Ladies First
The Office of Women in Development in the Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade (EGAT) at the U.S. Agency for International Development is pleased to invite you to a screening and discussion of:
LADIES FIRST
A PBS film documentary highlighting the extraordinary efforts of Rwandan women rebuilding their country
Friday, July 30, 2004
9-11 a.m.
The Ronald Reagan Building
Polaris Suite
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20005
Ten years after the bloody genocide that killed an estimated 800,000 people in just 100 days, Rwanda’s women are leading their country’s healing process and taking their society forward into a different future. Ladies First, a PBS documentary film produced by Wide Angle, looks forward with these women.
One of the women profiled in the film is Epiphanie Mukashyaka, a widow and survivor of the genocide. With some support from USAID through the Partnerships for Enhancing Agriculture in Rwanda through Linkages (PEARL), project she was able to construct a coffee wet mill in 2003 and produce coffee for the American Specialty Coffee market last year. Her coffee was judged as the most exceptional coffee coming from a handful of new coffee origins.
PROGRAM
9 a.m. - Continental Breakfast featuring Epiphanie Brand coffee
9:30 a.m. - Remarks by Emmy Simmons, Assistant Administrator, EGAT Bureau
Phyllis Johnson, President, BD Imports
Pam Hogan, Thirteen Productions Representative
Katherine Blakeslee, Director, Office of Women in Development
10:00 a.m. - Ladies First screening (45 minutes) and discussion
RSVP by Tuesday, July 27: USAID personnel – Sahana Dharmapuri (Sdharmapuri@usaid.gov); Other guests – Deirdre Wallace Deirdre.Wallace@devts.com)
Note: You will need a Photo ID to enter the building and clear security.
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