Q&Q & Orchid

Q&Q by Liwaa Yazji (translated by Clem Naylor) (Syria):

Why would a Syrian refugee want to bring a child into this world? Leading Syrian filmmaker and playwright Liwaa Yazji digs under the skin of 3 Syrian women, from very different homes, to discover how they overcome the deeply disturbing effects of conflict, displacement and the cruelty of war.

Orchid by Mumbi Kaigwa (Kenya):

There are so many reasons why a woman may suffer from fistula, a hole in the wall of the birth canal, but there is no good reason why that woman can’t be treated. Award winning writer, performer and producer M?mbi Kaigwa shares real voices of Fistula sufferers through this deeply moving piece of verbatim theatre.