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Documentary on Arkansas renters’ rights to screen in Fayetteville [Video]

In response to the appalling lack of protections for tenants in Arkansas, human rights attorney Stephen Coger and Iron Lotus Creative have put together A Safe Place To Sleep, a 17-minute documentary featuring conversations with the vulnerable renters across Arkansas who have been most affected by this legislative oversight and the advocates who are working to make things right.

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Human Rights Watch Film Festival reveals unforgettable stories of courage | The Crusader | Finance [Video]

Some of the most compelling films about our world and individual courage and determination will be coming to London’s Barbican Cinema from March 16 to 24 as The Human Rights Watch Film Festival screens 10 award-winning, international documentary works in partnership with the cinema and the support of players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

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Velshi: We are failing the world by failing at gender equality [Video]

Gender equality is “vanishing before our eyes. That was the warning from U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres ahead of International Women’s Day this year. UN Women released estimates suggesting global equality is still 300 years away, as women across the globe continue to bring the fight to the streets against right wing movements back-sliding basic human rights.