The stories on this booklet is developed by two groups of South African women - lesbian women facing discrimination and violence, and women who experienced domestic violence.
We held two workshops, of four days each, at the end of which participants had developed their own digital‘movies’, using their own words, narration, pictures and text. We used computers and software, scanners, digital cameras and audio recorders to build the movies. These stories demonstrate the impact of violence on women’s lives. They also show the intersection of gender and other forms of exclusion or discrimination – such as sexual orientation, poverty and HIV/AIDS. The story tellers also celebrate their survival, their relationships and their perseverance.
The stories, and this booklet, are for use in human rights, women’s rights and gender education and training programmes. The booklet accompanies the CD, to give guidelines and ideas on the use of the stories in human rights training and education.
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For more infomation on Women'sNet digital stories telling project please click here. For additional information or request a hard copy of this booklet, please contact Women'sNet at women [at] womensnet [dot] org [dot] za
