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On the occasion of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (6 February) The United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna, in cooperation with fairplay-VIDC and Südwind within the project “Our Game – Unser Spiel für Menschenrechte”, National Committee for UN Women, Austria, this human world (THW) Film Festival and Topkino, invites you to the Ciné-ONU Vienna screening of the movie

“Warriors” (by Barney Douglas, UK 2015, 87 min, Original version with English subtitles) followed by a Q&A session with invited guests, free entry. (Please note: there is no reserved seating - admission is first come, first served; free tickets are distributed at Topkino prior to the screening; please come early as screenings are popular)

Date / Time: Monday, 6 February 2017, 6:30 p.m. Location: Topkino, Rahlgasse 1, 1060 Vienna Participants of the panel discussion: Bella Bello Bitugu – Director, Sports Directorate, University of Ghana Marijana Grandits – Academic Coordinator, Vienna Master of Arts in Human Rights, University of Vienna Walter Lutschinger – Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Desert Flower Foundation Franziska Temper - Member, National Committee for UN Women, Austria Martin Nesirky – Director, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna (Moderator _________________________________________________________________ Under the shadow of Mount Kenya, a group of Maasai fear for their future. With cultural traditions such as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) being performed on girls as young as six, and with HIV/AIDS as a constant dark shadow, the community "must change or perish". That change is coming in the form of young Maasai Warriors who've remarkably formed a cricket team. They relate the sport to old hunting techniques - the ball is their spear, the bat is their shield - and now they have found confidence and a voice through the game. They want equal rights and education for girls, an end to FGM, and a change of attitude to HIV/AIDS. For more information: http://www.warriorsfilm.co.uk/ “Ciné-ONU Vienna” is part of a Europe-wide initiative of regular film screenings of UN related topics followed by podium discussions with invited guests who were part of the film making process or are experts in the topic covered by the film. The United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna is honoured to have “Ciné-ONU Vienna” partner with this human world (THW) film festival and Topkino for the regular film screenings in Vienna. For more information: www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/events/cine-onu-vienna.html If you would like to receive invitations for Ciné-ONU Vienna film screenings by email, please write to [email protected] Please note the United Nations does not necessarily endorse the views and opinions expressed in films screened at Ciné-ONU events.