Art for Social Change
In response to the consequences of the spread of the SARS-COV-2 infection, in early 2020, we initiated projects to distribute reusable masks, soap and information, and food for vulnerable women. We explain how it went. The first case of Covid-19 took place in the Chinese province of Hubei, in December 2019. In Nepal, the first […]
2020 has been like a parenthesis, but work hasn’t stopped! If we look back to the last twenty years, Nepal has ratified the Beijing Platform for Action, and the Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. The Nepalese women literacy rate has passed from the 25% in 1991 to the 57% […]
Be artsy to participate in this event with MacEwan University, University of the Fraser Valley and the Asia Task Force Against Domestic Violence. The areas that the webinar will cover, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, are experiences of domestic violence among South Asian Communities in Boston, USA, human trafficking […]
When we think about a coach, the first thing that comes to mind is that of a sports coach who will help us change our attitude in order to achieve our personal goals; of course, through discipline and effort, values that elite athletes know very well. And, from this passion for coaching and sports, is […]
Dambara Budha has been collaborating in the Rato Baltin project as a trainer for over two years. She was born in the Dhungachalna village, a very remote area far from the urban centre of Dhakari, in the Achham district, with a terrible telephone signal, located in the western part of Nepal. Before participating in the […]
Chhaupadi: a particular form of hard violence against women. International Day to eliminate violence against women: panel discussion online and presentation with international guests who speak about women and menstruation in Nepal, entry by contributing €5 to the project. In the United Nations message for the International Day to eliminate violence against women, the General […]
Now, more than ever, the empowerment of women is an impending issue. António Guterres, UN Secretary General, stated “that this becomes an international priority to achieve global peace and a higher protection of the human rights all over the world”. However, to reach this it is first necessary to rediscover and strengthen that individual female […]
In a town called Toshi, located in the Sudurpaschim province of Nepal (far-west) we meet Hiunkala Chalaune. Hiunkala lives with her father, mother, brother and sister and has been working as a trainer in the Rato Baltin project for more than a year. Before participating in the project, Hiunkala felt that she used to wish […]
Participatory and solidarity photography is one of the axes of be artsy. As part of the work to raise awareness about the reality of women and girls in Nepal, where be artsy is working to eradicate chhaupadi, now the City of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, through its Cooperation Department and with the collaboration of Territorios […]
We are conducting a food distribution project. We started in Basti: during the execution of the Mask4Health project we learned that there is a higher need for women: in the maintenance of the house run by widowed women with children, they haven’t anything to eat. We work with an Achham NGO and our coordinators Manisha […]