The Embassy of Sweden in Greece has expressed its full support to the benefits of the WE-gate thanks to a recent initiative taken by the General Secretariat for Gender Equality (GSGE), i.e. the governmental organization in charge of equality between women and men in Greece.
More specifically:
The GSGE, the Greek Film Archive and the WIFT GR (Women in Film and Television Greece) jointly organized a three-day film festival entitled "50/50: Gender Equality also in Cinema". The festival took place at the premises of the Greek Film Archive in Athens on 7-9/4/2017 with the support of the Embassy of Sweden in Greece and the Swedish Film Institute.
The opening ceremony of the event was marked by a panel discussion on the female presence and creation in film industry with film professionals. Our Swedish guest was Ms Helen Ahlsson, Film Commissioner, Director and Producer.
The programme of the festival included the screening of the following five films:
1) Pure - by Lisa Langseth (produced by Helen Ahlsson - Sweden, 2010)
2) Armwrestler from Solitude - by Lisa Munthe and Helen Ahlsson (Sweden, 2004)
3) Lipstick Under My Burkha - by Alankrita Shrivastava (India, 2016)
4) League of Exotique Dancers - by Rama Rau (Canada, 2016)
5) Exotica, Erotica, etc. - by Evangelia Kranioti (Greece, 2015).
The competent GSGE Director for Development & Support of Policies on Gender Equality was in charge of the promotion of the event outside Greece. Under his own initiative and taking advantage of his active membership at the European Network on Women's Entrepreneurship (WES) at the European Commission, he contacted the WE-gate platform and made all the necessary arrangements for the promotion of the message of the cultural event within the European Union and beyond:
https://www.wegate.eu/promoting-gender-equality-film-industry .
The Ambassador of Sweden in Greece, Ms Charlotte Wrangberg, sent a cordial letter to the competent GSGE Director on 28/4/2017 for his actions related to the WE-gate platform on the promotion of women's entrepreneurship, a promising project by the European Commission/DG Growth:
Once more, the WE-gate is recognized as a useful instrument for the advancement of the economic status of the female population not only within the E.U. but also beyond.