This project seeks to highlight the resilience of survivors of sexual violence during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the various means of resistance and refusal they adopted in their quest for accountability for the violations they faced.

This project will rely specifically on artistic expression through storytelling or performance to amplify gender perspectives in health emergencies. The use of art is twofold, it is therapeutic, but it is a creative way of expressing oneself in one’s voice/words. Art is a powerful communicator, and we hope to curate a festival of art and storytelling by survivors in their own voice.

The objectives of this project are to; document the lived experiences of survivors of sexual violence during the covid-19 pandemic in Kenya, advocate for reparations for sexual violence through memorialization of the experiences of survivors, highlight the resilience of survivor communities in response to challenges caused by public health emergencies, contribute to discourse around gender and public health emergencies by illustrating best practices and lessons learned from the margins and contribute to collective healing as part of reparations for sexual violence through artistic expression and storytelling.