December 2015

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: PROMOTION OF THE COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES ''NIRA'S CHALLENGES'' AND THE COMIC BOOK ''NIRA ii'' AND THE EXPOSITION OF THE COMICS ''COMIC UP THE VIOLENCE!''


PROMOTION ''NIRA'S CHALLENGES'' AND THE COMIC BOOK ''NIRA II''

On December 10, 2015 TPO Foundation Sarajevo organized the promotion of the collection of short stories ''Nira's Challenges'' and the second edition of the comic book ''Nira'' in cooperation with Jewish Community Sarajevo on the occasion of the International Day of Human Rights. The exposition of the comics from the competition ''Comic Up the Violence!'' and announcement of winners was also a part of this ceremony. The promoters were the authors of these very publications, Pavle Kaunitz and Elma Softić-Kaunitz, Ferida Duraković, one of the reviewers and Neven Misaljević, one of the drawning authors.

After the promotors' reflections on righteous, brave and emphatic Nira, the anoouncement of the best five comics from the competition ''Comic Up the Violence!'' followed. The winners are as follow:

The shortlisted were the following competitors and their works were exposed during the promotion:

The whole event marked the end of this year's international campaign ''16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence'' and it was held symbolically on the International Day of Human Rights.