Kyle Schmalenberg

One year ago today we launched the film “Glimpses into the Spirit of Gender Equality” at the UN 65th Commission on the Status of Women, and since then the film was selected to 7 international film festivals and won 4 awards!

We are very happy to see the positive reception this documentary has had. It has been screened at international, national, educational and grassroots gatherings around the world, and has sparked vibrant conversation about the progress of gender equality and the ways we can embody this principle in our own personal lives and the life of society.

Around the world the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have fallen particularly hard on women and girls - the “shadow pandemic” of increased domestic and gender-based violence, the gendered economic impacts such as overrepresentation in frontline services and reduced access to social protections, and the expanded unpaid care work including childcare, homeschooling, and care for the sick and elderly - have meant that consulting about the dynamics of gender equality in society has never been more important.

So much gratitude to the team of people who put their hearts and sweat into this timely and hopeful feature film which is not only an important contribution to the world, but also a work of art!

Watch the film and find resources to hold your own film screening here: glimpses.bic.org