Natalia Ghilascu

Natalia Ghilascu
Born (1980-12-09) 9 December 1980
Republic of Moldova
Alma mater Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova (BS)
Arizona State University (MS)
Occupation Journalist, writer, film maker, social activist
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Natalia Ghilașcu is a Moldovian journalist,[1][2] writer, documentary film maker,[3][4] and social activist.[2][5][6][7][8]

Early life

Ghilascu was born in Cotiujenii Mari, Republic of Moldova. She studied international economic relations at the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, followed by a master's degree in public communications at Free International University of Moldova in 2008.[6] Later in 2015, she received a Hubert Humphrey Program felloowship[8] at Arizona State University.[9][10] Her studies at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication[11][12] inspired to produce films and documentaries and advocate for human rights.[6][13][14][15]

In her 20s, Ghilașcu became a member of the international movement Initiatives of Change,[16] which has influenced her thinking by its philosophy of leading change by personal example.[17]

Career

Journalism

After working as a morning news anchor [18] and political reporter for National TV Moldova 1,[6] a news portal that Ghilascu initiated[19][20] helped advocate for the adoption of Equality Law in 2012, which raised much criticism in Moldovan society[21][22][23][24] Ghilascu assisted people with physical disabilities and Roma to file discrimination cases. One of her shots was used as evidence of discrimination by the Council on Preventing, Eliminating Discrimination and Equal Rights[25]

After Ghilascu received one of the awards in mass-media in Moldavia from United Nations in 2011, she was invited to join the United Nations Nomination Board for Human Rights in Moldova, revising the best candidates for future awards.[26]

Ghilascu became a prominent journalists of Moldova covering LGBT issues, the hostility towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Moldovan society.[8] Several of her findings were mentioned in a publication about human rights violations "Testing the waters: LGBT people in the Europe and Eurasia Region" [27] written for United States Agency for International Development and the United States Government.[28]

Her support for the LGBT community has led to conflict with the religious community.[15][29][30] A news portal included the journalist in a "black list" of people who promoted homosexuality; the Moldovan court system later urged the portal to remove the list of names.[31][32][33] LGBT victims used her report, "Homosexuals avoid medical services", as evidence of discrimination by public servants in hospitals. After a claim to the Moldovan Ministry of Health, doctors gave apologies and offered a possibility of collaboration for raising doctors' awareness about sexual orientation and gender identity.[34][35]

Journalist's documentaries were broadcast at National TV Moldova 1, raising up topics about Hate crimes against LGBT.[26] Her reports on "Driving Licenses for Persons with Disabilities", "Driving Schools in From of Dilemma: Profit or Reasonable Accommodation", "Mothers with Disabilities Stigmatized by Doctors", "Inaccessible Hospitals", "The First Case of Discrimination Based on Age was Lost in Court", "Too Old for Employment", Too Young for Retirement", "Moldovan Companies Appeal More Often to Racist Actions", were later used at Human Rights Council meetings in Geneva for Universal Periodic Review of the Republic of Moldova[36]

Her report "Discrimination in Schools Continue to Marginalize Children from Various Families" was mentioned in national human rights reports of Moldovan NGO Promo-Lex.[37][38] Her work was recognized in the Equal Rights Trust publication in London, "From Words to Deeds," addressing discrimination and inequality in Moldova.[39]

Ghilascu's documentaries were screened at the Human Rights Film Festival in Chișinău,[40] portraying stories of people with physical and mental disabilities, Romma, racism, people living with HIV, etc.[41][42][43][44] She anchored a series of talk-shows on women's equality with women who aspired to politics in Moldova. She interviewed activist women that later become candidates in local elections.[45][46][47]

She works as editor-in-chief at the Moldova Times with an office in Washington, D.C.[48][6]

