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Natalia Ghilascu
Born (1980-12-09) 9 December 1980 (age 43)
Republic of Moldova
Education
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • writer
  • film maker
  • social activist

Natalia Ghilașcu is a Moldovan journalist,[1][2] writer, documentary film maker,[3][4] and social activist.[2][5][6][7][8]

Early life

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Ghilascu was born in Cotiujenii Mari, Republic of Moldova, on 9 December 1980.[citation needed] She studied at the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova and Free International University of Moldova.[6] In 2015, she received a Hubert Humphrey Program fellowship 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

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Ghilascu was a morning news anchor[18] and political reporter for National TV Moldova 1.[6] She anchored a series of talk-shows on women's equality with women who aspired to politics in Moldova and who later became candidates in local elections.[19]

In 2011, Ghilascu received a media award from United Nations[20] for her findings about human rights violations, published in "Testing the waters: LGBT people in the Europe and Eurasia Region" [21] by the United States Agency for International Development and the United States Government,[22] which later led to conflict with the religious community.[15][23][24] Ghilascu was part of a so called "black list" of people who promoted homosexuality; the Moldovan court system urged to be removed from the list.[25][26][27] LGBT victims used her report as evidence of discrimination by public servants in hospitals. [28]

She helped advocate for the adoption of Equality Law in 2012, which raised much criticism in Moldovan society.[29][30][31][32][33] One of her shots was used as evidence of discrimination by the Council on Preventing, Eliminating Discrimination and Equal Rights,[34] by Human Rights Council meetings in Geneva.[35] Her contributions were recognized in the Equal Rights Trust publication in London, "From Words to Deeds," addressing discrimination and inequality in Moldova.[36]

Her short documentaries were screened at the Human Rights Film Festival in Chișinău,[37] portraying stories of people with physical and mental disabilities, Romma, racism, people living with HIV, etc.[38][39][40][41] She directed a short film Angel Back[42] emphasizing clashes between religion and family traditions, inspired by the life of a Jewish friend.[43][44] It was screened in 2016 at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival,[2][43] the Miami International Film Festival.[45][46] Further, the film won an award at the Paranormal Film Festival in Chicago.[2][47]

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] After its production in 2013, which is a rare story about Romma deportation to Transnistria, the film provoked much 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 taught in school curricular of the region.[48][49]

A 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][50][51][3]

