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I came across the Shoreditchs Womens Institute on the internet today and was amazed, happy and excited at their current project which i to raie awareness of female circumcision by making 7×7 patchwork quilt patches of Vulvas. I am definitely gonna get my sewing machine out and join, I can’t wait to see the finished quilt!
Article February 14th 2011 ”My first reaction when hearing of FGM was disbelief that something so cruel could really be inflicted on young girls. For those like me who hadn’t heard of it before, FGM stands for female genital mutilation, also known as or cutting. The word used in Iran to refer to the procedure of FGM translates to English as “embroidery”; this planted the seed of out creative campaign which aims to draw attention to the atrocity of this practice and also to breakdown taboos surrounding the vulva. We have been compiling a collection of embroideries of ornate and luxurious vulvas! Made from the finest material and the richest colours, individual and elaborate embroideries on the finest silks and velvets to celebrate and glorify the vulva as it should be, as unique as a fingerprint. We hope this piece of work will achieve the main objectives of creative campaigning: to attract attention, shock and surprise, make an impact, subvert, inform, educate and to appear in the media. The message we will be trying to spread is that FGM is a human rights offence and a practice which must be erradictaed now. “
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