As part of the Politics in Print commission I am continuing research into women as activists. A prelimerary search on google throws up so much to explore.
My hope is that the print work I produce allows me to learn about different human rights issues around the world and make me less ignorant, plus hopefully pass on some messages to others who look at the work or are the recipient of me talking to them..
I’m showing here a couple of monotype drawings taken from images in a recent Amnesty International magazine. The article is about women demonstrating in the Congo for a greater part (or at the very least any part at all) in the peace negiotations going on there. Women are excluded from this, yet are the majority victim of any war, especially as sexual violence and rape used as a weapon. These women specifically are demonstrating about the violence and assaults on women from local military stationed near their villages.
