Our show on several forms of male violence (physical, sexual, psychological one) will go to Regina Coeli prison, involving the inmates who committed crimes related to sexual violence. This show was born in 2013, in that prison, in that section, to address the prisoners's needs to train themselves on how to face certain challenges they ...
Who has the power to make and decide in this world? The most intelligent people? Which kind of intelligence should they have, the rational or emotional one? Are the richest to decide behind the scenery or are there nuances? The United Nations tried to create a different mechanism, by building global governance where more voices ...
Which are the warning signs that a woman is being mistreated by her partner? How can we help her? Which attitudes are likely to make things worse and which ones can help her to talk about it? We will explore these questions with our forum theatre "Amore mio", on violence in intimate relationships, within the ...
When does a relationship become dangerous? What are the warning signs to recognize a domesti abuse? What can we do if we suspect there is violence in a couple? When and what to do, without risking that it is too late? These are some of the questions we will explore with boys and girls from ...
After our show on domestic violence and a training for workers of the anti-violence centre, Parteciparte goes back to Tuscany, in the Alta Val di Cecina, to keep on working on male violence. This time we will bring our show on how to be non-oppressor men, to train us to overcome toxic masculinities, to build ...
Although it is a powerful instrument, CEDAW often remains a mysterious acronym. How can we effectively use it in our daily life, work and activism? How Forum Theatre can be matched with CEDAW to achieve gender equality and strengthen women’s rights? This workshop will offer the opportunity to experience how Forum Theatre can make CEDAW ...
Our Forum Theatre on male identity will be performed in 7 schools in Rome, to involve children and parents in the search for new scripts, new forms of relationships between boys and girls, more open and respectful. This show stages several forms of male violence and invites the audience to try alternatives to violence. These ...
Often we end up trapped in rigid and externally imposed roles. We end up playing old scripts that push us into problematic behavior. Where do these roles and scripts come from? How can we change them if they oppress us? When scripts come from social norms, transmitted by family, school and the whole society, we ...
After the forum theatre on male violence and a training for the anti-violence centre practitioners, Parteciparte goes back to Tuscany to keep on working on male violence. This time we will play our forum theatre on masculinity. We will train ourselves to overcome toxic masculinities, build relationships based on freedom, reciprocity and consent. In collaboration ...
CAM Florence was the first Italian organization working with men who perpetrated violence against women. In 2009, after years of patient work with abusers, national and international networks were created with people working with perpetrators, a tough job. How can theatre of the oppressed contribute to this work? Since 2013 Parteciparte has been specializing in ...
For the fourth year, the Ministry of Justice has asked us to work on scripts that favor gender-related crimes, with Maschile Plurale association. The 36-hours project will allow us to work on toxic identities, on scripts inherited by the family. For those who have acted violence, we will work on the motivation to change, accountability ...
What is masculine and feminine in our bodies? To what extent is this distinction biological or social? If our bodies could freely move in a safe space, what would they say? What gestures and movements would they make? Shadow theatre will allow to gradually discover the essence of our bodies and "highlight" desires and conditionings ...
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