The ECOAR Festival – Action against sexual violence
09/24/2022
MAR – Museu de Arte do Rio, RJ
The ECOAR Festival – Action Against Sexual Violence addressed three main issues: activation of group support networks; the body and sexual violence; and political and pedagogical language. The aim was to situate sexual violence in the context of other structural forms of violence for anyone interested in or affected by the issue. The event also provided a platform for the creation of networks of educators, health professionals, social workers, researchers, activists and artists, especially in the Maré neighborhood and port district of the city of Rio de Janeiro.
The initiative was inspired by and promoted in partnership with the Shameless! Festival—a one-day event in London in 2021, which brought together artists and activists to confront and change attitudes regarding sexual violence, to share ideas, and to imagine a world free of rape. Promoted by Birkbeck London University’s SHAME project and by the WOW – World Women’s Festival, the first edition of ECOAR took place in Rio de Janeiro and was curated and produced by the NGO Maré Networks. The aim of the meeting was to foster debate regarding the global crisis of sexual violence.
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