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Using arts to tackle violence against women and HIV and AIDS


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Abstract: Mothertongue Project is a Cape Town-based collective of women artists who explore keys to empowerment of women by developing practical processes of healing and transformation. In 2006, Mothertongue Project initiated discussions with groups in Khayelitsha on the best way a feminist theatre collective could contribute to activism at community level on HIV and AIDS and violence against women. The result was the pilot project Laphumilanga (IsiXhosa for sunrise), whose first phase was implemented in 2006 with Phase II continuing in 2007.
Authors: Okech, A.
Country: South Africa
Category: Practice
End Page: 7
Serial number: 3
ISSN: 1871-7551
Journal: Exchange on HIV/AIDS, sexuality and gender
Keywords: HIV and AIDS , women , empowerment , arts
Language: eng
Organization: KIT - Royal Tropical Institute
Year: 2008
Region: Africa South of Sahara , Southern Africa
Right: © 2008 KIT
Subject: Health and Nutrition
Start Page: 5
Title: Using arts to tackle violence against women and HIV and AIDS