South Caucasus – UNIFEM Photo Exhibition “Women for Peace-Peace for All”
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: June 26, 2006
Traveling Photo Exhibition: Women
for Peace-Peace for All
With its launch at the UN House in
UNIFEM ‘traveling’ photo exhibition “Women for Peace – Peace for All” has
started in the
Devoted to the International Women’s Day,
and shown with a national Art exhibition, the photo exhibition was opened by the
UN Resident Coordinator in
“We decided to join our efforts tonight and
focus on women’s contribution to art and women’s contribution to peace building
in the region,- said Ms. Vidal in her opening message, addressing UN staff,
representatives of foreign embassies and diplomatic missions in Armenia, state
officials, civil society representatives and mass media. “The main aim of this initiative is to
unite the women of the region because their concerns and problems are the same,”
she said.
The exhibition represents a
compilation of 60 photos from three photographers in the region – Mr. Albert
Babelyan from
Grigalashvili from
After two weeks in
exhibition will be than displayed throughout the three countries of
To raise awareness among local
populations in three countries about the lives and challenges shared by women in
the region and to spread its message of “Women for Peace-Peace for All”, the
UNIFEM-supported “Women for Peace” Regional Coalition have initiated showing the
exhibition not only in three capitals – Yerevan, Tbilisi and Baku but also in
regions of these three countries.
Under the flag of the Regional
UNIFEM Project “Women for Conflict Prevention and
Peace – Peace for All”, the traveling exhibition’ main goal is to demonstrate
unity among Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian women striving for peace and
sustainable development for their countries and their children.
A collage of black and white photos
from
depicts women at work and at rest, with their families and within their
communities. The photos illustrate the challenges, achievements and hopes which
are commonly shared by all women of the
Caucasus
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