What might an equitable society look like?
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About the video: ‘What might an equitable society look like?’
Having been born and brought up in Nicaragua under the dictator Somoza, Bianca Jagger says she knows what poverty and injustice really means. Here she lays out her vision for a more sustainable world, influenced by the events of her youth. She says that human rights, warfare and climate chaos are all issues that must be managed and dealt with together – not separately.
Total views: 1,580
Filmed: Hamburg, Germany on 13 May 2007
Credits: Interviewer - Marcus Morrell, Camera and Editor - Marcus Morrell
Copyright © 2007 Big Picture TV
About Bianca Jagger
Bianca Jagger is a prominent human rights advocate who has campaigned internationally for social and economic justice and environmental protection for more than twenty years. She is a Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador, Chair of the World Future Council and Chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation. She is also a member of the Director’s Leadership Council of Amnesty International US.
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