Initiated by the Ben-Gurion University Student Union, the exhibition was presented to dozens of university visitors. Students from the Department of Emergency & Disaster Management, Social Work, and other fields began their day of studies with a visit to the exhibition.
Read MoreBefore dozens of 10th and 11th grade students, the exhibition was presented at Shamir High School in Tel Aviv, sparking extensive discussion and strong emotional responses. The event was accompanied by school activities that included identifying warning signs of dangerous relationships and processing the experience of exposure to the installation.
Read MoreAt the heart of the Discount Bank campus, employees were invited to experience the exhibition with the aim of raising awareness and encouraging action, even when change may seem invisible. Among others, the exhibition was presented to members of the bank’s management.
Read MoreFrom the words of the Mayor, Mr. Shmuel Boxer: “Behind me stands an entire community that is loudly saying: Enough with the violence! This exhibition is a cry – not to look away and not to remain silent.” Zero tolerance for violence begins at home. As part of the event, Moti Reif appeared on stage in his role as President of the Friends Association of Ruach Nashit (Women’s Spirit).
Read MoreThree events took place in the different divisions of the State Comptroller’s Office – in Haifa, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem. We had the honor of sharing the impact of the installation with dozens of employees, inviting emotional reflection, and calling for action and change. From the words of the State Comptroller, Mr. Matanyahu Englman, who also addressed the issue of polygamy and the erosion of women’s rights in Bedouin society: “Thank you for giving voice to those who can no longer speak. Thank you for raising awareness in such an impressive and effective way.”
Read MoreOn the rooftop of the headquarters, the garments hang. Employees gather, and a speech is given by Maccabi’s CEO, Ms. Sigal Dadon Levy. Among the audience, one of the employees steps forward and shares that his mother was murdered by his father several years ago. The wound is still bleeding.
Read MoreIn the main lobby, around one hundred male employees of the Israel Electric Corporation gather and are confronted with the clothing of the murdered women. They speak about seeking help for anger management, about rehabilitation, and about the cultural conditioning of masculinity in our society.
Read MoreIn the hospital lobby, the garments hang in silence.
Speaker: Deputy Director General of the hospital, Prof. Arnon Afek. There is no place more fitting for displaying this installation – hospitals are often the first place where victims turn for help.
Suddenly among the audience: Liat, the sister of Michal Sela, together with her husband, Yarden, who generously donated a kidney.
אירוע לעובדי חברת החשמל בתל אביב בנוכחות מנכ״ל החברה מר מאיר שפיגלר וקטע של פואטרי סלאם בביצוע נעמה לופו
Read MoreOn the fourth floor in a very high building, I am hosted by the Austrian ambassador to Israel. He’s interest to talk about the installation, to check possibilities for cooperation with the Austrian Cultural Forum, and coordinate a meeting with the minister responsible for gender in Austria. When we’ll have the Minister of Gender Affairs here in Israel?
Read MoreSunday morning. The events of the coming month were launched in the city of Haifa, at the Israeli Electric Company’s main office. The garments of the murdered women are hanging at the entrance to the dining room, a woman stops and asks if the dresses are for sale, others share their stories: ״my niece lived for many years with an abusive husband״, ״I used to volunteer at a shelter for battered women״, and more…
Read MoreSunday morning. The events of the coming month, evolving around the international day of abolishing violence again women, were launched in the city of Haifa, at the Israeli Electric Company’s main office. The garments of the murdered women are hanging at the entrance to the dining room, a woman stops and asks if the dresses are for sale, others share their stories: ״my niece lived for many years with an abusive husband״, ״I used to volunteer at a shelter for battered women״, and more…
Read MoreAnother event, at the Israel Police Training Center, and this time: the officers' course. Together with me, Keren, on stage, Adv. Sarit Carmel with a very moving and chilling personal story about growing up out of the violence she experienced during her childhood at home and then in her relationship. Also, we heard a testimony of a violent man, who shared his shocking story about the murder of his younger sister, a murder in which he was an accomplice...
Read MoreWe’re honored to expose the installation in front of police officers, female and male, together with the policewoman that left a violent husband and is now raising her two children as a single parent. Also the policeman who arrested the murderer of Dor Krescenti and her two young sons. Each and every one of them will cope with domestic violence during their service and therefore they truly have the option to change the end of these stories.
Read MoreOn the stage, Shira Isakov shared her story with me - a story of extraordinary courage, and her strong desire to live, a story about the transition from the position of a victim, to a determined and active position. The event was attended by the Mayor, Mrs. Miriam Feierberg.
Read MoreMore than fifty percent of the audience at the event at the Ministry of Agriculture were men. This is the result of an office headed by a minister with social sensitivity, and a proven work regarding violence against women. Thank you, Minister Oded Forer, for your remarks at this significant event, and also to the Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Ms. Naama Kaufman Pess.
Read MoreThe installation in memory of the murdered women and girls, was hosted in the city of Modi'in. In the audience, Anat Elimelech's sister-in-law and best friend. This pink dress, she said to me, was hanging in my bedroom closet for years. Anat was my best friend, and I miss her so much…
Read MoreI go on stage, take a deep breath and show the clothes: Inside this garment there was once a woman, and she is no more. I am excited to talk again on stage with Shira Isakov, we hug tightly and Shira said: after Aviad gave me more than a hundred blows with a rolling pin on my skull, after the doctors called my parents to come and say goodbye to me, I survived against all odds to be an inspiration to other women to embark on a new path and tell the story of their lives.
Read MoreOne by one, a few brave women, telling the story of their lives under the heavy and horrified shadow of violence. They shared how they recreated themselves, determined to save other women's lives. In addition, the testimony of Behor Hay Keikov - a violent man who shares his story about the process he went through, regarding the decision to take responsibility and encourage more men to go his way…
Read MoreOut of the hundreds of employees at the Ministry of Health, I met the father, who shared his concern for his daughter who had experienced a violent relationship and attempt of murder, as well as the woman who escaped from a cruel abusive husband…
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