Youth Voices for Generation Equality: An Online Showcase of Creative Projects from Youth in Thailand

[CC] available in Thai and English.This online video display features a stunning range of works expressing youth perspectives on gender issues and a world free of gender stereotypes, discrimination and abuse. The pieces come from Thai and international youth living in Thailand and have been selected at a recent competition for creative youth projects on gender equality, carried out by UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific along with the embassies of France and Mexico in Thailand. The winning works express the artists’ demands for greater gender equality and women’s and girl’s empowerment through media including dance, performance art, poetry, painting, and collage. The specific topics range from sexual and reproductive health rights to gender-based violence, women’s economic empowerment, and feminist movements and leadership. This online exhibition marks the culmination of a collaboration between UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the Embassies of France and Mexico in the lead-up to the Generation Equality Forum which culminates in Paris from 30 June – 2 July 2021.You can find out more about the winning artists and their work at http://www.french-highlights.com/blog/youth-voices-for-generation-equal… The video with Thai subtitles will be available tomorrow on our Facebook account.