ADVOCACY AND CAMPAIGNS
FRANCE UNSUNG HEROES Unsung Heroes is a photographic project created jointly by MdM and Denis Rouvre, photographer and longterm partner of the organisation. Launched in 2018, the project showcases the portraits and testimonies of some 60 women, which are brought together in a book and a touring exhibition. These women and girls, from the areas where MdM is active in Nepal, Palestine, Bulgaria, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, France and Lebanon, all speak about the institutional, societal, domestic, psychological and physical violence to which they are exposed. Unsung Heroes gives them the chance to give voice to their silent struggles, sustained by daily acts of survival and resilience, as well as their lives spent in the service of every women and indefatigable resistance in the face of injustice. The book which features the portraits and testimonies from the exhibition, published by Textuel, is a continuation of the political, artistic and human gesture that is Unsung Heroes. Following its launch in Paris in October 2019, the exhibition then moved on to Bordeaux in November. MdM’s intention is to continue presenting this ambitious project in France and around the world in order to spread the words of these women far and wide. The exhibition is therefore due to go on display in Malines in Belgium in 2020 before moving on to Munich in Germany in 2021.
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Annual Report / Advocacy and Campaigns
