Strule Arts Centre to screen story of the Women’s Coalition

A DOCUMENTARY that tells the story of the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition is to be screened in Omagh next month.

The film, titled ‘Wave Goodbye To Dinosaurs’, tells how Catholic and Protestant women united to form an all-female political party which won seats at the negotiating table, and fought to ensure that their policies around human rights, equality, and inclusion were reflected in the Good Friday Agreement.

It features interviews with members of the Women’s Coalition, Hillary Clinton, Senator George Mitchell and civil rights campaigner, Bernadette Devlin.

Following the screening, a short talk will take place and a discussion about the film to mark 25 years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement

Hosting the discussion will be Maureen Hetherington, a prominent peace campaigner from Derry who was involved in the Northern Ireland Womens Coalition.

The screening will be on May, 5 and free tickets are available from the Strule Art Centre box office and their website.