To Educate A Girl Premieres On LinkTV And ViewChange.Org

Thursday, June 22 ,2011, ViewChange.org premiered online “To Educate a Girl,” a film that marks the progress of the eighth Millenium Development Goal, universal education, five years from the 2015 deadline. The film will broadcast on LinkTV, Friday, June 24, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. EDT

In the midst of poverty and conflict, filmmakers Frederick Rendina and Oren Rudavsky set out to answer the question, “What does it take to educate a girl?” The film follows the stories of several girls in Nepal and Uganda at a time when both countries are emerging from war.

The film was directed and produced in 2010 with the support of the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). It is viewable on ViewChange.org, a new multimedia website that brings together powerful, evidence-based videos that demonstrate progress in global development and the UN Millennium Development Goals, along with the latest news and action opportunities for users.