Film making

In 2015, Ghilascu directed a short film Angel Back[49] emphasizing clashes between religion and family traditions, inspired by the life of a Jewish friend.[50][51] It was screened in 2016 at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival,[2][50] the Miami International Film Festival.[52][53] Further, the film won an award at the Miami International Film Festival in the short film category[52] and at the Paranormal Film Festival in Chicago.[2][54][55]

A later documentary about Roma deportation in the World War II, "The Exile from Bessarabia", was awarded the best documentary film at the Cronograf International Film Festival.[6] The film was also screened at the International Film Festival for Human Rights in Arizona, USA.[56][57] After its production in 2013, which is a rare story about Romma deportation to Transnistria, the film raised lots of criticism and denial of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. It remained in the collection of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance as a testimony about Roma exile in Eastern Europe, rarely talked in school curricular of the region.[58][59][60]

A more recent film, Cursed Years in Transnistria tells the tragic story of Jews from Eastern Europe who have migrated to the United States and the deportations and killing during World War II of about 300,000 Jews from Moldova, Romania and Ukraine in a region called Transnistria.[10][61][62][3]

References

  1. ↑ http://unimedia.info/stiri/video-diferentele-intre-presa-din-sua-si-cea-din-r--moldova-in-viziunea-nataliei-ghilascu-126416.html
  2. 1 2 3 4 Times, Moldova. "The film "Angel Back" by a Moldovan filmmaker was awarded for the best short films in Chicago | Moldova Times". Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  3. 1 2 http://trm.md/ro/cine-vine-la-noi/cine-vine-la-noi-emisiune-din-30-ianuarie-2017/
  4. ↑ Evzmd.md. "Evenimentul zilei – Un scurt-metraj cu bătaie lungă". Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  5. ↑ sandina. "UNFPA Moldova – The United Nations in Moldova Awards Human Rights Achievements in 2011". unfpa.md. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication". cronkite.asu.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  7. ↑ "The United Nations in Moldova Awards Human Rights Achievements in 2011".
  8. 1 2 3 "In the Shadow of the Bear: Internet Use in Russia and the Twitter Revolution in Moldova | Continuing Education Course Registration". ce.asu.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  9. ↑ Bradley, Brianna (29 April 2016). "International journalism Fellows thrive at Cronkite". Downtown Devil. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  10. 1 2 Массальский, Вадим. "Наталья Гилашку: учеба в Америке помогла мне по-новому открыть тему Холокоста". ГОЛОС АМЕРИКИ. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  11. ↑ "American Councils – news". www.americancouncils.md. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  12. ↑ "Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication". cronkite.asu.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  13. ↑ Box, W. P. "Jurnalistă din R. Moldova, premiată la un festival de film din America! FOTO". Apropo Magazin. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  14. ↑ "Filmul nostru la Los Angeles". Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  15. 1 2 Jarvis, Sarah (25 February 2016). "Activist journalists discuss LGBT issues abroad". Downtown Devil. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  16. ↑ "August'04". Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  17. ↑ http://ibrarian.net/navon/paper/A_Newspaper_for_Facult_y__Staff__Alumni.pdf?paperid=5890996.
  18. ↑ Natalia Ghilascu (3 May 2011), Stirile matinale cu Natalia Ghilascu (partea II), retrieved 2017-01-10
