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Hi all! This is Nisreen!
I had the opportunity to volunteer as an artist for the online annual forum of The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) this year. CSW is an official commission of the United Nations that focuses on the rights and empowerment of women, and global gender equality.
Upon a long-time friend, Yuzuki's,
request, I provided illustrations depicting the challenges Japanese-national
women face due to the legal requirement to share a surname (which usually ends
up being their husband’s name) after marriage. The presentation was carried out
by Asuniwa, the association advocating for the improvement of women's
rights primarily in Japan.
It was an honour to see my artwork included in the
important presentations.
Unfortunately, during this online forum, we had to
witness harassment against another presenter. Some pathetic harassers heckled
her while she was presenting about feminised poverty, until they got kicked
out.
To say the least, this incident made me furious.
I have some good news here too though--: a) the young
presenter just kept going and completed out a brilliant presentation;
b) other presenters and participants showed warm
support to her,; c) t hose hecklers humiliated no one but themselves; and d) those
'anti-feminists' went out of their way to showcase how bad misogyny (especially
against younger feminists) could be in Japan, which ended up just proving presenters'
point. How lovely!
My hats off to the wonderful presenters at the event.
To learn further about the Japanese legal system for
surnames, please look up the articles below.
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