{"id":2565,"date":"2016-07-13T11:59:04","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T01:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=2565"},"modified":"2021-06-08T07:33:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T21:33:51","slug":"empowering-women-advocacy-through-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/empowering-women-advocacy-through-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Perspectives:Asia | &#8216;Empowering women: Advocacy through art&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of Her Excellency&#8217;s talk can be found on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0QJBDXQiHpU&amp;list=PLQCsP8_qySmXOEn6SxklVroWwQZ8zIQgQ\">Griffith Asia Institute YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Event photos [Photo credit: Mark Sherwood, courtesy of QAGOMA]:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2565 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/empowering-women-advocacy-through-art\/group-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/Group-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2755\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2755'>\n\t\t\t\tleft to right is: \u200bMr Aaron Seeto, Curatorial Manager, Asian &amp; 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Alongside her diplomatic career, Her Excellency Naela Chohan is a strong advocate of women&#8217;s rights through the medium of visual art and her work <em>Souffrance<\/em> is on permanent display at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The UNESCO Bureau of Strategic Planning Section for Women and Gender Equality described her work as &#8220;a reflection on the position of women in society, illiteracy, economic empowerment, women&#8217;s contribution to society and discrimination they face&#8221;. 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