MEET ARIANA
You are not a mistake. You are not a problem to be solved. But you won’t discover this until you are willing to stop banging your head against the wall of shaming and caging and fearing yourself. ” ― Geneen Roth
V is for Victorious
V is for Valiant
V is for Valid
V is for Valuable
V is for Venerable
V is Vivacious
V is Voluptuous
V is for Vagina
Tonight, Freetown will be on fire with poetry, spoken word and candid experience sharing as Femme Collective hosts the V-Monologue in Sierra Leone for the very first time!
ABOUT THE TRAILBLAZERS
Femme Collective is a new platform that seeks to harmonize the goals and activities of women’s organizations in Sierra Leone to reduce duplication, improve effectiveness and efficiency and promote collaboration among women to achieve a common goal. The organization will provide a collective platform to promote women’s voices, rights, activities and empowerment. The organization was registered in January 2019. V-Day Freetown will be the first event organized by Femme Collective.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT V-DAY
The World Health Organization estimates that 1 out of every 3 women worldwide have experienced either physical or sexual violence[1]. In 1996 Eve Ensler’s award-winning play The Vagina Monologues inspired hundreds of women to share their stories of rape, incest, battery, sex slavery and female genital mutilation. A movement was born out of the untold stories of women, and in 1998, V-Day was established to end violence against women and girls worldwide. Today, V-Day is a global activist movement that has reached billions of people through performances, word of mouth, and the media.
And …..THEN THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
Every year, volunteer activists from around the world produce The Vagina Monologues, the art piece from which the V-Day movement was born. V-Day also includes various activities such as films, exhibitions, workshops and fundraising activities dedicated to raising awareness about gender-based violence. All proceeds from V-Day events are donated to local charities and organizations that work to end violence against women and girls. Since 1998 The V-Day movement has supported the establishment and maintenance of safe houses and rape crisis centres, caused laws to be changed to protect women and girls, and organized large-scale benefits and campaigns to educate people and change social attitudes towards violence against wome
The official title for the event is V-Day Freetown 2019: The V Monologues. A culturally-adapted version of the Vagina Monologues will be produced in Freetown, and all funds raised will be donated to the Rainbo Centre. The Rainbo Centre is the only provider of free medical and psychosocial services for survivors of Gender Based Violence in Sierra Leone. The event is being organized by Femme Collective Sierra Leone.
Let’s meet the cast!
Meet Binta Akibo- Betts.
She is a consultant.
She calls her vagina: TUTU.
Follow her on Instagram: bintafatmata_
Meet Alicia Sheriff- Foh.
She is a pharmacist/ entrepreneur
She calls her vagina: MY PEARL
Follow her on Twitter: asherifffoh
Meet Kaata Minah
She is a consultant/ Entrepreneur
She calls her vagina: My Tin
Follow her one Instagram: mamajulz12
Meet Camareh Sarah Kamara
She is a Photographer/ Model
She calls her vagina: Honey pot
Follow her on Instagram: officialcamareh
Meet Fateem Massally .
She calls her vagina: Wet Velvet
Follow her on Facebook:Fateem Massally
Meet Antonia Iyamide Cole- Dore.
She is a Lawyer.
She calls her vagina: TUTU
Follow her on facebook: antonia iyamide cole – dore
Meet Ebunoluwa Tengbe
She is a lawyer
She calls her vagina: mi Nana
Follow her on Instagram: ebunstickaa
Meet Yuletide Dellarose Cole.
She is a student and writer
She calls her vagina: My Cupcake
Follow her on Instagram: della_rose
Meet Aminata S Conteh
She is a girls and women activist
She calls her vagina: Joy Box
Follow her on Instagram: amyseilloraa
Meet Sheknatu Isata Bangura.
She calls her vagina: candybox
Follow her on facebook: sheknatubangura
Meet Adeola
She calls her vagina : my cookie
Follow her on Instagram: the_writer_adeola
Meet Yasmine Bilkis Ibrahim
She is a Educator and Consultant
She calls her vagina: Little Yasmine
Follow her on Instagram: minabilkis
Meet Margaret Murray
She is a lawyer, PRO: Anti Corruption Commission Sierra Leone, Miss Sierra Leone 2014/2015
She calls her vagina: Lil Miss Princess
Follow her in Instagram: mendeprincess
Meet Andrea Snell
She is a Law Student/ Ceo Rea’s
She calls her vagina: Honeycomb
Follow her on Instagram: andreaclsnell67
[1] https:/www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/violence-against-women
Waaay to go. 💯 #QUEENS