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The Voice of the Resilient: Women Creators from West Africa
The UNESCO Regional Office in Dakar invites you to join its digital campaign La Voix des Résilientes The Voice of the Resilient For two weeks you will discover the portraits and backgrounds of 10 West African designers with diverse inspiring and unique profiles
Two webinars organized on 3 and 4 August 2020 will launch the campaign through which these role models of the West African creative community will carry their voices and refound the discourse on gender
The digital campaign will continue on social networks including Facebook and Instagram where everyone will tell their stories through short energetic smart and inspiring portraits These women testify to their vision their analysis their strategy to forge their way in the cultural and creative industries but also to face gender inequalities and now to the COVID19 pandemic which has a major impact on the private and professional lives of women
La Voix des Résilientes promotes and recognizes the contribution of these role models to the dynamism of cultural and creative sectors whether it be cinema music fashion design digital art photography painting or again from the exhibition curator It is an initiative that presents itself as a space for dialogue but also a showcase for the enhancement and development of a new paradigm of thought on gender which is more sensitive adapted and inclusive
These portraits will highlight Esi Atiase videographer and president of the videomapping collective ZOOM and of the SANAA FACES project Fatima Bocoum Exhibition curator and initiator of the online magazine OpenLetr Fatoumata Diabaté Photographer and president of the association of women photographers of Mali Rama Diaw Stylist and fashion designer business manager Khadidia Djigo Manager of CanalOlympia Senegal and focal point for the Englishspeaking area in Africa Maah Keita First Senegalese bassist within of the TaKeifa group and president of the Care for Albinism association Daba Sarr President of Tringa Musique et Développement and of the AfricaFête festival Dieynaba Sidibé dit Zeïnixx First graffiti artist from Senegal and slam artist Ndeye Fatou Thiam Photographer and responsible for Urban Women Week project with the participation of Maimouna Dembele Head of Music in Africa International Communicator and Program Producer and Ayoko Mensah Institutional Advisor and artistic programming manager at BOZAR Brussels cultural specialist will moderate the 2 webinars
La Voix des Résilientes aligns itself with the global UNESCO ResiliArt movement and the initiative of the UNESCO Dakar Office entitled The Laboratories of COVID19 It is above all part of a sustainable vision of the Dakar Regional Office which for five years has been carrying out pioneering actions in favor of the protection and promotion of womens rights in the creative sector in West Africa in the spirit of of the 2005 Convention and the Sustainable Development Goals Support actions help to make the work of creative women visible to promote equal representation in decisionmaking bodies to promote equal access to funding technical resources and professional networks but also to fight against prejudices locking women away still today in stereotypical statutes This activity is also made possible thanks to the project Strengthening Cultural Policies through Fundamental Freedoms funded by the Swedish Agency for International Development and Cooperation
Join La Voix des Résilientes and discover the universe of these Yennengas of cultural and creative industries
On the UNESCO Dakar Facebook page Facebook event and on Instagram where the contents of the digital campaign will be broadcast for eight days
Do not miss the webinars which will take place on August 3 and 4 from 230 pm Dakar time click on the following links to follow the webinars or directly on the UNESCO Dakar Facebook page
Webinar on August 3 at 230 pm Dakar you are invited to a Zoom webinarWhen Aug 3 2020 0230 PMTheme La Voix des Résilientes West African women creators in FrenchPlease click here to join the webinar
Secret code 940730
Webinar on August 3 at 230 pm Dakar you are invited to a Zoom webinarWhen Aug 4 2020 0430 PMTheme La Voix des Résilientes West African women creators in FrenchPlease click here to join the webinar
Secret code 281129
Contacts Guiomar Alonso Cano galonsounescoorg and Pierre Wenzel pwenzelunescoorg
