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Vavasati international women’s festival
Description of the policy/measure
The main objectives are: • to offer women in the arts, young and old, a platform to tell their stories and to showcase their work to an international audience. • to give accessibility, technical staff, equipment, space and resources to women who are often excluded from the mainstream industry. • to celebrate women who do not appear in history books. • to create space for dialogue that includes men.
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Cultural Domain(s)
Results achieved
• opportunity to showcase artwork to an international audience. • access by external theatre-makers, artists and producers to the state theatre’s existing audiences and networks. • an opportunity for women to take on leadership positions in various departments including directing, programming, etc. • introduction, promotion and celebration of new narratives. • it is expected that the festival will contribute to the revitalization of the inner city and to attract visitors from across gauteng.