Sol A. Wendel & Human Rights Watch^DK/INT

Journalist and documentarist Sol A. Wendel will in conversation with Human Rights Watch women's rights researcher Sahar Fetrat discuss the current global status of women and gender minority rights.

The conversation between two of today's significant voices in the debate will focus on progress, challenges, and trends on topics such as consent, reproductive rights, sexual violence, discrimination, rights work, and activism. The conversation will be in English.

The event aims to raise awareness of the world around us and our understanding of rights from an international perspective. Hopefully, we will be inspired to imagine what a more fair future might look like and how we can get there.

Sol A. Wendel is a Danish journalist and documentary filmmaker who most recently directed the documentary "Trans Hero", which premiered at CPH:DOX this year. Sol is a former podcast host at P3 and is currently working on a podcast series about children and young people in the Danish asylum system.

Sahar Fetrat is a feminist activist and documentarist born in Afghanistan, and a researcher with the Women's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch. Sahar’s research includes feminist decolonization theory and practice, affect theory, gender and women in war and conflict zones.

Human Rights Watch is an international independent human rights organization with around 550 staff from more than 70 different countries. They investigate and report on human rights abuses happening in all corners of the world.