'Nine stories, nine girls, nine countries' (Afghanistan, Egypt, Peru, Nepal, India, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Cambodia and Haiti). Add nine women writers, a handful of celebrities, and you have the ingredients of “Girl Rising”, a documentary to be screened at UNESCO on 17 April 2013 at 7:30 p.m. Amina, Yasmin, Senna, Suma, Ruksana, Mariama, Azmera, Sokhana and Wadley come from disadvantaged backgrounds but are shown following their dreams. Each girl is paired with a well-known writer from her … [Read more...]