[Script Info]
Title: 
[Events]
Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.74,0:00:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Video bridges the gap between \Nsurvivors and audiences
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.77,0:00:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between seeing and changing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.99,0:00:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At WITNESS the purpose of \Nvideo is to get the story told
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.77,0:00:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the right people to see it \Nand action taken.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.74,0:00:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WITNESS has been empowering women \Naround the world for 17 years
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.49,0:00:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,partnering with organizations and \Nworking on issues impacting women and girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.19,0:00:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From exposing the trafficking of \Nwomen in eastern Europe
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.34,0:00:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to advocating for women landmine \Nvictims in Senegal
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.96,0:00:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protecting our elderly from abuse, \Nright here in the United States...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.28,0:00:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WITNESS changes lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.67,0:00:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women who have survived human \Nrights abuses are speaking up
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.34,0:01:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that others won't experience \Nthe same injustices.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.78,0:01:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Violence against women in \NZimbabwe is because
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.58,0:01:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women are becoming more and \Nmore involved in politics.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.46,0:01:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To try and to stop these women \Nfrom involvement in politics
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.49,0:01:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are beaten, they are \Nsexually assaulted.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.18,0:01:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,RAU decided to work with WITNESS
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.57,0:01:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it will give people a \Nchance to watch the film
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.96,0:01:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then to see what is \Ngoing on in Zimbabwe.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.56,0:01:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Yemen, witnesses working \Nwith the Sisters Arab Forum
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.02,0:01:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to advocate for the rights of \Nminority "Akhdam" women
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.86,0:02:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The video was screened in Yemen to members
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.95,0:02:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Parliament, journalists \Nand civil society
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.02,0:02:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has unfortunately since been banned.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.59,0:02:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WITNESS is working to have the ban lifted.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.22,0:02:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Mexico, DUAL INJUSTICE tells \Nthe story of 19-year old Neyra
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.66,0:02:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who disappeared on her way \Nhome from school in 2003.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.58,0:02:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WITNESS recently met the Mexican \Npresident and select government officials.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.84,0:02:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have since created a working group
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.95,0:02:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to end the disappearances \Nand murders that have
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.05,0:02:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,claimed the lives of over \N450 girls and young women.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.10,0:02:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Macedonia, our WITNESS \Npartner advocates
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.91,0:02:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to end violence and discrimination \Nagainst women
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.65,0:02:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including sex workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.72,0:03:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Violence and discrimination \Nagainst women and girls
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.90,0:03:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one of today's most pervasive \Nhuman rights violations.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.16,0:03:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WITNESS empowers those standing \Nup for the rights of women
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.52,0:03:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to expose injustices, tell their stories
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.33,0:03:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and create lasting change.