November 2014
STREET PERFORMANCE “CUT” - 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE
STREET PERFORMANCE “CUT”
On the 29th November 2014 TPO Foundation organized a street performance "Cut" in front of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Sarajevo, in cooperation with actresses of the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo.
The goal of the performance is to present process of the formation violence through the emotional state of the victims and convey a message to passersby and the media about the forms of violence through body language, and another to say that violence must end. Performance was communicated about the problem of violence against women in all societies (in 97% of cases of reported violence victims are women).
After street performance, program activities were continued with panel discussion "Ignore differences" in collaboration with the Youth Council of the Municipality of Novo Sarajevo.
Panel discussion covered topics about the crimes committed out of hatred. The aim of the discussion is to encourage the awareness of young people and create a sense of responsibility, and their active participation in prevention of bias-motivated incidents.
By these activities organizers and visitors have joined the global campaign 16 days of activism against violence against women.