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Amnesty International Toronto is proud to present the inaugural screening in its Human Rights Film Nights series, featuring the documentary The Girls of Meru.

Over five years, acclaimed filmmaker Andrea Dorfman follows the heartbreaking yet uplifting story of the girls of Meru and their brave steps toward meaningful equality for girls worldwide.

In Kenya, one in three girls will experience sexual violence before age 18, yet police investigations are the exception. In The Girls of Meru, a multinational team led by Canadian lawyer Fiona Sampson and Tumaini Shelter head Mercy Chidi Baidoo builds the case of 11 girls to pursue an unheard of legal tactic. Together they created legal history.

The film will be followed by a Q&A with guest speakers Fiona Sampson, The Equality Effect and Andrea Dorfman, the film-director.