Direction, creative copywriting, camera and editing by Mónica Suárez / Brand Design by Romina De Luise / Motion design by Roberto Gee / Studio Camera & Editing by Leonel Ortiz / Pre-production Assistance by Erkki Paunonen
Brand Management and design by Mónica Suárez Galindo / Animation by Paula García / Design of Sievo’s visual system by Romina D’Luise
Direction and production by Mónica Suárez Galindo / Script by Heta Pirtijärvi & Mónica Suárez Galindo / Illustrations and animation by Paula Garcia
Creative direction, camera and video editing by Mónica Suárez Galindo / On camera Huyen Vu, Hanna-Leena Lindblom and Maria Yakovleva / Drone shots by Johannes Rantanen
After decades of military dictatorship, many people in Myanmar have stopped believing in justice.
MyJustice is one of the EU funded flagship projects partnering with local organisations to bring justice back to the most vulnerable groups in Myanmar.
Worldwide, the LGBTI community belongs among one of the most marginalised groups. Also in Myanmar, laws criminalise and restrict LGBTI people from expressing their identity. Often, they are victim of physical, psychological, mental and sexual abuse - at home and in public.
We meet with the LGBTI community in Mandalay, Myanmar, where activists and victims of gender based violence share with us what justice means to them and the ways they are striving to improve access to Justice for their fellow LGBTI community.
This is a painful story, but also a story of togetherness, healing and searching for ways forward in order to give hope to future generations of LGBTI. It’s a story of changing public opinions and laws that prevent people from being who they are.
This is a story of more than 2000 women making a change in their communities through the art of handicraft making.
In the rural areas of Myanmar, deep-rooted customs and patriarchy have pushed women in a disadvantaged, vulnerable position, both mentally and physically. On top of that climate change is hitting the dry-zone and its agriculture based communities hard.
Seven years ago, the Social Economic Development Network (SEDN) project started a training programme, focused on economic development and social protection of women and their families living in the dry-zone, which resulted in over 2000 women from 150 villages being trained in handicraft making and becoming educated on their rights to access healthcare and social services.
SEDN is a project funded by the European Union through the multi-donor Livelihood and Food Security Fund (LIFT). SEDN is implemented by ActionAid.
Five decades of military rule and armed conflict in Myanmar have impacted the country deeply. Today, many ethnic communities have little access to education and continue to live with prejudice towards other ethnic groups.
Case2learn, also known as “Conflict Areas Support for Education 2 Learn”, is a project that focuses on providing access to education for groups living in conflict and post-conflict areas. Aspiring students from around the country are brought together to follow a nine-month pre-service teacher training.
The training builds the students’ capacities as teachers in their respective communities, but also leads to building bridges of reconciliation and peace among ethnicities.
Case2Learn is an EU funded project implemented by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) and its local partner RISE (Rural IndigenousSustainable Education network).
Direction, camera and editing by Mónica Suárez Galindo / Animations by Daniella Toce
Translation to English:
A studio.
10 people.
Moderator: Welcome to everyone, thank you for being here. Today you'll be part of a social experiment. Right now, you are all at the same starting point. The goal is to get to the finish line.”
Each person was assigned a role. And will move forward according to the following affirmations:
- I have water and electricity for the whole day at home
- My parents chose and were able to give me the education they wanted for me
-I am not discriminated against based on where I come from
-I’m free to get legally married to the person I love
-I am not at risk of suffering street harassment
-I am able to purchase the medication I need
-I’m not in danger of suffering bad treatments based on how I look
-I can access a job without being discriminated by physical condition or gender
-I understand all my rights
White man in a position of power role :
”When I turned around I was shocked to see all the people that were behind, that was almost the vast majority”
Authority. Man. 50 years. Married. Living in the capital city. Role:
”I had almost all the privileges that this society gives you”
Pregnant teenager. Living in the Amazon. No high school. Living with her single mother and little siblings role:
“You realize there is so much left to do”
A girl that speaks Quechua. 10 years old. Living outside the capital. Single mother with basic wage:
”I placed myself in the role and I also received discrimination”
Transexual person with a university degree. Sex worker:
“There was a wide difference between what I go through and what this transexual person might be going through”
More roles revealed:
Man with visual dissability. 35 years old. With a university degree in Law. Unemployed.
Woman with HIV. 50 years old. Rural area. No high school studies. Low income. Widow and mother of three kids.
Afroperuvian young man. No steady income. Helps his family but makes the minimum wage role:
“It is difficult to be on somebody else’s feet. A young afroperuvian person without studies, without a job… what opportunities does he have left?”
Woman with HIV. 50 years old. Rural area. No high school studies. Low income. Widow and mother of three kids. role:
“We are all important in this world. “
Diana Saweto: “We need to think about how can we achieve this person to be listened.”
“A member of my indigenous community” role is revealed by Diana Saweto.
“We can’t ignore our reality. We need to take action”
“Walk every step. No one should be running, and no one should be left behind.”
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Our rights are at the centre of our development.
Everyone has the right to participate in the decisions that affect their lives. To live freely without discrimination. A life with access to quality education, health and equal opportunities, justice and dignified life.
Let’s keep working until no one is left behind.