By Marija Virijevic | Project leader
Hello, our friends. You can see in text below what we did from june till mid October.
Festival: LOUD, LOUDER! - ArtFemine 8
The 8th ArtFemine festival, organized by the activists of the Center for Girls, gathered over 150 people, both fellow citizens and sisters-in-arms from the region and abroad, during the four days that it lasted. The visitors of the festival were able to attend and participate in a street action, workshops, panels, performances, and music events.
One of the most significant events at the festival was Nevena's performance.
Nevena M. performance “Women trafficking, violence/art/reality” initiated an important subject for our society. Nevena’s story started in Niš over 20 years ago. On July 3rd 2021 she was, for the first time, in her birth city, able to perform the play into which she poured all of her experience she gained while being a victim to human trafficking, recovering, returning to her normal life and uncovering art as the medium to spread the story of this horrible type of violence. After the performance, there followed an interview with Nevena, Eveline C. - the director of the performance, and Hristina P. from the NGO ASTRA. The interview was led by the lead coordinator for the Center for Girls – Tatjana N.
7th Feminist Art Colony
Center for Girls hosted and welcomed seven artists for this year's Feminist Art Colony, who spent their 7 days in Sicevo creating their artworks. Female artists took part in this colony from Rijeka (Hrvatska), Kruševac, Niš, Štrpce, Beograd, Kragujevac and Lapovo. Their words will best describe how they spent their time there and how they felt at the colony, so we leave you with some of their impressions.
What did participation in the Feminist Art Colony mean for you and what emotion did it bring out in you?
For me it meant something beautiful. The journey, personal growth, meeting with the new, exploration, abolishing of personal prejudices, getting out of my comfort zone, education, empowerment. I am inspired that something like this exists on this planet and it gives me hope that things can change for the better inside our own community. I am left with positive feelings. A feeling of being a part of something, of acceptance and self-worth. I made new friends and I will always remember this community full of peace, tolerance, joy, and creativity.
PerformanceRecognize Trafficking in Human Beings and report it! in Niš i Leskovac
We perform this performance for the first time on The World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on July 30 in Nis.
After that we repeated performance on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking in Women and Children - September 23 - at the School of Textiles and Design in Leskovac, we performed the performance Recognize Trafficking in Human Beings and report it! #RecognizeTradeTravelLog in The project of the Center for Girls "Improving the fight against human trafficking in Nis and Leskovac" is implemented within the activities to strengthen the capacity and capacity of local civil society organizations to prevent and combat human trafficking, implemented by NGO ASTRA within the project "Improving space and opportunities to fight against trafficking in human beings ", supported by the European Union. NGO Astra EU in Serbia #NVOAstra #astraantitrafiking #EUzaTEBE
Nisville Jazz Theater - Our Odyssey
Within the Nisville jazz THEATER festival, we were ponder on the topic of migration through several workshops. Six activists of the Center for Girls were part of the theater troupe that led part of the audience from the entrance of the Nis Fortress, across the bridge, through the park to the amphitheater, where, after that introductory part, the play Our Odyssey, Theater Wall, from Amsterdam was performed. This process was led by Karolina Spajic, director of ZID Tetar.
In solidarity for and with women of Afghanistan
Together with our fellow women from Leskovac, Dimitrovgrad, Vlasotince and Uzice, the Girls' Center participated in the global campaign Rise for / with Women of Afghanistan on September 25. Each organization held a street action in its city. We shared the message from the banner SOLIDARITY WITH AND FOR WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN in the center of the city of Nis with more than a thousand fellow citizens. Three activists brought the issue closer to their fellow citizens by reading the confessions of girls and women from Afghanistan. Together with thousands of others around the world, we have supported the worldwide campaign organized by @ 1billionrising @vdayorg @eveensler Why? Because we believe that women in Afghanistan have the right to education, to travel, to freedom of movement, to work, to security, to the freedom to breathe and be. #RiseForAndWithWomenOfAfghanistan #StandWithWomenofAfghanistan # 1BillionRising #RiseInSolidarity #RiseResistUnite
Round table in Leskovac to meet the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Exploitation and trafficking in women and children
On the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking in Women and Children - 23. September - we organized a round table on the situation of human trafficking in Leskovac. There was talk of Fr. previous cases of human trafficking, on the challenges in proving the crime, but also on the cross-sectoral ones cooperation and its challenges. We also discussed the importance of preventing human trafficking, as well as about the necessity for the whole society to be involved in its solution. They attended the round table representatives of the MUP Leskovac and Vlasotince, the High Court and the Center for Social Work Leskovac and civil society organization. The following activities have been announced in the coming period, organized by the Center for Girls, as in Leskovac as well as in Nis.
Only together can we prevent human trafficking - a round table in Nis
At the round table on the situation of human trafficking in Nis and its surroundings, as part of the AT Network Samo project together we can prevent human trafficking, prevention, detection and repression have been discussed as well joint action of all relevant factors, institutions and CSOs dealing with the problem of trade people. The round table was attended by representatives of the High Public Prosecutor's Office, Mupa, Center for Social Work and Civil Society Organization. The following activities have been announced in the following period, organized by the At network, but also by the Center for Girls independently.
Educational workshops on the prevention of human trafficking at the School of Textile and Design in Leskovac
Three educational workshops on the prevention of human trafficking, held in September at the School of Textiles and design, Leskovac. The workshop was led by: Danica S.
Some of the impressions of the girls from the workshops:
* Cooperation with girls is excellent. We realized that there are things in our city and its surroundings as we see every day, and we are not aware of the reality behind it.
* I liked the workshop it could be mentioned more often in schools and more stories about it
* The workshop was great, I learned a lot and it was great, I did a lot heard of human trafficking ♥
See you in 4 months. :)
By Marija Virijevic | Project Leader
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