POSTED BY IN Culture, Featured ON Feb 27, 2015
Major photographic first now in Bradford
Photographic stories from the Middle East by all-female photographic collective Rawiya. The exhibition ‘Realism in Rawiya’ currently showing at the Impressions Gallery in Bradford, presents the work of Rawiya, the first all-female photographic collective to emerge from the Middle East. With its specific focus on gender and identity, the exhibition presents a thoughtful view of a region in flux, balancing its contradictions while reflecting on social and political issues and...
POSTED BY IN Campaigns, Featured ON Feb 26, 2015
Refuge: public inquiry?
Calling for a public inquiry into the state’s response to domestic violence. The national domestic violence charity Refuge, together with families of women killed by current and former partners, are calling on the government to open a public inquiry to investigate why victims of domestic violence are still not getting the protection they deserve from the police and other state agencies. Two women are killed every week in England and Wales by a current or former partner. Domestic violence...
POSTED BY IN Featured, International ON Feb 20, 2015
The more you talk, the less it will happen
Bol: a silent film against sexual abuse. Pooja Batura, a 29 year-old female freelance writer/director, talks about the release of her latest film short, Bol. Bol, a silent film shot in India, contains powerful vignettes that illustrate incidences of sexual abuse. Pooja Batura’s hope is that the link to the film will be shared widely and awareness raised. She is currently writing another short film which is about life after rape. “The idea behind making ‘Bol’ – a...
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