Factual Program and Literature
The festival will host tens of guests from around the world. More information about the program in Finnish.
Degrowth Society: Rajni Bakshi and Marko Ulvila (FIN / IND)
Complex environmental problems such as climate disruption, impoverishment of ecosystems and toxification are threatening the future of humanity more than ever before.
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women (USA)
The number of girls killed merely because of their sex over the past 50 years is equivalent to the number of soldiers killed during all the wars of the 20th century.
Heba Raouf Ezzat (EGY / GBR)
Heba Raouf Ezzat is an Egyptian political scientist and writer, who has written several books on issues of Islam, modernity and human rights.
Huumetalous: kehitysmaiden kehityksen jarru (SEN)
The topic of discussion is West Africa as a new cocaine route. Europeans consume the drug, while developing countries suffer.
Laila El-Haddad (PLE)
Gaza Mom: Laila El-Haddad is Palestinian journalist, writer and media activist based between Gaza and the United States, who became known internationally as she wrote her Gaza Mom blog during the Gaza war.
Latinalainen Amerikka performanssissa (CHI / FIN / MEX / PER / URU)
New Latin American poetry will be seen, heard and felt at World Village Festival. Five poets with different styles and backgrounds will be on the Amazon stage.
Mariela Castro ja Carolina Amador: Naisten ja seksuaalivähemmistöjen asema Kuubassa (CUB)
In recent years, active debate has arisen in Cuban society concerning prejudice towards gender and sexual minorities. Women's role in the macho culture has been a hot topic for even longer.
No to the Occupation and Oppression of Western Sahara Peoples (ESH)
Western Sahara territory and its people have been illegally occupied by Moroccan forces since 1975. More than 150 000 people live in the refugee camps in Algeria.
Oil Palava, Government Wahala: Democracy and Development in Nigeria (NGR)
Ihria Enakimio discusses his documentary films portraying the development of democracy in Nigeria and the impact the state of affairs has on the everyday lives of people:
Palestine: Laila El-Haddad and Hannu Reime (FIN / PLE)
When it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, individual acts of violence often make the headlines, overshadowing important background information needed for a fuller understanding of the situ
Post-Soviet Amnesia: Dina Khapaeva and Oksana Tshelyseva (RUS)
According Dina Khapaeva, post-Soviet society is seriously ill with a partial amnesia that makes its historical memory strangely selective.
Solidarity Economy (FIN / IND)
Is there an alternative to the capitalist system in crisis? Activists gathered under the Solidarity Economy banner argue there is, and in Kumpula, Helsinki, a Time bank of services and goods was established in November 2009.
Tariq Ali (GBR / PAK)
Clash of Fundamentalisms: Tariq Ali puts the events of September 11 and the War on Terror into perspective, arguing that what we have experienced is the return of History in a horrific form.
The President of the Last Colony: Mohamed Abdelaziz (ESH)
The indifference of the international community has forced the people of Africa's last colony into refugee camps to await justice.
Vaaleilla harvainvaltaan: Aasian demokratian tila. Tove Selin
A political party that lost the vote in Thailand is now in power, while dictator Hun Sen manipulates the electoral system in Cambodia.
Virtues of bazaars: Rajni Bakshi (IND)
In her book Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom, Indian author Rajni Bakshi sketches a road map for breaching barriers constructed by the free market orthodoxy, to recover the virtues of bazaars as
Wanawake tunaweza! Women in Politics (FIN / TZA)
The panel discussion focuses on politics from the perspective of challenges faced by women in both Finland and Tanzania.
Work as a Gate to Development: Everyday Business
What is an ordinary day like for a Namibian and Finnish female entrepreneur? Where do they get their business ideas, capital and markets?
Work as a Gate to Development: Future Work
What kind of business ideas will carry us to the future? What kind of support will entrepreneurs need?
Year in Amazon: Anders C. Krogh (NOR)
As a child, Norwegian Anders C. Krogh dreamt of travelling to the rainforest. He wanted to live by the laws of nature, far removed from Western consumer culture.
