People are talking about Women Talking, the Oscar award winning movie that wrestles with what to do about women's disproportionate expereince of sexual violence. Do you want to talk about it too? Women Talking is the fictionalized story of women responding to a real event of horrific, systematized and routine rape. The real event took place in a particular, isolated colony of Mennonites in Bolivia. The colony doesn't represent all Mennonites, but our shared faith in nonviolent conflict resolution set up the narrative tension to imagine any group of women seeking safety and gender equality beyond the patriarchal visions that we take for granted.

Join MWUSA for our next Coffee and Conversation to discuss the film, Women Talking. Here’s the link to watch the movie on Amazon for $4. It’s still in theaters, so it’s not streaming anywhere.