KATHMANDU, Feb 26: The Vagina Monologues 2017, a benefit production for Hamri Bahini- The Green Angels, was held on Saturday and Sunday at Shilpee Theater, Battisputali . V-Day is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls.
The monologues were based on a story of women from different parts of the world. It was presented by a diverse group of women, with no acting background. These women shared stories and realities of women’s bodies, vagina, sex, gender identity, sexuality and of love and violence against women.
Dressed in black and red, women of different ages shared stories with perfect expression, and its bitter reality compelled the audience to break into laughter. The monologues reflected on important matter of our society. Women in our society are hushed when they talk about their sexuality and this doesn’t help to eradicate violence against them. The facts presented between the monologues filled the audience’s eyes with tears and bowed their head with shame and guilt. Although the choice of words might seem a bit hard to digest, it is necessary to normalize to talk about vaginas and women’s sexuality to prevent the evils that women in different parts of the world have been facing.
The combination of the dim lights and the dark colored stage and the heavy words spoken by the brave women encouraged everyone in the audience to be bold and fierce to speak out against stigma revolving around women’s sexuality and social construct of the ‘vagina’.
Talking about taboos
All funds collected from the vagina monologues 2017 will go to support women employment creation and mediation.
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