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A Woman's word 20 October 1988 : [videorecording] / presented by Clare Dunne.

Contributor(s): Series: A Woman's Word (television program)Description: 1 videodisc (DVD)(68 min.) sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • It's just a compliment luv [Other title]
  • Give us a smile [Other title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.425 20
Production credits:
  • "It's just a compliment luv", filmmaker: Amanda King.Produced in Sydney : New South Wales Institute of Technology [production company], Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union, Working Women's Charter Committee [sponsor], 1981.
  • "Give us a smile", made with financial assistance from the British Film Institute and the Yorkshire Arts Association. Produced in Leeds, West Yorkshire : Leeds Animation Workshop, 1983.
Summary: This episode of "A Woman's word" discusses sexual harassment. Panellists are Quentin Bryce, Sex Discrimination Commissioner at the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, and Joanna Kalowski, Community Relations Co-ordinator, Anti-Discrimination Commission. Excerpts from "It's just a compliment luv? and "Give us a smile" are discussed.Summary: " It's just a compliment luv", provides an examination of sexual harrassment in the workplace. It looks at the experiences of women in the postal industry of NSW through dramatisations and interviews with victims of sexual harassment, union representative, representative of migrant workers and the Counsellor for Equal Opportunity in NSW.Summary: "Give us a smile", combines animation and live action to demonstrate the connection between the "everyday" verbal and physical abuse of women on the street and the bullying and intimidation experienced by a woman who reports a rape to the police. Also seeks to show the role played by advertising and pornography in the process, and records the efforts of women to fight back against such violence.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
DVD DVD Jessie Street National Women's Library 331.425 WOM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library 61856

"A Woman's word" followed on the DVD by the films "It's just a compliment luv" and "Give us a smile" both of which are discussed in this episode of "A Woman's Word", which discusses sexual harrassment.

"A Woman's word" recorded off-air 20/10/1988.Duration: 30 min.
"It's just a compliment luv" recorded off-air 20/10/1988. Duration : 29 min. "Give us a smile" recorded off-air 20/10/1988. Duration: 12 min.

"It's just a compliment luv", filmmaker: Amanda King.Produced in Sydney : New South Wales Institute of Technology [production company], Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union, Working Women's Charter Committee [sponsor], 1981.

"Give us a smile", made with financial assistance from the British Film Institute and the Yorkshire Arts Association. Produced in Leeds, West Yorkshire : Leeds Animation Workshop, 1983.

This episode of "A Woman's word" discusses sexual harassment. Panellists are Quentin Bryce, Sex Discrimination Commissioner at the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, and Joanna Kalowski, Community Relations Co-ordinator, Anti-Discrimination Commission. Excerpts from "It's just a compliment luv? and "Give us a smile" are discussed.

" It's just a compliment luv", provides an examination of sexual harrassment in the workplace. It looks at the experiences of women in the postal industry of NSW through dramatisations and interviews with victims of sexual harassment, union representative, representative of migrant workers and the Counsellor for Equal Opportunity in NSW.

"Give us a smile", combines animation and live action to demonstrate the connection between the "everyday" verbal and physical abuse of women on the street and the bullying and intimidation experienced by a woman who reports a rape to the police. Also seeks to show the role played by advertising and pornography in the process, and records the efforts of women to fight back against such violence.

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