16 Days Event: Femicide Observatory 2022

This year, the theme for the Global #16Days Campaign is #LetsEndFemicide. Over the next few weeks, and into 2023, we will talk about gender-based violence against women, the killing of women based on their sex or gender, the effects of femicide on loved ones, building a femicide observatory, and using art and therapy in our activism and healing.

Start the week with some care for your body. Join us for a free yoga session with Antonio Weech on Sunday, November 27 at 8am.

Join us on Monday, November 28 at 6pm for a conversation with Jessica, The Therapist and Khandi Gibson (Families of All Murder Victims) about #femicide, its impact on communities, and what institutions and individuals can do to offer support.

The Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability (CFOJA) conducts and promotes research to prevent #femicide and other forms of gender-based killings in Canada. We will be joined by CFOJA Director Myrna Dawson to talk about the structure, function, and impact of a femicide observatory and what building one in The Bahamas would require.

Join the conversation on Thursday, December 1 at 6pm EST.

On Thursday, December 8, join us for a poetry workshop titled Writing Through it Together. Poet Marion Bethel, small press publisher Sonia Farmer, and spoken word artist Brittany Delaney will be with us for two hours, guiding us through the process. Join us in person at Poinciana Paper Press (where we will have treats!) or online by registering to get the link. We’ll start at 6pm EST.

Join us on Saturday, December 10 at 3pm EST at Poinciana Paper Press (12 Parkgate Road) for our final event during the Global #16Days Campaign. Visual artist and small press publisher Sonia Farmer will guide us in writing a poem together and self-publishing it with copies to take home. If you haven’t visited the Press yet, this is a great opportunity to check it out!