V-Day Annual Report 2017 - RISE FOR WOMEN WORKERS 1 | Page 53
CREATIVITY IN OBR
> Makes the movement open and inclusive – which helps bring in other movements that are
fighting against exploitation, exclusion and oppression
> Sustains people’s attention on issues of VAW – a force needed in the constant struggle
against the “normalization” of violence
> Enables the popularization and accessibility of the analysis on all forms and roots of VAW,
allowing outreach and mobilization into communities and groups in large numbers
> Escalates and maximizes the use of social media - using art and technology to provoke
thought and incite people into action
> Helps overcome taboos, and break cycles of stigma and shame about speaking out on
violence – garnering public and visible support by and from communities for Risings
> Allows infusion into traditionally patriarchal spaces, to seemingly soften, but also gently
introduce VAW issues, for consciousness awareness-raising
> Continues to bring in artists into the movement – who create radical, bold, provocative
and fearless art for revolution