyday. We
have developed a couple of
small steps everyone can
HUMAN
take to exercise our human
rights to ensure human
rights for all.
First thing to do is sign up to read an article of the UN Convention on the Elimination
RIGHTS
of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). We are partnering with
Hawai’i Women in Film Making to produce two videos of CEDAW so all women
know their rights. The short version of CEDAW will be screened on March 19 at the
premiere of In the Land of Blood and Honey. Sign up at the screening. Also, if you are
interested, we are making a full version of CEDAW’s 30 articles, so sign up for that.
DAY
We will then have the women of Hawai’i sharing the International Bill of Rights for
Women. It will be available as an educational tool for anyone interested.
Second thing to do is contact our elected officials and let them know we are a
compassionate and creative citizenry that care about human rights in our islands
and in international affairs. Please contact all four members in Washington D.C. and
ask them to support women’s rights in the world. Encourage our two US Senators
to ratify the UN CEDAW soon so we can join the rest of our allies in advocacy for
gender justice. ONE campaign is also organizing a call-in to the Senate Appropriations
Committee deciding on the International Affairs budget. Please call Senator Inouye
to thank him for strong leadership in protecting life-saving global health programs to
end poverty in previous budgets and continue his positive record.
Third and final, petition the White House with We the People. Please visit the
website and encourage the Obama Administration to ratify the UN CEDAW today.
Website: http://wh.gov/ISy
Proudly sponsored by:
Hawai’i Institute for Human Rights • Four Freedoms Forum
Hawai’i Center for Human Rights Research • Pacific and Asian Affairs Council
United Nations Association USA Hawai’i • Amnesty International Hawai’i
Hawai’i Women in Film Making • ONE Hawai’i • UH Women’s Center
UH Center on Disability Studies • Media Solutions
Pacific Justice & Reconciliation Center • Whole Foods • The Body Shop
MARCH 15-22, 2012
HAWAI’I STATE CAPITOL

2. Thursday, MARCH 15 Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut,
set during the Bosnian War that
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Career Fair for the Common Good tore the Balkan region apart in the
Dr. Bounthone Chanthalavong, President, Alliance for
1990s, tells the story of two people
Democracy in Laos from different sides of a brutal
1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
The Environment as a Human Right in Laos: ethnic conflict.
Imminent Issues of Human Rights in SouthEast Asia
Danijel, a soldier fighting for
Message from Angelina Jolie to introduce her film
the Serbs, and Ajla, a Bosnian
In the Land of Blood and Honey
2 p.m. – 3 p.m. + Plus + held captive in the camp Danijel
Angelina Jolie & Cast Interview on oversees, met shortly before the
Anderson Cooper One Hour Special war started in 1992. They might
Preventing Genocide & Promoting Gender Justice have become lovers, but as the
3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Discussion armed conflict takes hold of their
WITNESS/HIHR Human Rights & Fundamental Freedoms lives, their relationship grows darker,
Film Festival Featuring: WITNESS Short Documentaries on their motives and connection to
Climate Change, Human Rights in the U.S. and Land Rights one another ambiguous, and their
4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. + Plus +
Launch of White House Petition on The U.S. Ratification allegiances uncertain.
of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Monday, March 19, 7:30 p.m. at the Doris Duke Theater
General Admission $10 - Academy of Arts Members $8
Monday, MARCH 19 Thursday, March 22, 9:00 a.m. at Consolidated Theaters, Kapolei
Admission FREE
Panel Presentation: Women in Film Making
Anne Misawa, Marlene Booth,
5:30 p.m. Lisette Flanary and Edgy Lee March 19, 2012 - 5:30 p.m.
Laniakea YWCA, Room 307, 1040 Richards Street
Panel Presentation - Women in Film Making with
In the Land of Blood and Honey
7:30 p.m. Doris Duke Theater, Honolulu Academy of Arts Anne Misawa, Marlene Booth, Lisette Flanary and Edgy Lee
General Admission: $10 Academy Members: $8 Anne Misawa has worked internationally in various aspects of film
production. Her primary work is as a director on State of Aloha and as a
Thursday, MARCH 22
cinematographer on Treeless Mountain, Jack & Diane and Salt, and she
teaches cinematic production at the Academy for Creative Media, University
of Hawai’i at Manoa.
In the Land of Blood and Honey
Marlene Booth, a documentary filmmaker, teaches film at the Academy
9:00 a.m. Consolidated Theaters, Kapolei
for Creative Media at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. Her major films
FREE!
include: Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai‘i, Yidl in the Middle: Growing Up Jewish
Panel of University of Hawai’i Professors and in Iowa, and They Had a Dream: Brown v Board of Education 25 Years Later.
11:00 a.m. Community Advocates for Human Rights
Laniakea YWCA, Room 307, 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
Consolidated Theaters, Kapolei following the film