DIFRET
Screening & Discussion with Maeza Ashenafi
4 p.m. April 19
Sponsored by Community Renewal International
Join women’s rights activist Maeza Ashenafi for a powerful screening and discussion at RFC.
A crusading attorney defends a 14-year-old Ethiopian who stands trial for killing the man who abducted and raped her. Based on a true story. Crime, 2014, 1 hr. 39 mins., NR.
The screening will take place in Theater 1, RFC’s 124-seat capacity theater followed by the discussion.
Maeza Ashenafi
Meaza Ashenafi is a pioneer in the women’s movement in Ethiopia and the first female chief justice of the Ethiopian Supreme Court. She is well-known as a women’s rights advocate who has made immense contributions, among other things, as the co-founder of the Ethiopian Women Lawyers’ Association (EWLA) and founder of women’s bank (Enat Bank). Both organizations were the first of their kind in Ethiopia.