The project “Gender-based Violence: (In)visible” is implemented by the Diotima Centre as part of the project “Athens Social Protection Network – Open Social Net”, funded by the Municipality of Athens, for the period September 2023 – November 2023.
Purpose
The action aims to raise awareness about the anti-stereotypical representation of gender violence, focusing on the role of art in creating social impact.
Its aim is to open a broader dialogue, through artistic expression, that will bring to the fore the women’s own perspective on the healing of the trauma and especially their non-negotiable right to a life free of gender violence.
Actions
The project starts from the creative collaboration between women photographers and women who have experienced gender violence and have been supported by the Diotima Centre, attempting a participatory dialogue between trauma and artistic practice.
More specifically, the following will be implemented:
- Focus group with the participation of photographers, survivors and communication professionals of Diotima Centre, which will focus on the representation of the phenomenon of gender violence
- Production of photographic works, under the scientific supervision of the organisation and the curator of the exhibition
- Photo exhibition in the context of 25 November
- Public open debate
Expected results
- Highlighting the voice of the survivors in reflecting their experience
- Cultivating a photographic gaze that is sensitive to issues of gender violence and equality
- Educating the general public in an empowering, non-stereotypical and non-stereotypical representation of the phenomenon of gender-based violence
- Explore good practices and methods through which both gender-based violence practitioners and professional photographers and artists can cultivate empowering representations of the phenomenon
**The action is implemented in the framework of the Act “Social Protection Network of Athens – Open Social Net”, which is co-funded by the OP “ATTICA 2014-2020” and the European Social Fund (OP code 5074888).
