Communities and individuals around the world have been invited to contribute to the making of a World Council of Churches’ tapestry which the WCC say will make a “powerful” international statement of their commitment to end rape and violence.
The quilted tapestry, which will reflect a waterfall with messages and images from around the world, will be displayed at the WCC’s Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland, next year, and will continue to be developed until the WCC Assembly in 2021.
PICTURE: Ivars Kupcis/WCC
The tapestry is being developed as part of the Thursdays in Black movement which encourages people to wear black on Thursdays, use social media and wear a pin in a commitment to make a stand against gender-based violence.
The campaign was inspired by a number of groups around the world including the Argentinian-based Mothers of the Disappeared, who wore black each Thursday in a protest over the fate of their children who disappeared during their country’s dictatorship, the anti war and violence Women in Black movement in Israel and Palestine, women in Rwanda and Bosnia who protested against the use of rape as a weapon of war during the genocide, and the Black Sash movement in South Africa which saw people protesting against apartheid and its use of violence against black people.
For instructions on how to take part, head to this WCC page.