She works as editor-in-chief at the Moldova Times with an office in Washington, D.C.[52][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Diferențele între presa din SUA și cea din R. Moldova în viziunea Nataliei Ghilașcu". unimedia.info. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "The film "Angel Back" by a Moldovan filmmaker was awarded for the best short films in Chicago | Moldova Times". 5 December 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b Cine vine la noi trm.md [dead link]
  4. ^ Evzmd.md. "Evenimentul zilei – Un scurt-metraj cu bătaie lungă". Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  5. ^ sandina. "UNFPA Moldova – The United Nations in Moldova Awards Human Rights Achievements in 2011". unfpa.md. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication". cronkite.asu.edu. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  7. ^ "The United Nations in Moldova Awards Human Rights Achievements in 2011".
  8. ^ "In the Shadow of the Bear: Internet Use in Russia and the Twitter Revolution in Moldova | Continuing Education Course Registration". ce.asu.edu. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  9. ^ Bradley, Brianna (29 April 2016). "International journalism Fellows thrive at Cronkite". Downtown Devil. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  10. ^ a b Массальский, Вадим. "Наталья Гилашку: учеба в Америке помогла мне по-новому открыть тему Холокоста". ГОЛОС АМЕРИКИ. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  11. ^ "American Councils – news". www.americancouncils.md. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication". cronkite.asu.edu. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  13. ^ Box, W. P. "Jurnalistă din R. Moldova, premiată la un festival de film din America! FOTO". Apropo Magazin. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  14. ^ "Filmul nostru la Los Angeles". Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  15. ^ a b Jarvis, Sarah (25 February 2016). "Activist journalists discuss LGBT issues abroad". Downtown Devil. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  16. ^ "August'04". 18 August 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  17. ^ Alumni newspaper [dead link]
  18. ^ Natalia Ghilascu (3 May 2011), Stirile matinale cu Natalia Ghilascu (partea II), retrieved 10 January 2017
  19. ^ "Politica la feminin".
  20. ^ Magazine nr 204 one.un.org [dead link]
  21. ^ "Testing the Waters: LGBT People in the Europe and Eurasia Region". USAID. 12 July 2021.
  22. ^ Report on LGBT. Europe and Euroasia usaid.gov [dead link]
  23. ^ deepadmin (29 December 2012). "Natalia Ghilaşcu, jurnalistă independentă".
  24. ^ Barbăroșie, Liliana (6 November 2012). ""Lista lui Marian": discriminări, prejudecăți, stereotipuri în R. Moldova". Radio Europa Liberă.
  25. ^ "Moldovan court prosecutes website over black list".
  26. ^ "Încă un caz de discriminare recunoscut de justiţia moldovenească".
  27. ^ "Inca un caz de discriminare recunoscut de justitia moldoveneasca – ACUM.TV".
  28. ^ "The 2011 report on state of human rights of LGBT people in the Republic of Moldova drawn by the GENDEROC-M Information Centre" (PDF). GENDEROC-M. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  29. ^ "Un ziar în fiecare seară: "Discriminare.md"". Radio Europa Liberă. 18 September 2014.
  30. ^ Ceapai, Alla (2 May 2014). "Un ziar în fiecare seară: discriminare.md". Radio Europa Liberă.
  31. ^ Grejdeanu, Tamara (12 April 2013). "Despre discriminarea din mediul rural în Republica Moldova". Radio Europa Liberă.
  32. ^ Ceapai, Alla (17 May 2013). "În aşteptarea eurocomisarului Füle; Moldova are un premier desemnat; Marşuri pro şi anti-gay la Chişinău". Radio Europa Liberă. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  33. ^ "American Councils – news". www.americancouncils.md. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  34. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  35. ^ Bibliography equalrightstrust.org
  36. ^ "From Words to Deeds" (PDF). Equal Rights Trust.
  37. ^ "Human Rights Film Festival - Moldova Azi". www.eltonic.com.
  38. ^ Ceapai, Alla (3 December 2011). "Festival de film dedicat drepturilor omului". Radio Europa Liberă.
  39. ^ "Ce filme veți putea viziona la Festivalul de Film dedicat Drepturilor Omului". 1 December 2016.
  40. ^ "Festivalul filmului dedicat drepturilor omului. Ediţia a 4-a".
  41. ^ Mamaliga, Iuliana. "Jurnalista Natalia Ghilaşcu: Societatea noastră e invadată de stereotipurile discriminării". civic.md.
  42. ^ Filmele unei jurnaliste din Moldova sunt proiectate trm.md [dead link]
  43. ^ a b "Un film produs de jurnalista Natalia Ghilașcu va fi proiectat la Festivalul Independent de Filme din Los Angeles – ea.md". 18 January 2016.
  44. ^ "Короткометражный фильм молдавского режиссёра номинирован в Лос-Анджелесе". RTR Moldova.
  45. ^ "OFFICIAL SELECTIONS – MINDIE DECEMBER 2015 – MIAMI INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL".
  46. ^ "Короткометражный фильм молдавского режиссёра номинирован в Лос-Анджелесе".
  47. ^ "(INTERVIU) Jurnalista Natalia Ghilaşcu: "Mă mândresc cu moldovenii care au reuşit să se realizeze aici, în SUA"".
  48. ^ "The witness of the Holocaust – HeadTalker".
  49. ^ Ziarul Dreptul uspee.md October 2016
  50. ^ "IPN Society".
  51. ^ "Natalia Ghilașcu în studioul UNIMEDIA". Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  52. ^ pozitive, Ştiri (26 January 2017). "Stil de viaţă /". www.stiripozitive.eu.
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