Ecuador
This story cloth depicts the destruction of the village that forced her to flee her home in Colombia. Often women who are refugees have experienced gender-based violence in the context of political violence in their countries of origin. When fleeing, they are especially vulnerable to traffickers and other predators, and again when they are marginalized in countries where they seek refuge.
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The artist depicts the figures of her rapist’s family just before she flees from the scene of forced marriage. They seize her baby and chase after her in the car pictured on the textile. When she later considered the colors she embroidered, she observed that she rendered herself “invisible, because no one really sees me.”
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This teenage survivor fled from her violent home at age 10. With the support of her CTP circle, she stitched about the violence she experienced as she lived on the streets of Kathmandu. She is committed to making a better future for herself.
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Made in one of the mining villages, this story cloths expresses the terror and shame that surrounds work for women in the mine. In the forest, they are taken to be raped. They try not to think about what happens there because they need their livelihood to feed their children.
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"These Birds are afraid of the hunter. They have flown and left their homes to an indistinct site. They are hungry and thirsty. They really need food. We are like these birds. We are worried about our future."
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This cloth shows the crime and tragedy of a woman who has lost her daughter and was agonizingly heart broken. After processing her trauma through the story cloth, she later added the rosebush, which was her daughter’s soul that keeps on blooming. The bird is her daughter’s voice which she can finally hear again.
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