How it Started - Our Journey

 

Our Ethical Storytelling project started in 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic started. A team of experts did research on how Covid-19 affected survivors who virtually trained survivors of human trafficking on photography, story telling and research.

 

This project was prompted by a realization that survivors' different experiences are misrepresented due to lack of inclusion, power dynamics and lack of trained survivor experts.

 

In an effort to change that unequal and exclusive storytelling structure, we are intentionally building a narrative here at Azadi because the past ethical storytelling projects have proved that survivors can be subjects, authors, and critics of their own stories after the successful physical and virtual exhibition we held on 30th of July in 2021 as a result of the ethical storytelling project conducted in 2020.

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This exhibition is organised by Azadi, and supported by University of Birmingham Rights for Time Project 

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The Fellowship

 

This Fellowship was special as it focused in showcasing powerful survivor-centered work from 20 Ethical Storytelling Fellows, as well as mark the culmination of the Gender Justice Training for 20 girls and young women who have journeyed through the Fellowship.
Featuring photo stories, zines, collage art, creative writing and video pieces, the exhibition challenges harmful narratives and sparks urgent conversations on the forms, root causes and prevention of GBV.