October is Sexual Violence Awareness Month.
Over 65 victim-survivors participated in nine workshops across Queensland, from Logan to Cherbourg to the Tablelands, producing art reflecting the Sexual Violence Awareness Month theme: Stronger, Wiser, Survivor: Uplifting the voices of victim-survivors every day, every month and every year.
This original artwork captures the strength, fortitude, dignity and the deep trauma of victim-survivors and evidences the importance of them having a voice that shapes and improves the way our community responds to sexual violence.
QSAN thanks the Queensland Government for supporting these activities and SVAM 2023.
We also would like to thank the Townsville Women’s Centre, the Cherbourg Council, the Cherbourg Ration Shed and Centacare and all QSAN services throughout the state.
In particular, QSAN would like to thank the many victim survivors of sexual violence who participated in the workshops so positively and helped produce this amazing art!
You are welcome to use these images with the accompanying text and links back to the QSAN website.
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October is Sexual Violence Awareness Month.
Over 65 victim-survivors participated in nine workshops across Queensland, from Logan to Cherbourg to the Tablelands, producing art reflecting the Sexual Violence Awareness Month theme: Stronger, Wiser, Survivor: Uplifting the voices of victim-survivors every day, every month and every year.
This original artwork captures the strength, fortitude, dignity and the deep trauma of victim-survivors and evidences the importance of them having a voice that shapes and improves the way our community responds to sexual violence.
If you wish to talk to someone about issues of sexual violence, please contact the national sexual violence helpline 1800 Respect 1800 737 732 (24/7) or contact a QSAN service at https://qsan.org.au/services/
In an emergency phone the police on Triple Zero (000).
#SVAM2023 #SVAM #StrongerWiserSurvivor #SexualViolence #Support #StopSexualViolence #SexualViolencePrevention #NoMore #SupportSurvivors
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Week One
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Alternative text: A blue speech bubble with the words “I am worth more than what you did to me” under a banner “Stronger, Wiser, Survivor”.
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Alternative text: Three flowers in a vase with the words “Your voice is powerful” under a banner “Stronger, Wiser, Survivor”.
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Alternative text: A swallow shape, hearts and words “Understanding from the past” over a blue and yellow background, under a banner “Stronger, Wiser, Survivor”.
Week Two
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Alternative text: A crying face next to the word survivor crossed out in red over the word “survival”; under a banner “Stronger, Wiser, Survivor”.
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Alternative text: Over a black background, a white ballerina pirouettes with words in red all over her dress, including ‘when I dance I fly’, ‘scared’ and ‘brave face’.
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Alternative text: Words on a yellow background: “I am stronger, I am (crossed out) you should be wiser! I am a survivor, I am believed”; under a banner “Stronger, Wiser, Survivor”.
Week Three
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Alternative text: A naked woman with no eyes and a red cross over her mouth, her body surrounded by a snake, wrists bound by red strings attached to the letters “its our secret”.
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Alternative text: Two sad-faced stick figures, one faded out, on a bright pink background under the words “Speak up, protect others, stay strong, have boundaries”.
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Alternative text: Over a purple background, a teal ribbon flows with words in black: “you didn’t deserve it, let go of the blame, it wasn’t your fault”.
Week Four
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Alternative text: A red diamond in the middle of the canvas, with a gold centre and pink flower at the top, surrounded by painted gold weaving, blue waves and green leaves.
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Alternative text: A digital image of a ram, glowing from inside, charging a crouched black beast with red eyes; a blue-rimmed white circle behind them hovers in a dark starry sky.
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Alternative text: Lines of coloured dots cover a graduated purple-blue-pink background, with the words “We are all connected, strong and free”.