Ann Konbat Vyolans Kap Fet Sou Fanm is a six week media and street theatre campaign against all forms of violence against women and children run by a group of 20 SOPUDEP students and ex students. The main components of the campaign are performing two street plays; engaging with the general public especially other youth on the streets using banners and other publicity material made my the students; a radio interview with some of the students.
The first task was to select 20 SOPUDEP students and ex students [15 girls/young women and 5 boys/young men]. We started with student leader Nylogue Cantav and asked her to suggest names based on their involvement in student life at the school, willingness to participate and engage with each other and the public and for the young men, sensitivity to gender based violence.
We then held two preparatory meetings to explain the project to the students and enlist their feedback and ideas on what they would like to see happen. We also asked them to think about what they hope to gain from the project and any issues they have and if necessary these could be discussed in private the project leaders. Finally each student was asked to fill out a confidential Q&A on their direct and indirect experiences of gendered violence and what they hope to gain from the project.
The first sessions on 12/13 February were spent listening to the students to ascertain their understanding and experiences of VAW, the different forms of violence, how widespread and the social, economic, cultural factors that facilitated VAW and GBV. The group spent considerable time discussing different forms of gender based violence and thinking about ways in which they could begin to bring about change. Finally the group discussed themes for the two plays and experimented with a couple of ideas.
The project is co organized by Rea Dol and Sokari Ekine with funding from AmplyFy Change