  19. ↑ "În aşteptarea eurocomisarului Füle; Moldova are un premier desemnat; Marşuri pro şi anti-gay la Chişinău". Radio Europa Liberă. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  20. ↑ "American Councils – news". www.americancouncils.md. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  21. ↑ "Un ziar în fiecare seară: "Discriminare.md"".
  22. ↑ "Un ziar în fiecare seară: discriminare.md".
  23. ↑ "Despre discriminarea din mediul rural în Republica Moldova".
  24. ↑ http://www.equalrightstrust.org/ertdocumentbank/part%202%20-%20Patterns%20of%20Discrimination%20and%20Inequality.pdf
  25. ↑ http://www.egalitate.md/media/files/files/decizia_cauza_156_deperson_1745637.pdf
  26. 1 2 http://www.undp.md/presscentre/2012/HumanRightsGala_10December/Memorandum%20UN%20Human%20Rights%20Awards%202012.pdf
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  28. ↑ https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2496/USAID%20Testing%20Waters%20Report%20on%20LGBT%20Europe%20and%20Eurasia.pdf
  29. ↑ deepadmin (29 December 2012). "Natalia Ghilaşcu, jurnalistă independentă".
  30. ↑ ""Lista lui Marian": discriminări, prejudecăți, stereotipuri în R. Moldova".
  31. ↑ "Moldovan court prosecutes website over black list".
  32. ↑ "Încă un caz de discriminare recunoscut de justiţia moldovenească".
  33. ↑ "Inca un caz de discriminare recunoscut de justitia moldoveneasca – ACUM.TV".
  34. ↑ http://gdm.md/files/untitled%20folder/report-GENDERDOC-M-2011_eng.pdf
  35. ↑ "Homosexualii fug de asistenţa medicilor".
  36. ↑ http://www.equalrightstrust.org/ertdocumentbank/bibliography_1.pdf
  37. ↑ https://promolex.md/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/doc_1444027212.pdf
  38. ↑ "Discriminarea în școli continuă să marginalizeze copiii din diverse familii". 22 December 2014.
  39. ↑ http://www.equalrightstrust.org/ertdocumentbank/From%20Words%20to%20Deeds%20Addressing%20Discrimination%20and%20Inequality%20in%20Moldova_0.pdf
  40. ↑ www.eltonic.com, Eltonic -. "Human Rights Film Festival - Moldova Azi".
  41. ↑ "Festival de film dedicat drepturilor omului".
  42. ↑ "Ce filme veți putea viziona la Festivalul de Film dedicat Drepturilor Omului". 1 December 2016.
  43. ↑ "Festivalul filmului dedicat drepturilor omului. Ediţia a 4-a".
  44. ↑ Mamaliga, Iuliana. "Jurnalista Natalia Ghilaşcu: Societatea noastră e invadată de stereotipurile discriminării".
  45. ↑ ""În spatele unei femei lider se află un bărbat înțelegător"". 16 June 2015.
  46. ↑ "Doar fiecare a treia cladire este adaptata pentru persoanele cu dizabilitati".
  47. ↑ "Politica la feminin".
  48. ↑ http://www.stiripozitive.eu/libview.php?l=ro&idc=15&id=3284&t=/Lucruri/Stil-de-viata/Plimbarile-Nataliei-Ghilascu-in-cautarea-istoriilor-de-succes-ale-moldovenilor-aflati-peste-hotare
  49. ↑ http://trm.md/en/moldovenii-in-lume/filmele-unei-jurnaliste-din-moldova-sunt-proiectate-in-sua/
  50. 1 2 "Un film produs de jurnalista Natalia Ghilașcu va fi proiectat la Festivalul Independent de Filme din Los Angeles – ea.md".
  51. ↑ "Короткометражный фильм молдавского режиссёра номинирован в Лос-Анджелесе – RTR Moldova".
  52. 1 2 "OFFICIAL SELECTIONS – MINDIE DECEMBER 2015 – MIAMI INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL".
  53. ↑ "Короткометражный фильм молдавского режиссёра номинирован в Лос-Анджелесе".
  54. ↑ "(INTERVIU) Jurnalista Natalia Ghilaşcu: "Mă mândresc cu moldovenii care au reuşit să se realizeze aici, în SUA"".
  55. ↑ "Veranda, partea II".
  56. ↑ Fievent.com. "6th Annual Human Rights Film Festival - Fievent.com".
  57. ↑ Times, Moldova. "Filmul documentar "Prigoana din Basarabia", proiectat la festivalul pentru drepturile omului din Arizona, SUA – Moldova Times".
  58. ↑ https://www.holocaustremembrance.com/sites/default/files/ann_bib_long.pdf
  59. ↑ "The witness of the Holocaust – HeadTalker".
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