sisterhood

Moving to the UK from Greece, I observed both differences and similarities in how gender inequality manifests itself and the varying ways that society perpetuates violence against women and girls. Motivated by recent events in Greece that led to a resurrection of the women’s movement, I became deeply interested in finding out how we can stop violence against women to create a more equal society.

This led me to conduct interviews with a range of individuals—including survivors, journalists, lawyers, campaigners, and a singer—in both countries. Despite the differences in cultural norms, legislation, and service provision for survivors between the UK and Greece, common, crucial themes emerged from our conversations.

These themes highlighted the urgent need for legislative protection, the media’s role in perpetuating harmful myths and stereotypes, the influence of the #MeToo movement, the necessity of comprehensive relationships and sexuality education (RSE), and the enduring power of women’s solidarity and sisterhood built through grassroots movements.

Note: The full text of the academic project is not available at the moment

BA (Hons) Photojournalism (2016-2019) University of South Wales – Final Project