BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5375@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191105T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191105T173000 DTSTAMP:20191101T132842Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/ljmu-peter-jost-building-savera- uk-youth-endfgm-exhibition-date-tuesday-5-november-2019/ SUMMARY:: LJMU\, Peter Jost Building: Savera UK Youth: #EndFGM Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Event: Savera UK Youth: #EndFGM Exhibition\nDate: Tuesday 5 N ovember 2019\nTimes: 2:30pm - 5:30pm\nVenue: Liverpool John Moores Unive rsity\, Byrom Street Campus\, Peter Jost Building\nPeter Jost Upper Lectur e Theatre and Exhibition Space\, Liverpool\, L3 3AF\n\nEvent Description:  Liver performance art and an exhibition of photographs\, collages and po etry created by Savera UK Youth to speak out against the harmful practice of female genital mutilation (FGM). The exhibition will be opened by TV &a mp\; radio presenter and Savera UK ambassador\, Maya Jama and there will b e a talk from child marriage and honour-based abuse survivor\, Payzee Mahm od.\n\nTickets: Free\, register online\n\nTicket URL: https://www.eventb rite.co.uk/e/savera-uk-youth-endfgm-exhibition-tickets-76437359199\n\nA yo uth-led exhibition speaking out against the harmful practice of female gen ital mutilation (FGM) will be opened by TV and Radio 1 presenter Maya Jama on Tuesday 5 November at Liverpool John Moores University.\n\nThe exhibit ion\, curated by members of Savera UK Youth was initially created to be di splayed at the National FGM Centre’s annual seminar\, which took place  in London on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital M utilation (6th February).\n\nThe exhibition\, comprising photographs\, col lages and poetry created by members of Savera UK Youth\, will now be shown in the Peter Jost Building on Liverpool John Moores University’s Byrom Street campus for one day only (5 November\, 2:30pm - 5:30pm).\n\nThe even t will be opened by the Savera UK Ambassador Maya Jama and Savera UK Youth will also welcome guest speaker\, Payzee Mahmod\, a survivor of FGM\, chi ld marriage and honour based abuse (HBA). and former Chief Crown Prosecuto r for North West England and charity Patron\, Nazir Afzal OBE.\n\nSince lo sing her sister\, Banaz\, in a tragic honour killing in 2006 Payzee has de dicated herself to campaigning to eradicate HBA and child marriage. Payzee became a Survivor Ambassador for the Safeguard Futures\, Ban Child Marri age campaign with IKWRO.\n\nSpeaking ahead of the event\, Payzee said: “As a survivor of FGM I am committed to raising awareness about this and other harmful practices which contribute to honour based abuse.\n\n“We must challenge these practices and eradicate them on every level through e ducation and training. In order for us to achieve this we must recognise a nd understand the complexities of honour based abuse.”\n\nFollowing Febr uary’s event\, Savera UK Youth members decided to expand the exhibition in order to engage more young people and provide an opportunity to learn m ore about FGM. The upcoming show will now include live performance art and the performance of a specially-written song\, alongside the young people ’s poetry and visual art.\n\nThe initial pieces for the exhibition were first created during three sessions in which Savera UK Youth members spoke to a survivor of FGM Babs Cessay about her experiences and also represent atives from Savera UK\, to learn more about the harmful practice.\n\nSaver a UK Youth members also participated in a sessions with photographer\, And rew ‘AB’ Abrahamson\, who shared tips for using disposable cameras\, s o they could interpret their understanding of FGM through photography.\n\n Working with AB\, the young people curated an exhibition of outstanding im ages that represented their feelings about FGM\, carefully naming the coll ection. The participants also worked with artist Joanne Tremarco and poet Kiara Mohamed add further elements to the exhibition.\n\nJoanne assisted i n the creation of collages and stop motion pieces to further express and i llustrate youth members’ feelings around FGM\, while Kiara helped them t o create poetry around the topic.\n\nThe thought-provoking exhibition will shine a spotlight on the often hidden subject of FGM and aims to educate people - in particular younger generations - about FGM and the impact it h as on those affected.  It also seeks to empower people to speak out and c hallenge harmful traditions that violate human rights.\n\nThe event will t ake place during this year’s UK Parliament Week\, which engages people f rom across the UK with Parliament\, explores what it means to them and emp owers them to get involved.\n\nSavera UK Youth Advisory Board Chair\, Ayom ide Folarin\, said: “We want to use our exhibition to educate other youn g people about FGM and encourage them\, regardless of background or gender \, to speak out against this harmful practice.\n\n“We are looking forwar d to showing our work and meeting other young activists who share our miss ion to make a difference and raise issues that matter to young people.”\ n\nSpeaking ahead of the event\, Maya Jama said: “The work that Savera U K Youth members have put into this exhibition is truly exceptional and I a m proud to be supporting them in raising awareness around FGM.\n\n“Seein g FGM through the eyes of people who are just like them and beginning to b etter understand its impact is such an effective way to educate the younge r generation and encourage them to speak out.”\n\nAfrah Qassim\, Founder of Savera UK\, added\; “This exhibition highlights that culture can be beautiful\, but harmful practices that violate human rights\, such as FGM\ , have no place in any culture.\n\n“We are overwhelmed by the outstandin g and thought provoking work that our youth members have produced and we a re proud of their commitment to speaking out against harmful practices and helping to educate the next generation.”\n\nThe #EndFGM project has bee n funded by the #iwill Programme. #iwill is a UK-wide campaign aiming to g et 6 out of 10 young people involved in social action by 2020.\n\nTo regis ter for tickets\, visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/savera-uk-youth-e ndfgm-exhibition-tickets-76437359199 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2019/11/end-fgm.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191027T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR