Campaign to promote gender equality launched in Cahul, Ungheni

Chisinau, 1 July /MOLDPRES/- Twenty-four localities in Ungheni and Cahul districts will promote gender equality and raise public awareness of gender-based violence through a project dedicated to mural art (graffiti), supported by the European Union.

"We want to communicate to society how important it is to report violence, combat gender stereotypes and raise public awareness of gender equality. In addition to online sessions and summer schools, young people from Ungheni and Cahul will paint 24 murals, which will send the message that together we can achieve equality, including through the social arts, "said Polina Panainte, EVA project manager , campaign organizer.

The project will include practical visual art workshops (street painting (graffiti) with the participation of young people from Cahul and Ungheni districts), 22 murals created in public spaces, and two summer schools in which interested young people will participate.

In 2020, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (UN Women) Moldova, in partnership with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), began implementing the EVA project - Promoting Gender Equality in Cahul and Ungheni Districts, funded by the European Union. It has two major objectives: promoting gender equality and empowering women by integrating the gender component into local public policies, but also combating domestic violence against women and children. The project will be implemented in 24 localities in Cahul and Ungheni districts and will last until December 2022.

photo: UN Women Moldova