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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you @UNESCO and all the participants for the important discussion.

#ArtistsAtRisk #Perpetuum #UNESCO #MONDIACULT2025 #ArtisticFreedom #GenderEquality #CulturalPolicies

Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 2d

The event was hosted by @Begoña Lasagabaster, Director of the Division for Gender Equality, UNESCO and moderated by @Danielle Cliche, Chief of Policy and Research, Division for Gender Equality, UNESCO.

For further information, please see the link in our bio:

Art for All: Gender Equality at the Heart of Cultural Policies

At MONDIACULT 2025, UNESCO presents new data and tools to ensure the full participation of women in culture, in times of crisis and beyond

www.unesco.org

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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 2d

Cultural policies that do not actively empower women and girls risk reinforcing existing inequalities and limiting the transformative power of culture itself”

@Ernesto Ottone R. Assistant Director-General for Culture, UNESCO

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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 2d

@UNESCO’s very own ‘minister of culture’, also attended the entire session, insisting repeatedly on the significance of the topic and occasion:

“We must go further.

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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 2d

Peace Regis Mutuuzo, Minister of State for Gender and Culture of Uganda, and H.E. @Nina Obuljen Koržinek, @Minister of Culture and Media of Croatia.

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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 2d

This event was honoured by the presence and active participation of @carolina_redondo (H.E. Carolina Arredondo), @culturas_cl (the Minister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage in Chile), @Hon.

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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 2d

Emergencies, which AR and AR-Alumni took part in. Our co-directors @ivorstodolsky and @maritamuukkonen were invited to speak on AR’s work with female cultural professionals – from Iran to Sudan – to inform this crucial discussion.

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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 2d

This event organised by UNESCO’s Division for Gender Equality with its Culture and Emergencies Entity last Tuesday, examined the devastating impact of crises on women artists and cultural professionals, drawing on the preliminary results of UNESCO’s new Global Survey on Women, Culture and

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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 2d

Art for All: Placing Gender Equality at the Heart of Tomorrow’s Cultural Policies at MONDIACULT 2025, UNESCO, Barcelona

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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you also to Clara Vera, a journalist for Betevé for introducing the event!

#ArtistsAtRisk #Perpetuum #UNESCO #MONDIACULT2025 #Nodes #Barcelona

Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 4d

We would like to thank nodes/@wearepalosanto for inviting us for this talk under the auspices of the Government of Catalonia held as a side event of @UNESCO’s major MONDIACULT conference

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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 4d

Currently in exile and hosted by @NoCallarem AR-Barcelona at @Espronceda Institute of Art & Culture she was joined on stage by AR’s co-directors @MaritaMuukkonen and @IvorStodolsky .

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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 4d

We were delighted to welcome the young Palestinian poet and writer Marwa Abu Raida on stage at this high-level event. Recently escaped from Gaza, she read with great sensitivity from her text “From fragility to flight: Creativity and resilience in exile”.

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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 4d

Palestinian writer 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗮 𝗔𝗯𝘂 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼-𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗜𝘃𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗹𝘀𝗸𝘆 and 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝘂𝗸𝗸𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮

organised by Palosanto 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧 event under the auspices of the Generalitat de Cataluña

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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 10d

Join us in Barcelona today in this important discussion!

#ArtistsAtRisk #Perpetuum #UNESCO #MONDIACULT2025 #Nodes #Barcelona
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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 10d

Framed in the MONDIACULT 2025 Conference, Nodes is an initiative that seeks to promote the exchange of knowledge and experiences between professionals, institutions and groups in the cultural field.
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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 10d

Marwa will share her personal and artistic experience under threats and in exile. An important, timely and sensitive discussion on how cultural policies can actually protect artistic freedom.
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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 10d

The discussion is part of the "Cultural policies under discussion" in Palosanto’s Nodes programme organised in the framework of MONDIACULT 2025 Conference, the World Conference on Cultural Policies, convened by long-term AR-partner @UNESCO.
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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 10d

Palestinian artist Marwa Abu Raida from Gaza, currently in exile and hosted by @NoCallarem AR-Barcelona, and AR co-directors will join @wearepalosanto ’s Nodes MONDIACULT side event to discuss ‘From fragility to flight: Creativity and resilience in exile’.
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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 10d

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵: 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘭𝘦
✦ 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭 𝗢𝗰𝘁 – 𝟭𝟳:𝟯𝟬–𝟭𝟴.𝟯𝟬 – 𝗟𝗮 𝗟𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗷𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿, 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗶𝗴 𝗱'𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹 𝗜𝗜, 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮
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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 10d

𝗔𝗥-𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗮 𝗔𝗯𝘂 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼-𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝘂𝗸𝗸𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝘃𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗹𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆
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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 12d

#ArtistsAtRisk #UNBNetwork #ArtisticFreedom #Baltics #Nordics #Ukraine #ResidencyNetwork #Perpetuum
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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 12d

Our most heartfelt thanks go to all the participants for your input and insights! @massiaofficinale @oles.dtl @sukha_o @alinochkaoliinyk @roman_sakh @_ha.jul_ @garazdanastasia @auste.z @bozhena_pelenska @miekusia @cultural_traffic @karina.soika @darynapazenko
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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 12d

and funders @nordiskkulturkontakt, @okmfi and the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Artists at Risk (AR) @artistsatrisk.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you once again to our partners Creative Residence MC6 @residence_mc6, Nida Art Colony @nidaartcolony, Nordic House @nordichouseiceland, Retreat House @retreat_art_house, NKDale @nkdresidency, Detali @detali.we.are, and MASSIA @massiaofficinale
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