Series of Programs to Raise Awareness of Violence against Women

MTI-Hungary Today 2023.11.08.

The Bordó Krizantém (Bordeaux Chrysanthemum) series of programs, taking place between November 9-26 at the Hegyvidék Cultural Salon in Budapest, will raise awareness of violence against women through a professional discussion, exhibition, and a literary evening.

The organizers said that the Bordó Krizantém was launched three years ago in Hungary in response to the call of the Orange the World international campaign. Programs in the framework of the campaign are organized every year worldwide on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (November 25), and aim to raise awareness of the importance of this issue through art.

Over the years, the series has included painting and thematic photography exhibitions, improvisational theater, folk music performances exploring the roots of violence, guitar concerts, and literature.

Furthermore, professional lectures are also an essential part of the program.

This year, the series kicks off on November 9 with an exhibition entitled ÉN (ME) by photographer Andrea Kiss, which will be on display until November 26.

This will be followed by a professional lecture on November 17 entitled “Unleashing the self in fateful situations,” with Rachel Róza, clinical psychologist, Krisztina Hunyadi, divorce mediator, and Éva Eszter Preisz, psychiatrist.

The series will close on November 24 with a musical literary evening entitled “On your own shoulders.” For four pictures by photographer Andrea Kiss, the organizers launched a competition at the writing course of János Lackfi (contemporary Hungarian writer, poet), welcoming empowering works for those affected. The best works were published and will be presented in the evening. The works were judged by Éva Hajnal, poet and editor-in-chief of Litera-Túra Publishing House and Művészeti Magazin (art magazine), and Marianna Posta, poet, writer, and editor. The nine best works will be read by the authors. At the event, opera singer Judit Lőrincz will sing arias that in some way reflect the theme of abuse.

Fact

WHO’s latest survey, covering the period 2000-2018, finds that globally about 1 in 3 (30 percent) of women worldwide have been subjected to either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. Most of this violence is intimate partner violence. Worldwide, 27 percent of women aged 15-49 years who have been in a relationship report that they have been subjected to some form of physical and/or sexual violence by their intimate partner.

As for Hungary, the most recent figures are from 2014. Based on this data, 19 percent of women in Hungary have experienced intimate partner violence in their lifetime.

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