The Kitakyushu Forum on Asian Women (KFAW) has launched a panel exhibition to commemorate Beijing+30 (the 30th anniversary of the 4th World Conference on Women) as follows:
Date: 27 May, 2025 to 30 June, 2025
Venue: 1F Kitakyushu Municipal Gender Equality Center
Online panel exhibition is also available:
https://kfawbeijing30.my.canva.site/kfaw-30-ngo
At this exhibition, “Desire for Blue Skies,” a film which was screened by Kitakyushu women at the 4th World Conference on Women NGO Workshop as an example of Kitakyushu’s environmental movement, is shown for a limited time from May 27 to June 30, 2025.
YouTube : https://youtu.be/a30BWJVU3Yw
“Desire for Blue Skies” is an independent film produced by the Tobata Women’s Association Council to showcase the efforts of women in Tobata to tackle pollution. In the 1950s to 1960s, when there was heavy air pollution in Kitakyushu, women in the Tobata area stood up and pushed companies and the local government to address pollution. In the film, the women appeal for a correlation between air pollution and health hazards based on scientific data they had collected.
The women have learned, researched, and achieved results regarding local pollution. This is surely an empowerment movement.
Please take this opportunity to see “Desire for Blue Skies,” a film that shows the path of the women who worked to overcome pollution.
*This video is available for a limited time from May 27 to June 30.
