Eunice Ong | Filmmaker | Works

尼泊爾布思議 Dear Period

The Weirdo in Taiwan Documentary Series

Role: Stills / Production Assistant

.Nepal is a country that attracts not much attention from the world but Lin Nien-tzu, a Taiwanese, has been running a workshop in Nepal for years. Putting her ideas into action, Lin has created a women-friendly environment and was the first Taiwanese featured in the BBC 100 Woman in 2017.

At the age of thirty, Lin got tired of the secure and yet repetitive life within the system. Therefore, she decided to leave her comfort zone and went to Nepal, firmly believing that what she wanted was to establish long-term collaboration with a local group in some place. Lin’s sensitivity and thoughtfulness led her to discover the difficulties and mistreatment brought upon the Nepalese women by menstruation, the local environment and the culture. As a result, Lin aimed to make changes by promoting cloth menstrual pads, the menstrual education and the environmental protection. She set up a workshop and hired the women in the village to produce cloth menstrual pads. By doing so, Lin has provided the local women with work and established a social enterprise of cloth menstrual pads.

Lin never aims to become a revolutionary or a leader. Following her heart, she chooses to make changes and builds a positive relationship with the local people. While realizing her ideas, she transforms the mentality and lives of not only her own but many others. Together, they have found their values and exerted their influence.

尼泊爾，一個較不常被關注討論的國度，已有位台灣人林念慈於此深耕，用具體行動發揮影響力，創造友善女性的環境，並成為台灣首位被英國廣播公司（BBC）選入「2017年全球百大女性」的入選者。不甘安穩於日復一日、體制內生活的念慈，在三十歲之際，離開舒適安全的環境，遠赴尼泊爾。念慈深信她想要追求的世界，是長時間於某地，與眾人一起創造。透過念慈敏銳體貼的眼與心，發現當地女性受限於環境與文化，對月事有許多困難及委屈，於是興起改變的念頭，推廣布衛生棉使用與環保正向月事運動，帶領村落婦女手作布衛生棉，提供女性就業與成長機會，創立布衛生棉社會事業。並非懷抱要成為革命家或領導者，念慈順著心流，選擇改變，與當地共創共好；無形中翻轉自己與他人的身心與生活，一起找到價值，發揮影響力。