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Elizabeth Jordan launches the exhibition by speaking of her own personal experiences on her trip to WfWI's programmes in Rwanda.
Guests browse in the Souk for handmade gifts designed and crafted by women in Rwanda, Nigeria and Afghanistan.
Live sponsorships allowed this guest to go home having sponsored a new sister in Nigeria.
With Baby by Elizabeth Jordan
A guest reads more about the situation of women in Afghanistan and WfWI's work in the region.
Celebrating the strengths and accomplishments of women survivors of war, Women for Women International was delighted to host Rwanda, a unique arts exhibition at the Albion Gallery, London, to mark International Women’s Day 2009.
Paying tribute to the resilience and beauty of women survivors of war, a stunning series of images taken in Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Afghanistan – three of the regions in which Women for Women International work – were displayed at the Albion Gallery in London on Thursday 5th March.
Centering upon photographer Elizabeth Jordan’s experiences whilst visiting Women for Women International’s programmes in Rwanda, the exhibition combined an evening of music, fashion, film and art to highlight both the plights and the unswerving strength that have helped women survivors of war rebuild their lives, their communities and their nations.
Speaking at the launch of the event to over 300 people, Judithe Registre, Director of Policy for Women for Women International-UK, stressed the importance of International Women’s Day in “helping to show the world the kind of work and the kind of impact the work we do can have upon women, their families and their countries. And I don’t just mean the women we work with. Elizabeth Jordan herself is an example of how one story can touch the heart and slowly lead to great changes – of how one woman can make a change to the lives of those she has never seen.”
Elizabeth went on to state that “ as a mother of five children, I am proud to draw attention to the fact that amongst our helpers here tonight, we have with us members of the next generation – from 6 years old to the late teens. It is to them that I call out and it is for them that I know we must strive to continue to change the wrongs in the world – to put an end to the wrongs that are so often – too often – committed against women.”
Supported by photographic show reels of award-winning Canadian photographer Lana Ŝlezić and Women for Women International’s very own Amy Russell, the exhibition also showcased couture designs by fashion designer Avis Charles using tie-dye fabrics made by women participants of the Women for Women International programme in Rwanda.
All proceeds from the event were donated to Women for Women International.
For more information about the event, please contact Sarah Bedford: sbedford@womenforwomen.org
If you would like to see or purchase any of Elizabeth Jordan’s photographs, please go to www.ejordanphotography.com
