Maiden
Maiden is the inspirational story of how Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats,
became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989. Tracy’s dream was
opposed on all sides: her male competitors thought an all-women crew would never make it, the chauvinistic
yachting press took bets on her failure, and potential sponsors rejected her, fearing they would die at sea andgenerate bad
publicity.
But Tracy refused to give up: she remortgaged her home and bought a second-hand
boat, putting everything on the line to ensure the team made it to the start line. With the support of her remarkable crew
she went on to shock the sport and prove that women are the equal of men.
To mark the International Women’s Day, the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna, in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the UK to the United Nations (Vienna)and Topkino, invites you to the Ciné-ONU Vienna screening and Austrian pre-premiere of the documentary “Maiden”.
Panellists:
Désirée Schweitzer: President, UN WomenNational Committee Austria
Rosa Diketmüller: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, 100% Sport –the Austrian Centre for Gender Competence in Sport
Sylvia Vogl: Vice-President, Austrian Sailing Federation
Martin Nesirky: Director, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna, Moderator
“Ciné-ONU Vienna” is part of a Europe-wide initiative of regular film screenings of UN related topics followed by podium discussions with invited guests who were part of the film making process or are experts in the topic covered by the film. The United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna is honoured to have “Ciné-ONU Vienna” partner with this human world (THW) film festival and Topkino for the regular film screenings in Vienna.
For more information: www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/events/cine-onu-vienna.html
If you would like to receive invitations for Ciné-ONU Vienna film screenings by email, please write to unis.vienna@un.org
Please note the United Nations does not necessarily endorse the views and opinions expressed in films screened at Ciné-ONU events.
To mark the International Women’s Day, the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna, in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the UK to the United Nations (Vienna)and Topkino, invites you to the Ciné-ONU Vienna screening and Austrian pre-premiere of the documentary “Maiden”.
Panellists:
Désirée Schweitzer: President, UN WomenNational Committee Austria
Rosa Diketmüller: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, 100% Sport –the Austrian Centre for Gender Competence in Sport
Sylvia Vogl: Vice-President, Austrian Sailing Federation
Martin Nesirky: Director, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna, Moderator
“Ciné-ONU Vienna” is part of a Europe-wide initiative of regular film screenings of UN related topics followed by podium discussions with invited guests who were part of the film making process or are experts in the topic covered by the film. The United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna is honoured to have “Ciné-ONU Vienna” partner with this human world (THW) film festival and Topkino for the regular film screenings in Vienna.
For more information: www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/events/cine-onu-vienna.html
If you would like to receive invitations for Ciné-ONU Vienna film screenings by email, please write to unis.vienna@un.org
Please note the United Nations does not necessarily endorse the views and opinions expressed in films screened at Ciné-ONU events.
