Limited seats available. To register, please email unifemsingapore.takingroot@gmail.com.


The film tells her story of founding the Green Belt Movement, a grassroots organization which reclaimed land destroyed through deforestation, providing food and income to rural communities and empowering women, all through the simple act of teaching women to plant trees. Because of her infectious determination, today there are more than 6,000 Green Belt nurseries throughout Kenya that generate income for 150,000 people, and thirty-five million trees have been planted. The film is an inspiring statement of women empowerment and living in peace with the environment.

The film is a multiple-award winning documentary on the international documentary film circuit, including winning the “Hot Docs Award” at the Canadian International Documentary Festival (April 2008) as well as the “Audience Choice Prize” and the “Ecocamera Award” at the Recontres Internationles du Documentaire du Montreal (November 2008). It is currently shortlisted as one of the finalist for Documentary of the Year award by PBS Television (USA).

Director: Alan Dater & Lisa Merton
Genre: Documentary
Running time: 53 mins
Year: 2008
Language: English with English subtitles


Limited seats available. To register, please email unifemsingapore.takingroot@gmail.com.


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About UNIFEM Singapore:

The National Committee for UNIFEM Singapore is a non-profit organisation working towards women's empowerment and gender equality in developing countries. Established in 1999, the organisation functions as a National Committee of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), headquartered in New York. We support programs that provide women and children with access to education, healthcare, economic independence and a life free of violence and abuse.
We support the general mission of UNIFEM in developing nations throughout the region by providing funds and support for economic empowerment programmes, governance and leadership programmes, conflict area programmes and the UNIFEM Trust Fund, which helps to support actions to eliminate violence against women, including projects in the areas of: HIV/AIDS, female infanticide, trafficking, forced prostitution, domestic violence, sexual abuse and rape.

For more information on UNIFEM Singapore and the UNIFEM Trust Fund, please visit our website: http://www.unifem.org.sg



About Jane Goodall Institute Singapore and the International Day of Peace celebrations:

The Jane Goodall Institute was founded in the United States in 1977 by Dr. Jane Goodall, a world renowned primatologist, scientist and conservationist. The Singapore Chapter was registered in 2007. JGIS’s mission is to advance the power of individuals to take informed and compassionate action to improve the environment for all living things. The United Nations' International Day of Peace - marked every year on September 21 - is a global holiday when individuals, communities, nations and governments highlight efforts to promote peace between all living things. Established in 1982, "Peace Day" has grown to include millions of people around the world who participate in all kinds of events, large and small. As Dr. Jane Goodall is one of ten UN Messenger’s of Peace, the Jane Goodall Institute (Singapore) is coming together with several other local NGOs including ACRES, WWF, SPCA, SEC, UNIFEM Singapore and more to celebrate this special day with iconic peace doves made out of recycled materials and a musical tribute to peace. This celebration seeks to spread messages of harmonious interactions with animals, the environment, and people in a positive and inspiring way.