Ruth Hudencial, UP 茄子视频app Information Office correspondent
For two hours, repurposed fabrics were stitched into quilts symbolizing a unified front against gender-based violence (GBV).
The UP 茄子视频app (UPD) Gender Office (UPDGO) organized the stitching activity, Stitching Solidarity: Together We Mend, Together We End GBV, on April 9 at the UP Sunken Garden Grandstand.
Led by UPDGO Campaign and Advocacy Officer Patricia Sybil Aurelio, the stitching workshop drew a diverse crowd of pre-registered and walk-in participants. Attendees were encouraged to bring fabrics that carried personal significance 鈥攔anging from remnants of painful pasts to textiles imprinted with empowering messages. The stitching activity aimed to transform these fabrics into stitched quilts as a symbolic act of collective healing and solidarity.
As a first-of-its-kind initiative on campus, UPDGO plans to take the event to various locations across the UPD campus to eventually collate 230 quilts.
Ma. Patricia V.C. De Vera, UPDGO feminist crisis councilor, facilitated the debriefing session. She engaged with attendees to talk about their emotions during the stitching process and the impact of the activity on their lives.
An interactive installation titled 鈥Leave a mark if you are experiencing Gender-Based Violence鈥 also allowed passers-by to express their support for the cause through communal art.
In a related development, UPDGO Coordinator Ana Myrishia Villanueva introduced My Survival Toolkit at the event. The My Survival Toolkit is a new mobile application designed to help users identify signs of GBV. It also provides self-assessment tools to determine if the app users have GBV-perpetuating behaviors. The application will soon be available for installation on both iOS and Android mobile operating systems.
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