Silent Tears ExhibitionFebruary 2018 - May 2018, New York NY, USA

ASSOCIATED WORKSHOPS AND FORUMS  

• 8 Feb 2018 – Reception, Silent Tears, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery Long Island, NY
• 28 February 2018 – Opening  Shiva Gallery, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NY
• 8 March 2018 – Forum Manhattanville College, Purchase New York, NY
• 13 March 2018 – 12:30pm  – 2pm   UN CSW62 Social Hall 4W 43^rd Street New York
• 13 March 2018 – 4:00-5:00 pm, Artists Talk, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery Long Island, NY USA
• 14 March 2018 – Forum, 6pm – 8pm Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City
• 15 March 218 – Artist Talk,  John Jay College of Criminal Justice
• 24 April 2018 – Forum, James Memorial Chapel, Union Theological Seminary, New York

EXHIBITION VENUES AND DATES

• 5 Feb 2018 – 15 March 2018 – Amelie A. Wallace Gallery Long Island, NY
• 28 Feb 2018 – 13 April 2018 – Anya & Andrew Shiva Gallery, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NY
• 24 April – 21 May 2018 – James Memorial Chapel, Union Theological Seminary, NY

MEDIA RESPONSE

Forbes Magazine

anNY newspaper

2018 UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN (UN CSW62)

UN Women National Committee Australia and the Silent Tears Project, acknowledge that violence against women and girls is a global concern. Often the topics of disability, violence and women are siloed and marginalised. Instead, intersections of identity need to be recognised and responded to. This event provides a focal point for discussion, education and awareness raising – providing the impetus and opportunity to enable further social change for disabled rural women and girls impacted by violence. This event involves experts from Australian and international disability communities who have engaged with the Silent Tears Project, revealing the violence perpetrated against disabled women and girls globally. The panellists have experience of disability and violence either professionally or personally. This creates a ‘borderless’ conversation to identify and discuss courses of action to facilitate change for disabled rural women and girls impacted by violence. The event acknowledges the advancement of the women’s agenda and UN SDG 2030, goal 5:  ‘leaving no one behind’.

MODERATOR:

• Jenny Muir, Chief Counsel Primary Communication

PANELISTS:

• Nkhungu Magero, Gender and Women’s Rights Advisor at Oxfam International-Pan Africa Program
• Ana Pelaez, Vice President of the European Disability Forum, Spain
• Bonnie Brayton, National Executive Director of Disabled Women’s Network of Canada
• Belinda Mason,  Blur Projects Australia
• Denise Beckwith PhD Candidate, Independent Diversity and Disability Consultant, Australia