The Face to Face Public Testimonies
	New Campaign Celebrities
	New Campaign Partners
	Campaign Partner 2nd-year Projects
	Two Face to Face TV Documentaries in Development

Three rounds of testimonies from people on the front line in the field of reproductive health were held at the various UN Cairo +5 forums. Refugee camps, AIDS, FGM, safe motherhood and other issues were addressed and recorded.

Joke Van Kampen of WPF will now gather the Face to Face testimonies in an educational commemorative book. Juxtaposed with the testimonies will be examples of field programs supported by UNFPA and Face to Face Campaign partners, as well as background information on the state of population and development in each developing world country represented. Produced in English, French, Spanish, German and Dutch, the Face to Face Campaign will distribute the book worldwide to NGOs, schools, libraries and other appropriate venues.

Ireland

MEP Mary Banotti agreed to be a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson for Ireland at a meeting with Tony O'Brien and Walter Coddington at her office in Brussels recently. Mary has been a Member of the European Parliament for 15 years. She is one of the most respected politicians in Ireland. In fact, Mary ran for the Presidency of Ireland in the last election and came a close second to the current President, Mary MacAleese. Mary Banotti won the Dublin vote.

Denmark

Danish author and journalist, Hanne-Vibeke Holst has been appointed UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson for Denmark. A best-selling fiction writer, Hanne's novels deal with modern women balancing their new options with their old problems. Hanne's first assignment for UNFPA and the Campaign will be to visit Kosovo and report on the state of women there.

Switzerland

Christine Magistretti's new organization and the newest Face to Face Campaign partner, International Foundation for Population and Development, has nominated Bertrand Piccard as their candidate for UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson for Switzerland. Bertrand Piccard and his partner, Brian Jones, recently became the first men to circle the world in a piloted balloon. After doing so, Bertrand used a large portion of the million- dollar prize money to create a humanitarian foundation, the Winds of Hope, to promote respect for man and nature. We will get him to add "woman" to that soon.

Austria

The Austrian Foundation for World Population and International Cooperation (SWI) has joined the Face to Face Campaign. SWI was established in 1998 by Dr. Erhard Schreiber with the goal of raising the awareness of the Austrian public on issues of global demographic evolution, reproductive health and sustainable development.

Switzerland

Christine Magistretti, formerly with the Swiss Family Planning Association, has formed a new organization in Switzerland dedicated to the promotion of population assistance, reproductive health and sustainable development - International Foundation for Population and Development.

Christine and Walter Coddington met recently in London to discuss this organization's role in the Face to Face Campaign, including their celebrity nomination for Campaign Spokesperson and ideas for Face to Face public awareness projects.

MSI invested 2nd-year project funds into the Geri Halliwell trip to the Philippines. The trip proved to be a political and public relations success for all parties involved.

Population Concern is in the process of planning a 2nd-year Face to Face Campaign.

The Irish Family Planning Association is preparing an ad campaign for the Day of 6 Billion - one focused on the 6 billionth child and the world he/she will inherit.

RFSU has invested their 2nd-year funds into the Teens: Face to Face TV documentary being produced by Swedish Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson, Kattis Ahlstrom and Danish Radio's Hanne Fokdal Barnekow.

Väestoliitto has done the same. Mikko Kuustonen's 10-part Face to Face TV series begins airing on Finnish commercial station, TV4 in November 1999.

AIDOS of Italy will launch a new Face to Face ad campaign focused on FGM and featuring Waris Dirie.

DSW is co-producing a multi-media cinema with GEO magazine focused on population, the environment and sustainable development.

CGSO Trefpunt is co-producing a Face to Face TV documentary with Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, Goedele Liekens and her producer husband. Commercial broadcaster VTM has already agreed to air the production during prime time.

APF of Portugal has outlined an ambitious follow-up program to their first-year educational exhibition campaign.

The Danish Family Planning Association will focus its 2nd-year Face to Face Campaign activities around Campaign Spokesperson and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, Hanne-Vibeke Holst's visit to and report on the women of Kosovo.

Equilibres & Populations of France will follow up their award-winning Face to Face poster campaign with a TV documentary version of same.

FPFE of Spain has launched the Women of the World Face to Face International Photography Contest. All Face to Face Campaign partners are invited to submit entries.

FFBPFES of Belgium wants to identify women of accomplishment in Belgium to serve as role models for clinic clients. FFBPFES has also nominated three celebrities for consideration as UNFPA Goodwill Ambassadors and Face to Face Campaign Spokespersons.

MFPF is currently planning 2nd-year Face to Face Campaign activities.

OGF of Austria has planned a substantial youth education program commencing with a competition leading to the development by youth of a traveling exhibition.

The Rutgers Foundation of The Netherlands is developing a public relations program designed to promote the fact that hundreds of developing world NGOs visit and learn from their Dutch sexual education programs.

WPF will produce a commemorative book of the Face to Face Testimonials.

SWI has produced population, reproductive health and sustainable development education materials for the Austrian school system.

BIRTH OF A MOTHER: Belgian Television Drama

"Birth of a Mother" tells the universal story of two women becoming mothers. It begins with the time each woman consciously decided to become a mother and ends when each child is a few weeks old. "Birth of a Mother" explores the effects of where one lives in the world and the degree of security that place provides for mother and child. This television drama reveals the attitudes, facts and emotions that underscore the science and drama of this most vital process on earth - giving life.

"Birth of a Mother" was conceived by Goedele Liekens, UN Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson for Belgium. Goedele is a well-known television-presenter in Belgium. Her recent experience with pregnancy and childbirth make her a natural for the role of one of the two women featured in this television drama. The other woman, yet to be chosen, will share some things in common with Goedele, but she lives and works in a developing country.

There is a third, anonymous woman in "Birth of a Mother." Her diary reflections of her pregnancy, childbirth and the subsequent death of her child from sudden infant death syndrome form the backbone of the story. This diary will be the starting point and a source of counterpoints from which to probe the feelings and expectations of the two main characters.

The script is chronological and factual and will be supplemented by brief interviews with people who know the women well. Brief testimonies from women in the developing world will be aired. Different kinds of visual materials will be used, including interviews, journalistic reports, clinical, and film creating a rhythmical unity throughout the drama.

This television drama is conceived as a "document with a big heart, in fact, a double heartbeat, that of a mother with a child."

Production of "Birth of a Mother" will commence in November.

TEENS - FACE TO FACE: Swedish Television Drama

Kattis Ahlstrom, UN Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson for Sweden and Hanne Fokdal Barnekow, Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson for Denmark begin production in November on a Campaign television documentary, "Teens - Face to Face."

The documentary portrays the daily lives of two teenage girls from different parts of the world, one from Sweden and one from Zambia. These teenagers are seen describing their ideas, attitudes and fantasies. These girls have never actually met each other except as they are juxtaposed in this film.

"Teens - Face to Face" shows these fifteen-year-old girls revealing personal thoughts about their sexuality and bodies, speaking at length about sex, AIDS and pregnancy. Each talks about her school and educational experiences, and what she wants to do in the future. The girls hypothesize about how to spend an unexpected $100. They reflect on the political events of the day as reported in their local newspaper. Each girl discusses the use of alcohol and drugs and the impact of these substances on her life. These teenagers share their experiences with death and dying in their immediate family and among friends.

"Teens - Face to Face" is very explicit in showing the cultural and economic backgrounds of these teenage girls, and the similarities and differences these backgrounds create in their daily lives. The knowledge these girls have and their attitudes toward sexual and reproductive health matters are aptly highlighted.