Textiles are inextricably linked to our lives, essential to our survival and powerful signifiers of our existence.
In the Fabric of Being textile exhibition at the ICPD25 Nairobi Summit, renowned artists and designers from Africa and Asia reflect upon womanhood, women’s rights, gender equity, fertility, contraception, diversity, violence against women and other issues that both emanate from and are woven into the ICPD Programme of Action.
The collaboration and conversation among African and Asian artists and organizations ultimately embodies the Nairobi Summit’s spirt of innovative partnerships in harnessing creativity for social causes. The exhibition is thus not only an aesthetic addition to ICPD25, but contributes to the Summit’s aspirations of fully realizing an inclusive Programme of Action underpinned by sexual and reproductive health and rights for all.
Photo by Rosalia Sciortino and Catha Maria
Natalia and Lia
Natalia Kanem chattingwith an artist
“Women’s Circle of Life”by Yemisi Ayaji, from
Lagos, Nigeria
Yemisi at work with her textile
The artists and friendscelebrating the exhibition
Natalia Kanem opens theNairobi Summit on ICPD25
Crowd of people attendingthe opening ceremony of
the Nairobi ICPD25 Summit
“The Flaming Womb”fully installed
“The Textile Truths” showingat Nairobi Summit on ICPD25
“The Women’s Resilience”by Keeta Israan, a Muslim
artist from Thailand’s
A closer look at thework of Keeta Israan
“The Women’s Resilience”by Salwanee Hajisamea,
another artist from Thailand’s
deep south
“The Sisterhood” exposedto the world at Nairobi
Summit on ICPD25
Aboubakar Fofana fromMali created “The Water
of Life”
Against sectarianism andintolerance, “Born from the Same
Womb” by Abdi Karya, Indonesia
Lia with colleagues fromthe Trust for Indigenous
Culture and Health and some
of the artists
Music at the event
SEA Junction Directorat Fabric of Being at Nairobi
Summit on ICPD25
The work of SalwaneeHajisamea about Muslim
minority in Thailand at the Fabric
of Being Exhibition at the Nairobi
The artwork of SalwaneeHajisamea illustrating the
resilience of Muslim women in
predominantly Buddhist Thailand