During 13 and 14 March the Our Voices Our Future (OVOF) consortium will be adding some creative energy to the CSW mix! Join us to get inspired by the international community-led art expo, engage in dialogues about the use of art in movement building and making change, and co-create some artivist (art in activism) magic.
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*Please note that the location won't be wheelchair accessible unfortunately*
Read the full programme here
The exposition will be formally opened on 13 March at 5 pm in a festive session moderated by Geeta Misra (CREA), the available artists, and special guest Mr. Peter Derrek Hof, Women's Rights and Gender Equality Ambassador of the Netherlands.
Wednesday 13 March
13.30 Doors open
* art expositions
* workshops
* dialogues
* film screening
* co-creation/ get creative
20.00 Doors close
Thursday 14 March
12.30 Doors open
* art expositions
* workshops
* dialogues
* film screening
* co-creation/ get creative
19.30 Doors close
Artists & activists showing their work and co-creating the space include:
Expositions (all day, both days) include:
"Canvas of Change: Youth Perspectives on the Rights of Structurally Silenced Women”
This art exposition commenced on 17-19 August 2023, inaugurated by Mr. Thijs Woudstra, the Charge de Affairs of the Netherlands Embassy of Bangladesh. Through an art fellowship programme, 11 young artists (15 - 19 years old) in Bangladesh worked on various mediums to talk about the challenges faced by different groups of structurally silenced women.
"LIVES on Canvas and in Verse"
This is collection of paintings and poetry by structurally excluded women in Uganda. They are all members of ArtVism, a free art studio in Uganda that provides structurally excluded women space and materials to create together towards the realization of the change that our society needs. Most of the abstract work being show-cased here speak to Gender Based Violence (GBV), Resilience and /or Solidarity. They are a call to action towards the desired social change.
"Visible/ Invisible: United in Ending SGBV"
Art work from South Asia
A slide show display of art work and their artists shared by CREA.
Movie screenings include:
Documentary: "CROSSINGS – The stories of migrant sex workers”
14 March, 17.30 - 19.00 hrs
A sex worker-produced documentary about migrant sex work in Europe. In collaboration with Red Umbrella Fund and ESWA. The movie will be introduced Sabrina Sanchez of ESWA and Vera Rodriguez, Red Umbrella Fund who will be available for further q&a following the screening.
Documentary: Borderlines - Feminist Journeys Across South Asia
Time to be confirmed
By CREA & Third Eye
Creative spaces (free space) - all day, both days:
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About OVOF: The Our Voices Our Futures (OVOF) consortium comprises CREA as the lead organization, and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), UHAI-EASHRI – East African Sexual Health and Rights Initiative, and WO=MEN, along with strategic partner IM-Defensoras. The OVOF consortium amplifies the voices and increases the visibility of structurally silenced women to enable them to take their rightful place in civic spaces and participate freely across the online space, physical public space, and legal and policy space.
