Quilt Exhibition “A Life Once Had, A Dream of Hope”

Organized by Asia Justice & Rights and SEA Junction, the A Life Once Had, A Dream of Hope exhibition will be held at SEA Junction, 4^th floor, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) to commemorate International Women’s Day from 7-12 March 2023. The exhibition will display a series of collective quilts from the Rohingya women’s embroideries in Kutupalong Camp Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

Since March 2019, Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) and the Liberation War Museum (LWM) of Bangladesh have been conducting documentation work using participatory action research with more than 120 women in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar. The process involved sewing activities in sharing their stories and healing while building solidarity and peer support among women survivors.

Using embroidery as a medium, a group of Rohingya women refugees have depicted their life stories, focusing on their exodus from Myanmar in the face of atrocities. The embroidery expresses their hopes, dreams, & memories – a response to being survivors of genocide and the challenges they face living in the refugee camp. Through this exhibition, we hope to build solidarity and promote human rights for the Rohingya.

The exhibition will be launched with a panel discussion “Rohingya Situation: Displacement, Truth and a long Journey of Finding Solutions” on 7 March 2023, 5.30-7.00 pm at SEA Junction. The discussion will be joined by Yasmin Ullah, Rohingya activist; Pranom Somwong, Protection International; and Galuh Wandita, AJAR Director.

For more information, please email: southeastasiajunction@gmail.com or phone/wa/signal/line: +66970024140

Organizers

Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) is a non-profit organization, based in Jakarta, Indonesia, whose aim is to contribute to the strengthening of human rights and the alleviation of entrenched impunity in the Asia-Pacific region. Its work focuses on countries involved in transition from a context of mass human rights violations to democracy, where it strives to build cultures based on accountability, justice and a willingness to learn from the root causes of mass human rights violations to help prevent the recurrence of state-sanctioned human rights violations. For more information, see www.asia-ajar.org.

SEA Junction, established under the Thai non-profit organization Foundation for Southeast Asia Studies (ForSEA), aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions- from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 407-8 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Center or BACC (across MBK, BTS National Stadium), SEA Junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information, see www.seajunction.org, join the Facebook group:  http://www.facebook.com/groups/1693058870976440/ and follow us on twitter and Instagram @seajunction

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