A public service campaign to educate women about
their legal rights in Pakistan
One
of Pakistan’s leading production houses, SOC Films, helmed by the two-time
Academy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, announces the
launch of “AAGAHI” with the release of its first short animated film, How to Register an FIR. AAGAHI, which literally means awareness, is a public service campaign with an aim to educate women about their legal
rights in Pakistan.
Over the
course of the next seven months, SOC Films will release a series of 14 short
animated films in Urdu and other regional languages explaining and clarifying
the legislations which affect women; and giving an overview of how the legal
provisions granted to them may be applied. Through the series of these short
informative videos, several questions often raised would be answered such as;
how to file an FIR, what does the law state on instances of domestic violence,
divorce, cyber-crimes and inheritance and what is the procedure for reporting
issues like these and who should be approached for help.
The first short-film from
AAGAHI, How to Register an FIR, highlights the crimes and procedure
to register an official FIR with the local police department in Pakistan. The
film can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ_qLKjKeM4
Each
short-film has been conceptualized, produced and directed by SOC Films and will
be between 2 to 3 minutes long and will cover the law, its interpretation and
the safety that it provides to the victim. This will also include the
legislation, as stated in the Pakistan Penal Code, and the various case laws,
which have been passed or revised in the recent years.
One of Pakistan’s leading actresses,
Aamina Sheikh has lent her voice for the series, which will be shared free of
cost with all the news and media channels for dissemination across the country.
For more
information about ‘AAGAHI’ and other SOC Films projects, please visit: http://www.facebook.com/socfilms