Taking viewers inside women's safe houses, It's Time: African Women Join Hands Against Domestic Violence gives an inside glimpse of the lives of African women and girls forced to flee abuse. It tells how a unique partnership between a Canadian agency and two African organizations is working to combat an epidemic of domestic violence.


From the violent streets of post-apartheid Johannesburg, South Africa, to the impoverished countryside of Ethiopia, where up to 80% of marriages result from abduction and rape, this provocative film gives a glimpse of how domestic violence is entwined in the history and the social and cultural fabrics of these African countries.


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Technical Specs

Genre: Documentary

Running Time: 52 min 14 sec

Format: digital video (DVD)

Aspect Ratio: 4:3

Exhibition Format: DVD

Release Date: May 2008

Production: Canadian

Shooting Locations: South Africa & Ethiopia

Language: English (Narrated)/ Amharic (Translated)

Executive Producer: Evelyn Neaman

Producer: Law Courts Education Society of BC

Director: Steven Hunt