Using Pop Culture to Defeat Gender Inequality
Episode Description
Mallika Dutt, founder of human rights group Breakthrough, discusses how she’s using the arts and multimedia to transform the social and cultural norms that promote violence against women. Read more: http://knlg.net/1r8PoPJ 📂 ESG
Brief Summary
Malika Dutt discusses Breakthrough's work against violence towards women and the role of media in changing cultural norms.
Key points
- Malika Dutt's Journey. From lawyer to founder of Breakthrough, Malika Dutt shares her transformative journey.
- The Pandemic of Violence. Malika Dutt discusses violence against women as a global human rights crisis.
- Using Media for Change. Breakthrough employs media arts and technology to challenge cultural norms around violence.
- The Breakthrough Generation. This generation is poised to make violence against women and girls unacceptable.
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Episode highlights
- Malika Dutt's JourneyFrom lawyer to founder of Breakthrough, Malika Dutt shares her transformative journey.“Breakthrough was really an accident.”0:54Sep 4, 2014
- The Pandemic of ViolenceMalika Dutt discusses violence against women as a global human rights crisis.“Violence against women and girls is the largest human rights pandemic on this planet.”4:15Sep 4, 2014
- Using Media for ChangeBreakthrough employs media arts and technology to challenge cultural norms around violence.“Using culture to change culture is a really effective way of engaging people.”6:55Sep 4, 2014
- The Breakthrough GenerationThis generation is poised to make violence against women and girls unacceptable.“This is going to be the generation that makes violence against women unacceptable.”23:06Sep 4, 2014
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