EARTH WOMEN

Earth Women is a 30-minute dramatised documentary focused on community women, women artisanal refiners, miners, women leaders as well as male members of communities in the oil and gas and mining industries.

It is expected to draw attention to themes revolving around gender-based violence, discrimination, oppression and suppression, health and safety issues faced by women in artisanal mining and exploration, rape and prostitution spearheaded by expatriates and locals, culture-promoted human rights abuses with the aim of educating and driving the Nigerian leadership and populace into taking systemic action on gender discrimination and gender-based violence in extractive communities. It will also serve to create awareness for not just the ills but the success stories in the industries.

The docudrama was created in partnership with Doreen Media Communication’s Dolapo Adeleke, a renowned Nollywood filmmaker, who produced the short series ‘This is it’ a story of a young couple going through the ups and down of their marriage and award-winning 2021 movie, Just in Time. She was also a contributor to the docudrama, ‘Amaka’s Kin: The Women of Nollywood’ which chronicles the journey and challenges of female directors working within the Nigerian movie industry.

The Premiere – EbonyLife Place, 3 April 2022

Cocoa Film Festival Women Section Spotlight on African stories – Silverbird Galleria, 9 April 2022

Private Screening for High Net worth Individuals by Ego Boyo – TBA

Ford Foundation’s Global NRCC Team Screening – TBA

EbonyLife Place (Lagos, Nigeria): premiere – April 3 2022

Nollywood International Film Festival & Awards (Lagos, Nigeria) – November 24, 2022

Black web fest 2022 (New York) – September 30, 2022

International Ecological Film Festival (Okrug – Ugra, Russian Federation) – May 31, 2022

SUNCINE: ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL (Barcelona) – November 3, 2022

The NGO International Film Festival ( Nairobi) – October 19, 2022

Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival (Greece; at which the documentary has been selected as a semi-finalist) – January 21, 2023

The Royal Cocoa International Film Festival (Lagos, Nigeria) -won Best Documentary Short – Spotlight on Women –  April 9 2022.

The 2022 Nigerian Oil and Gas (NOG) Conference & Exhibition( Abuja, Nigeria) – July 6, 2022

The GAIA Africa Film Club (Lagos, Nigeria) – May 11, 2022

Indieview Film (Lagos) – TBA

TECHNOLOGY FUNDING

Indicate interest in working with CSR-in-Action and its partners to develop a $500,000 technological platform to create access to local and international markets for female (and male) miners in West Africa; whilst also providing access to HSE equipment.

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ADOPT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STANDARDS (CES) 

The CES is a comprehensive tool for holistic and life cycle community management and inclusion, designed  by CSR-in-Action and adopted by the Federal Government and its ministries and agencies in 2019

More about the CES HERE

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT GBV AND THE FILM

Really, it’s that simple. Tweet, post, blog, pin, whatever about the film and the issues at its heart. The further we can spread the word about gender-based violence the better chance we have to stop similar behaviour from recurring in the future. Here are all our handles and hashtags to help you:

Twitter: @CSR_IN_ACTION – Be sure to include #EarthWomen #SITEI in your tweets.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CSR.in.Action

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/csr_n_action