Summary

This documentary details the situation of women in Tajikistan since the breakup of the Soviet Union. It explores how drug traffickers target older widowed or unmarried women facing economic hardship for recruitment as "mules," to smuggle illegal drugs across borders, and it depicts the conditions faced by women who have been imprisoned on drug smuggling charges. 

Gender Montage is a series of nine films from nine countries that explores the state of women in the Post-Soviet era. In some places women are impelled merely to get used to the new economic realities, while in other places, their lives are in permanent danger. Almost nowhere do societies wish to listen to their voices when they speak about their realities. Countries include: Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Runtime: [00:29:30]

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